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So I was gambling one night at the Casino playing BlackJack, I brought $450, and I lost it, withdrew another $450, and lost it,withdrew $1000 and lost it, withdrew another $1000, lost it...keep in mind this was a matter of 3 hours...honestly I felt like growing myself in sorrow, that was $2900 hard earned dollars wasted, given to the casino, and I nearly stopped and cut my losses, but I was chasing my losses so ...

I suspect my mother has an addiction with slot machines. Ok, I know she does. Most of the time its not a huge issue, but the person who has to deal with it the most is my grandmother.

They live together, my grandma is 87 and too frail to live on her own. A couple of years ago, while my grandmother was in hospital, my mother had her ATM card and took out $4,000 without ...

This week I was considering doing something I had never done before -- placing a bet with an online betting site. From the analyses I have read, one of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election has a 65-75% chance of winning. I figured wagering on this candidate was a better bet than any I had ever placed in a casino.

But the gambling addiction therapist I've recenting started seeing helped me to realize the ...

Hi all, Just thought i'd share my story after another big loss in gambling, would have i been posting this had my bet won? no because lets face it, when you bet wins its not a problem is it?

Anyways my grammar is a bit of a mess so please bare with me on that, just hope you understood it all by the end.

So yeah...Another loss in online betting, i don't play the casions ...

Hi all,

I am looking for some insight and hoping you can help me to understand.

I had been going out with someone for a while and we moved in together and everything seemed fine. I knew that he liked to gamble, but I was unaware of how much of a problem it was. He paid the bills, I gave him my half.

He asked me to marry him and I said yes. A few ...

I have a problem gambling, i just get the itch randomly to go make my money back from the last time and that happens at least 5 days a week and i've blown thru all my savings, maxed out all my credit cards, i just dont know what to do or who to talk to. i'm a fckin mess.

My husband has a gambling addiction. He has been going to GA meetings for almost 3 months and hasn't placed a bet since then. He played slots, poker and football pools. I recently found out that he sent his friend some "picks" for last Sunday's football games, but he says there was no money involved, it was just for fun. Is this something to worry about? Is it still feeding the addiction even if there's ...

Hello,

After reading some of the stories on here, I decided I would also share my story. I'm 20 years of age and have gambled since I was around 15. It started with just a weekly Football Coupon with my Dad until I finally became 18 where I could go into the bookmakers myself. I just did the weekly football bet which was no harm until a friend of mine won on the roulette machine, ...

Reading the gambling stories here puts things into a frightening perspective.

I have not had the misfortune to lose a lot of money, but over the past few years I have felt my mind becoming more dependent on the rush of certain types of activities, one being online poker. The first couple of years I was disciplined, read books on poker, kept a bank log, and ended up winning $4000 playing 5/10 cent hold em. ...

Hello, my name is Kristin and I have a severe gambling problem. I believe that this has slowly developed over the past 4 years, but significantly worse in the last 2 years. I didn't gamble a cent until I met my husband and he liked to visit the local casino socially. It didn't take long before I was hooked. The first time I recall feeling that I had a problem was over 2 years ago ...