Profile : Haz40

Dune2000 wrote:

Haz40 wrote:

I’m on gamestop for about another 5 weeks and having very similar thoughts. At the minute i feel I’m in a good place with my gambling and only had one bad session in an arcade in 6 months. That’s good for me. I would love to play again just what i can afford to lose on low to medium stakes but i just don’t trust myself as I’m very much an all or nothing person. I just wonder whether I’ve been better these last few months solely because the opportunity has been taken away. For me if it’s impossible to play i don’t really have the urge. I’ve only had the odd fiver or tenner in my mates account for the poker tournaments arranged on here. That’s it. It doesn’t take much to tilt me so I’m very much undecided at the minute. So i know exactly where your coming from.

I wish I could count the amount of times I have not gambled for a couple of weeks, thought right I have it under control I’ll just go in and have a quick £20, flash forward 30 minutes and I am £500 deep.  If you think there is even a remote chance you are going to get savaged just stick with the gamstop.

The problem is that once it is in the slot it is just numbers on the screen – I know if the opportunity hadn’t been taken away from me today I would have now been sitting here feeling like shit wondering why I went in to the bookies.   Most gamblers are all or nothing people, they win £300 and want to turn it into £3000 and then turn that into £30000

Most of the time we turn it into £0

Thanks for the advice. It’s weird in a way cos i feel like i have to have a big loss to re sign if i come off gamstop. I’d rather lose £500 in one hit then self exclude instead of losing £50 a week for a year making 2.5k loss. You’d probably say why lose the £500 in the first place and stay on gamstop but i know how i am and how my mind works. It’s like i have to justify it if that makes sense. If i leave it as is it will eat at me knowing i could come off it at anytime. I suppose maybe best option would be to extend the ban. I’ve gambled practically it feels like all my life and i know I’ll never give up but I’m trying to be wise. I suppose it’s damage limitation in a way.

Blame away ha ha?. Anyway if it’s your first football bet it’s bound to win so good luck.

mattywest11 wrote:

Just in case you didn’t know, if you did cancel the ban and then wanted to get back on it again it’s a bit of a nightmare, 2 proofs of address and 2 forms of id, one you have to be seen holding the picture of the id. After this is accepted it will take up to another 7 days before the ban is put back in place. It’s a bit of a strenuous process so you may want to take that into consideration.

I always had the mindset that I’d go back on gamstop after Cheltenham finished and stuck to my word, even though I did make a decent profit during the time it was off, I just treated myself with the winnings rather than tempt myself to put it back in. My ban now is for 5 years as I feel much more content knowing my money is safe and not having to fight urges to deposit on a boring evening in.

good luck whatever you decide to do!

Thanks mate yeah i remember you posting after Cheltenham about saying how complicated it was to re sign back up. Very handy info that is.

eejit101 wrote:

What the actual FUCK is this post about. I work next to a CS team here. So trust me when i say….

Customer service agents work damn hard. 40-50hr weeks in hot offices, taking on up to 8 chats at a time. You may think their job is easy but imagine the shit they get. Im looking at our current chat lists for our sites we host the CXM for, and its all over the place. You get people asking nicely why a game is down, lovely. Then you have KYC compliants, issues with logging in when people are so stupi they dont realise where to put the password, and then, worst of all, death threats.

CS agents are given death threats on average 10 times a day. TEN times. Imagine working in that environment.

There are also policies in place by casinos and licencing commissions for this type of thing. They are NOT allowed to give advice, apologise, offer any form of “guidance” as it could result in lawsuits from people. They have to refer them to gamcare, or whatever, and talk to a member of staff internally.

3 weeks ago our head of HR’s boyfriend was head of CS at a large casino, he was on chat and someone said they just took 80 pills. He called the local ambulance who got sent round to his house from the system information. They got there, the guy ended up ok. I dont know if the guy would have called ambulance himself but the CS agents are there to help people. Not their fault you gamble. If you lose you lose. I lose. we all lose. Its our choice.

Their job is hard. Dont give them shit. Ive seen people quit, walk off crying, its a painful job.

I think the op is more trying explain what gambling can do in the extreme. He also said it could happen to anyone at anytime who gambles. Personally in any addiction drugs and alcohol people can have these thoughts as well as people who are victims or crime. People who suffer from domestic abuse. People who just feel there is no way out. This isn’t just gambling this could be anything in life in general in my opinion. You know i think this forum could do with an interpreter sometimes.?

You know why your still winning. It’s cos you gave that lady £50. ??

Sorry i meant do you think more should be done.

Well done mate. I did wonder if you’d had a bad couple of days as you hadn’t posted much. Great to see you got that plus more besides.??