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Thought it was a bit weird that 888 casino and another betting company have banners on this site scrolling across the top as im reading the forum its a bit of a sick joke

Its like going to slim fast club held in MacDonalds

In my view for the destruction this causes and the pain we have all put our loved ones trough the site which has been a huge help to me need to ...

I have a major gambling problem. I tell myself I'm good but my losses mount. I am haunted by hands sometimes. I missed a flight once because I was trying to recoup at a table. I will buy in to a cash game for $5000 no problem, but I would literally never spend that amount of money traveling or being good to myself, because that's just crazy.

A good friend of mine who knows I ...

If you had 2 old bets from a very long time ago on an outcome that will happen 1-2 months from now.
One bet will give you $7,000
The other will give you $5,000

Since you don't want to gamble and don't want to potentially risk losing money nor don't want any anxiety until the results etc. etc.

Would you then classify placing a bet - also known as - hedging your bet - say ...

Hello guys...I am back. I have been absent from this forum since april before having my safari. Well it has been a very difficult couple of months as gambling addiction once again took hold of me and held me captive. I relapsed after staying 195 days gambling free. I let my guards down and here I am. Losing once again. I am experiencing the same emotions I had last year. These feelings I so hate. ...

Hi, first of all thanks for reading my story. any help or suggestion would be appreciated!.
It all started last year of 2015, Being single for 5 years I was hook to sports betting. I lost a couple of hundreds chasing a $20 bet on soccer to which i never been a fan of nor knowing who to bet. then i stop. completely stop, realizing that i could still work my ass up to get ...

I made a few posts the last couple months, usually went back to gambling, this time after realizing it's got worse (never gambled with borrowed money before, would just gamble every paycheck)

i'm starting to see a little progress but it's a long shot seeing as sometimes in gambling i'd make more in a day than i have the last 2 weeks..

usually lose it though, or withdraw and cancel to lose it

i'm 23 ...

Hi, i'm new here. I am was in a relationship with a man for about 6 months when I found out he is a gambling addict. There were signs all along, but I guess I just didn't know what they were pointing too.

For example, when we first started dating he told me his apartment was broken into and his wallet stolen. I barely knew him at this point but I felt bad so i ...

Hello my name is Jeremy I'm a 29 yr old who got hooked on gambling roughly 3 yrs ago. Im here to maybe have somebody's anybody's ear to listen to story. When I first made my first bet and won on slots I was happy oh so very happy that I found a activity that helped keep me not bored but also made a little money. In the first 3 months I bet cautious and ...

Hello,
I've browsed this forum for a few years now, usually whenever i've had a loss. This is the first post I have made.

i'm 26 years old from uk and i have destroyed my life for the past 10 years...
I started gambling with scratchcards when i was 16, i won £164 on one pretty early on, probably why i continued to buy them. At 17 i would gamble maybe £10-£20 in an arcade ...

Please be gentle with me ... I'm a gambler ... I thought I had it under control ... I don't and now I don't know what to do.

Last weekend I lost control. I kept on depositing. At first I had some money in my account and the transactions showed in my pending transactions on my online banking. The casino seeks authorisation ... I have funds in the account so the bank authorises as then ...