Q&A: Am I addicted to gambling/poker?
Question by Joshua B: Am I addicted to gambling/poker?
Ive just recently started out playing online poker (texas hold’em)
I took out a credit card previous week and ive previously run up £37000 on it from taking part in poker on-line.
I did get one particular cash out but that was £20
Am i addicted to on the internet poker?
Finest answer:
Answer by lil ladii
i think thats a lot of funds (i’m from the US so i wouldn’t know) i think you should consider it down a notch and give oneself a limit to play. possibly perform up to £10 something like that
What do you think? Answer beneath!
Yes, about few months ago I also keep on playing online games gamble and my bills was 1/3 of yours. You can imagine each games cost only USD1.00-6.00 but can end up so high! So I told myself had to stop but its really difficult. I thought go for a short holiday and keep away from computer and its help but 1 week later end up playing again! I went for second holiday longer for 2 weeks and this round its help already 3months and I had stop gambling online.
Good Luck To You!
seriously, you should play blackjack. with a good betting strategy and basic card counting skills you could win the money back.
How should I know? You said you just started. How long do you play?
Can you stop? If so, then you aren’t addicted.
From what you’ve told us, all we can tell is that you apparently aren’t very good.
cant you play on the free ones?
You sound like addicted. But it depends, if you like and its fun and you have a lot of money to lose then its cool :p
TWENTY QUESTIONS
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, trouble, boredom or loneliness?
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?
Most compulsive gamblers will answer yes to at least seven of these questions.
Source(s):
GA Website
Addiction shouldn’t be your main question IMO.
Am I playing correctly? That’s the question.
w/out learning the in’s and outs of something and how to properly manage both your play and bankroll for it.
If you don’t know what your doing and are throwing money at it, then you are paying for entertainment.
do you have 37,000 to loose?
how much is that compared to your annual income? or weekly income?
Stop and walk away until you work out a sound financial plan to pay off the credit card
37000 sounds like a business investment. If a business that cost that much and returns only 20, then better to close the doors of that business