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There's been a lot of talk about safer gambling recently, without any real explanation of what that means.
Here's a short thread about what it means to me.
Here's a short thread about what it means to me.
Gamble within limits: Choose the maximum you can afford to lose per month and break that amount down across all accounts you have (i.e. £100 =£50 Betfair / £30 Bet365 / £20 PartyPoker)
Set separate daily or weekly limits to ensure you don't overspend on any specific day.
Set separate daily or weekly limits to ensure you don't overspend on any specific day.
Bet within those limits: If you have £25 per week, spending more than 10% of that on one bet is stupid.
If you 'don't get any excitement' from betting at sensible stakes, probably time to re-examine your relationship with gambling. Equally so if you feel you HAVE to bet.
If you 'don't get any excitement' from betting at sensible stakes, probably time to re-examine your relationship with gambling. Equally so if you feel you HAVE to bet.
Keep records: Without this, you just fly blind. Even the most basic form of record keeping - periodically monitoring deposits, withdrawals and P+L is hugely beneficial.
Stop if you need to. Permantly so, or for a set amount of time, from just one account or all of them.
Be honest with yourself - there are times in my life I should have taken an extended break from gambling and didn't.
It cost more than just money.
Be honest with yourself - there are times in my life I should have taken an extended break from gambling and didn't.
It cost more than just money.
Block the casino: most operators allow you to turn off the casino side of their operation - if you struggle with slots/roulette I'd encourage anyone to do this.
Usually you have to email customer services but some (BF / Stars) have it within RG menu.
Usually you have to email customer services but some (BF / Stars) have it within RG menu.
