Topic: gambling..its taking me out.. - page 3. (Read 4462 times)

I'd never gamble with my bitcoins. Just imagine what they could be worth in the future so if you really wanna gamble just invest in bitcoins and hold and see how much they're worth in the future. Maybe that would be the better gamble?

You are doing good for everyone, but don't leave BTC as it was not meant to be left.
I have seen many people leaving Bitcoins just because they lost them gambling. So, try to leave gambling instead.

no man i have changed my payment mode to skrill for all my clients..
now what is left with me(btcs) i am donating some to nepal , some on reddit as tip and converting all to usd on localbitcoin... :0 thats what i think is right way...

If I'm reading it right seems it could be a lot worse if https://blockchain.info/address/33jhmQXe4Q9dP24Jm9EVa6XHxn85sZnQMR is your btc address.

If you have to keep using BTC for your business.  I suggest this as a first step.  Find the sites you use to gamble or read about odds, anything that has to do with the addiction.   Use software or hardware to block the sites.   It will be hard going "cold turkey".  But I think no access to gambling will help.

sent a small tip to you for your blazzing advice...

https://blockchain.info/tx/af81b0435eb34207bffd48afce72f2262afdcfef69a2bccf31597072d2e04552

yep i get a lots of skrill and pp from online bussiness..but never felt any uncontrollable urge like this..
but from the time i have been accepting btcs..i am addicted to gambling..
so i think i should refuse now accepting btcs from my client..

thanks for this suggestion..

I will suggest that you make a paper wallet, take a copy of the public key.
Place the private key it in a plastic container and mold it in cast.



Now do you have a bitcoin storage that you not easily can access.
In order to access the private key you would need to break the cast (make a lot of mess).
You can always transfer funds to the wallet, by using the public key.

This soulution will perhaps prevent you for these impulse spending on gambling.

You will always later, be able to redeem your coins, but you have to break the cast.

There is so much fail in this sentence.
If you want to 'invest' in gambling, then should you not play the games at all.
You completely misunderstod how gambling works and what an investment is.

Gambling is a form of entertainment, which means that over time you will have to pay to be able to play.
Effectivly is the house edge the price for playing.
It is true that you can make a profit by gambling, but that is due to luck.
In the long run will you always have a negative profit, it is not my rule that is how statistic works.

I can recommend to change your approach to gambling, look at it in a different way, when you play a game, then do you PAY for entertainment, same as seeing a movie or see a show, any money left after the game is bonus.

Just don't visit this forum for a month. Concentrate on the things that matter to you in your real life and then the addiction of gambling will vanish. Gambling just eats you and makes a person greedy for more and more money and he ends up to be a pauper.

Gambling is the worst thing. I hate dice. 
Now i don´t play anymore. Casino always wins.

For BTC? There ain't none other than (just maybe) BTC itself.

The record for crypto 'investments' is truly wretched. A handful were excellent but they've been swamped by thousands upon thousands of miserable failures.

I am now less certain investments always quick scam and I've been addicted to gambling so a little hard to stop it.

is there any suggestion from you about what kind of investment that has a low risk? and for a long period of time

You must be clear of the fact that the gambling sites (or the banks) always win. There are algorithms behind the games, slots, roulettes etc which always are set up in the way that you will lose longterm and the casino wins longterm.

Well I don't know if it's BTC related or not, but really it doesn't matter.

If the OP thinks it may be a contributing factor, then it is so.

Anything that is a trigger or enables the behavior should be napalmed.

I think OP really needs to get away from bitcoin.  I don't recommend this hardly ever.  I try to spread bitcoin and hope for more acceptance.

But in this case OP is having easy access to bitcoin is making gambling easier.   So he is really playing on sites with no regulation.   If he goes to only fiat money it will make gambling harder.  No instant access.   

yeah, well you're getting sucked in.

as I mentioned previously you may want to study gambling itself.

you also might want to study the psychology and physiology of addiction and gambling in particular.  your brain may be wired to release happy drugs/endorphins when you win- and this is likely the case.  you may be chemically addicted to this in this respect as you are seeking the release of these drugs.  it can be similar to other forms of addiction in this way.

when it gets really bad gamblers will gamble for any reason.  feeling happy?  gamble.  feeling sad?  gamble.  feeling stressed? gamble.  all of this becomes wired into the brain of the gambler and becomes ingrained into their personality to the point where it takes over.  as you indicate, it dominates their thinking completely to the point where it becomes the point of living.

I have seen this first hand in a close family member that gambled away literally millions of dollars and destroyed his life over this senseless shit, leaving him fucking penniless, so I have some idea of how all of this works.  It ain't good when it spins out of control and really grabs a person, which it very definitely can do in much the same way drugs can, for many of the same reasons and with equally devastating results.

if better understanding all of this this does not help you reason your way out of this and you cannot stop on your own seek help and do it right now.  don't fuck around with this or any other type of addiction.  don't kid yourself that you can control it or that the problem will not get larger. 

do not waste further time, just take the step that's necessary to stop it, whatever that is for you.

one should always keep an eye on his or her total wining in a gambling website. if it is negetive wining then you gotta be careful not to let it empty your pockets. and also if it is possitive you have ti be careful not to get cocky and lose all of them.

If you only gamble because of bitcoin maybe you should stay away from bitcoin related stuff, it should be easier to control the impulse.

Hmm... Gambling is seductive, also, the gambling sites are broadcasting the big wins on their sites everyday and that could be an inducement.

In the gold rush at USA, those who got rich, that sold tools & shovels to the diggers. Here, those who refer people to gambling sites by signature/referral campaign makes the money... not the gamblers