How to Deal with a Gambling Problem

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Tony

If a person who know how to control himself and only takes gambling as a past time activity will not experience a gambling problem. A gambling problem usually occurs when a person over indulges in gambling, ending up being indebted and having dysfunctional relationships with loved ones.

Basically, gambling is addictive.  The risk and the winning can have a psychological effect on a person, making him unreasonable and irrational.

There are ways to solve a gambling problem and these is acknowledging it. Gamblers have the following set of questions to test if you indeed have gambling problems.

  1. Did you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling?
  2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?
  3. Did gambling affect your reputation?
  4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
  5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?
  6. Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?
  7. After losing did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?
  8. After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more?
  9. Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone?
  10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?
  11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling?
  12. Were you reluctant to use “gambling money” for normal expenditures?
  13. Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family?
  14. Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned?
  15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?
  16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?
  17. Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
  18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?
  19. Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?
  20. Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling?
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Get the Best Gambling eBooks

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Tony

There are several ebooks that were created for different purposes and one of these is focused on gambling. Gambling ebooks are committed to gambling fans in the internet.  These offers information on different casino games, statistics, strategies and tips on how to win at all kinds of online gambling.

If you are a gambling fanatic, then these is what you need. This is intended to give gamblers the secrets of gambling online as well as how to manage your funds well for an enjoyable and relaxing game.

There are also several gambling ebooks available :

  • Blackjack – The Complete Strategy – This ebook contains all the information on mastering techniques to win the game of blackjack.  It includes card counting tips, strategies, and how to manage ones’ money.  It also comes with four bonuses and a one year money back guarantee.
  • More Casino Gambling Made Easier, by Gayle Mitchell. This opens up accurate strategies for live poker, roulette and sportsbook.  It contains the ten worse bets than can be made by a player plus a Worldwide Casino Travelogue featuring the finest and the best casinos in and around the world.
  • Loophole In Sport Betting System, by Richard Koh. This contains the information on the loopholes in the sport betting system that almost anybody can make a living out of.
  • Casino Betting Systems, by Fawzia Awwad. It contains a lot of topics on online gambling tips such as craps, blackjack, roulette, slots, bingo, lottery and video poker contests.
  • Probability Guide of Gambling, by Catalin Barboianu. This has a large collection of probability results as well as strategies, covering and discussing most part of major casino games. It also contains a whole chapter giving attention to Probability Theory basics, for anybody who is interested in probability calculus.
  • Casino Gambling Made Easier, by Gayle Mitchell. Five online gambling best games: video poker, craps, blackjack, slots and baccarat with information on winning strategies. Also contains and covers roulette, wager management as well as worst bets. Top Las Vegas and Laughlin casinos. It also includes eight illustrations.
  • Playing To Win .  Has sixteen great casino gambling sites all in one E-Book. There are sites for Craps, Roulette, Baccarat, and other casino loved games.
  • HOW TO BEAT THE CASINOS EASILY. This ebook shows one how to EASILY beat the casinos at Roulette and Craps AND strictly keep one within his gambling budget. Let this ebook show you how to make it more fun by walking away with the casino’s money.
  • Winning Systems. Containing almost 50 winning gambling systems,  these are professionally written and studied gambling systems as well as  guides that have previously been sold for large amounts of money.
  • Secrets Of Ex-Blackjack Dealer Revealed. Shows how one can be a consistent winner at the game of blackjack using this forty page manual.
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Secret Formula of Black Jack Winners

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Tony

Blackjack is one of the simple games being played at the casino. For those who don’t know how to play the game, it’s always best to start by learning the basics.

To play Blackjack, the most important feature to remember is that there are four times as many cards that have a value of 10 (10, J,Q,K) as any other value. With this information, one must always assume that the next card to be drawn from the deck has a value of 10.

By keeping this in mind, one may realize that if one has any hand that has a value over 12 one will likely lose or in blackjack terms bust (go over 21).  Likewise if the dealer’s card is a 2-6 it is likely to draw a 10 card which means he will have to draw again, likely causing him to bust.

Another way to make the odds more favorable to the player than the dealer is by counting cards. This of course requires many pages and charts that must be memorized.  Having a professionally written guide is very helpful and there are many different authors that have different styles and different counting systems. It’s always best to get more than one opinion to find out which style works best.

Practice makes perfect. By investing time and money with online training software learning the game, it will eventually pay off at the casino.

When you enter the casino, you must choose the right table to play at. It is also  adviseable to observed first the players at a table seem to be winning a lot, this might be a good time to join in the action.  Likewise, if you notice the dealer has a lot of chips and the players seem to be doing more losing than winning, then look for a better table.

You should reward the dealer by tipping when you are winning.  If the dealer knows he will be tipped when the players wins, he may begin rooting and actually do subtle things to help such as performing less thorough shuffles and penetrating deeper into the shoe before he re-shuffles thus allowing the player to get a more accurate count of the cards.

If the dealer starts losing too much money for the casino the pit boss will likely change dealers.

It may be impossible to find the perfect game, but you should be familiar with how certain house rules affect the player.

Keep in mind that as a rule of thumb, the fewer decks the casino uses the more advantageous it is for the player.

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Avoiding Online Gambling Scams Before They Happen

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Tony

Online gambling have very risks, not only the gambling scams were never as recognized and as widespread as when it finally came in contact with cyber space. Online gambling, although beneficiary for those gambling aficionados, allowing them to gamble and avail of the enjoyment at home, also has some of its downsides more specifically the existence of online gambling scams.

Online scams usually include the refusal of a certain game company to “give you” your winnings. Some gambling scams may even go as far as totally refusing to let you win with absurd probabilities, and then refusing to let you cash out the remaining money you’ve got left.

One way to avoid these scams is to know what they are. Here are two most prevailing online gambling scams that you should be aware of, and should be able to detect easily.

Illegitimate Bonuses

Some gambling companies even go as far as inviting their former scammed customers under the ruse of “bonuses” telling them how sympathetic they are about you being scammed, and offering a bonus if you play with them instead. Just think, where did they get your contact details? Well they got it from that short form you filled out when you joined the first scam casino, and they’re actually looking to rip you off again.

What do they do? When it’s actually time for you to claim your bonus, they say that you are ineligible to receive the bonus.

To avoid being re-scammed, never fall for these types of offers. Even if you haven’t been scammed yet, they’d still send you a bonus offer then refuse to give it to you once you’ve deposited your money. A good rule of thumb with online gambling, if it’s too good to be true, then it probably is.

Piracy

One way to know a legitimate online casino is its affiliations and memberships; one such is the Interactive Gaming Council (ICG). However, logos provided by such organizations can easily be copied on the net, and what scammers do, is they imitate, sometimes, go as far as duplicating the design of a legitimate casino to pass off theirs. It is a good measure to look up the name of the online casino on the members list of the certain organization. ICG and others usually provide an easy to browse and search members list on their web sites.

To make sure that the casino you’re subscribing to is legit, type the company name and the word review in the search engine and read about them, you’ll more or less get an idea of how they work.

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Facts about High-rollers Mindset

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Tony

Gambling is such a profitable activity where gains are manifested only to those who have access to it.

In general, gambling is considered as a game of probability. More and more people loves to gamble because of the fact that it could provide them easy money without having to work and wait longer.

Some people argue that the reason why people loves gambling is based on the fact that they consider it as a play, a game that gives them the kind of satisfaction that they need. They find it as an outlet that move away from the usual life they have whenever they are at work or at home.

In a usual casino setting, people who are seen playing poker, blackjack, roulettes, etc. usually come from different walks of life.

As a rule, they would put up a reasonable bet on something that they think would be enough to give them back their stakes plus a hefty amount of money if ever they would win.

There are some people who place bets or stakes with large amount of money. These people are known as the high-rollers of the casino. These high rollers are those that usually deposit $1,000 or more.

One reason why high rollers exist in the casinos is based on the fact that there are special bonuses that are only designated to people who deposit large amounts of money. And most often, these high rollers are the ones that usually win and take the money from other bets.

It is not impossible why a particular thinking had evolved. This is known as the high-rollers mindset.

The high rollers mindset is a way of thinking of most casino players or gamblers that conceptualizes the idea that the higher the bet, the higher the chances of winning and getting bigger amount of money.

High-rollers mindset is usually employed by high-rollers or those who gamble a lot of money. They believe that by placing large amounts of money as their bets, they would be able to get the special bonuses being offered by the casino. Plus, they can even have more benefits that are only entitled to the high rollers if ever they get to win the game.

Having a high-roller mindset is not at all wrong, especially if a person has a lot of money to bet. The only drawback is that it tends to let a person gamble a lot of money just for the thought that he or she might win.

The bottom line is that the high rollers who gamble more have higher chances of losing more. After all, it’s still gambling where people are never sure if they will win or not.

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Are You a Professional Gambler?

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Tony

A professional gambler might answer at least 7 out of 20 of these questionnaires but if you are indeed a problem gambler, the following tips below should help you out of your gambling spree.

  • Never take credit cards or an ATM card with you when you gamble, just take the amount that you intend to spend that day.
  • Limit the time you gamble.
  • Remember, there are more chances of you losing than winning.
  • When you win, keep the money and have an agreement with yourself not to use it.
  • When you run out of money, give up, never borrow cash for gambling.
  • Never hesitate to ask help from a friend. Bring a gambling friend who is not addicted and ask him to keep you in check.
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Gambling Online or Offline

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Tony

Gambling games have changed with the advent of the internet technology. People used to go to the gambling places to play their favorite game. Thus, we have online bingo games, online horserace betting, online poker and many other games.

Online gaming systems has brought a new dimension to many gamblers who may want to play and bet. The exciting  part of it is that they can play anywhere in the world and have a chance to compete online with others in the different continents. You can get your adrenaline pumping and get high in winning or low in losing in the online gambling games.

So either you choose online gambling or offline. But choosing your game depends on you. Some people may prefer horses or dogs, thus they tend to play race track betting games either on the racetrack, online or offline.

There are also some who prefer the thrill of waiting for the next ball to be announced . They’d be very happy jumping up and shouting throughout the place, “Bingo! I won! I won!”

There are also others who prefer playing casino games in the privacy of their homes just so when they lose or win, , no one would know.

So, it’s your choice. Remember though that all gambling games have their  risks.

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Offline Gambling with Lesser Risks

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Tony

When you gamble, there no way that you will always be a winner, that is why it’s called gambling. You take all the risks and reap the benefits when lady lucks sides by you, but this is not always the case. Most of the time people end up being addicted, losing all that they’ve worked for all in the belief that gambling is the real get rich quick solution. Gambling is addictive; there will never be a real risk-free solution.

A person can still continue gambling without really getting addicted or getting drastically affected.

The high risk gambling does not necessarily mean you spend a lot of money. Think of gambling as a form of entertainment. Like other ways to get yourself entertained, you sometimes spend nothing and sometimes a lot. Think of it as a play that you watch, except you participate in it actively. Therefore, low-risk gambling is essentially avoiding the mindset of losses, if you don’t think you lost then you probably didn’t.

Low risk gambling is essentially a mindset, not a drug, not a shrink; you can avoid gambling risks by thinking like a low risk gambler.

A low risk gambler thinks that as time passes, more and more people will lose. The only winner that wins in this gambling arena is the company that runs the casino.  Do not expect to win back what you’ve invested because this can only set your mind to play and play until you realize that you don’t have any money left.

A low risk gambler must also know that he is only playing for recreation, for entertainment, and like all forms of entertainment. By doing this, you will not recognize the losses but rather expenditures. Just put it in your mind that the money you lost is the amount you pay for the entertainment, and don’t necessarily have to be won back.

A low-risk gambling is a social gambling. You could gamble with friends, family and loved ones.  The presence of friends provides a content sensation that is very different from winning, and can help you focus away from winning.

A low-risk gambling should be limited, both in frequency and duration. If you try to lower offline gambling risk, you should be able to draft a timetable for yourself. Compulsive gambling should never be tolerated, and this may be a sign of a starting addiction.

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Compulsive Gambler: How to Detect One?

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Tony

A compulsive gambler is one person who is not able to resist the urge to gamble. Compulsiveness leads to severe personal and social consequences. The desire to gamble becomes so difficult to control that stress can only be calmed by gambling more.

  1. Walks, Talks and Breathes Gambling.
    A compulsive gambler preoccupies himself with gambling. He tells story of previous experiences and often discuss with anybody willing to listen, his new schemes or his next winning strategy.
  2. More, more and more.
    A compulsive gambler finds himself gambling more and more money. In most cases he is not gambling for a bigger prize but for an increased thrill or excitement. The time he spends gambling usually lasts longer than planned.
  3. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop.
    A compulsive has repeatedly been unable to curb his gambling. Worse, he becomes irritable and restless when attempting to cut back or stop altogether. Unfortunately, gambling is a way of escaping or relieving his problems.
  4. Lies, lies and more lies.
    A compulsive gambler starts lying to family and friends in order to hide his habit. But lies and brags about winnings. He denies having a problem when confronted. Oftentimes becomes angry if the issue is pursued. The lies start to become a way of life for the compulsive gambler.
  5. Show me the money.
    He starts depending on others to help in terrible financial situations. He often borrows from family and friends to support his increasingly worsening problem. Mortgages and loans are refinanced. Life insurance is cashed in, as well as his 401k.  The gambler may then start committing fraud and theft to finance gambling.
  6. Self Destructing
    Career is jeopardized or relationships with loved ones and friends are eroding. There is a tremendous amount of shame and remorse felt after gambling. Will consider or attempt suicide due to extreme helplessness of situation.
  7. Losing control.
    A shift in personality oftentimes happen to the compulsive gambler. He starts being manipulative, irritable, argumentative, critical, and controlling. A compulsive gambler starts losing interest in his regular activities and hobbies. Then makes poor excuses or evades questions of his whereabouts. Often withdraws from love ones and friends. Sees gambling as a way to cope and deal with his problems.
  8. No sense of time.
    A compulsive gambler begins gambling to celebrate and in crisis. He starts spending his time gambling on holidays and special events.

Prevention is difficult and will not always be likely. Counseling may help people who are more susceptible to compulsive gambling. People who know of relatives that are compulsive gambler might be at risk and must be especially wary.

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Lowering Online Gambling Risks

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Tony

Online gambling are very risky, aside from the risks on the game there are also the risks of scams and frauds. In the internet, these aren’t really uncommon, it reaches far and wide and it is no wonder that our dishonest brothers have finally found a way to again to swindle our more honest brothers out of the money that they’ve worked hard for.

Online gambling risk comes in many shapes and sizes, aside from the addiction risk, there are of course the risk of scams.

It is important to know that if the online casino you’re entering is legitimate or not. Nowadays, it may be very hard to know who is the legitimate because the scammer casinos need only to copy the layouts of legitimate casinos and adopt them as their own, including memberships and certifications. Logos and banners are very easy to copy so be weary of these.

To make sure that you don’t get scammed is to go to online casinos approved by trustworthy organizations like the Interactive Gaming commission (IGC). If you get an invitation to a site, don’t make any deposits yet. Look up to their certifications and make sure that these are indeed true by doing a quick search on the organization that gave the certification.

Most online gaming organizations have a quick search function that allows you to search for members. Usually, scammer casinos don’t take the time to become members because they usually “change names” in short periods, usually when their scam gets discovered.

Like in any other forms of gambling, the risk doesn’t necessarily come in the game. It is part of the game, but risks that we are talking about here go beyond winning and losing money.

Gambling should be a form of entertainment or shouldn’t be viewed otherwise. It isn’t a living and definitely not a gold mine. Today gambler never knew that, in fact they view it as a fast way to get money.

You should know that a low risk gambler views playing in casinos, online or offline should be only a form of entertainment. Once you think that it’s a living, it’s already the onset of addiction.

To lower your gambling risk, have a self discipline and limit yourself. Never play for more than you thought you would, or for longer than you thought you will. Plan the length of time and the amount of money you would play, kind of like scheduling dinner or a trip to the movies.

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