Ban online casinos

[destroyed]

Three days ago I still had a life. A couple of evenings of insanity and $20k later my world is totally shattered. And it's for certain there are thousands of others out there like me, and the rate of new victims will only increase with the huge amount of online advertising. It's so easy to chase your losses, you're at the computer all day long so a moment of weakness is all it takes for the sickness to take hold again.

Wasnt losing too heavily at first, justified the habit by opening new accounts with bonuses. But of course with multiple accounts the losses can be chased from one casino to the next. So when the slide finally started I was all set up for disaster.

[bellamia]

WOW I hear your pain... maybe a GA meeting would help if you can find one realize your not alone..
I agree with the ban people lose conciousness with gambling online there is no concept of the money until the bill comes.. all of it doenst seem real.. and maybe it isnt..
I have not gambled online at all in over
3 months and hope to never fall into that
trap again and I came out ahead..but if I kept
going I would of been under too..
GA helped me..

[the_cpa]

This is unfortunate. I know I hate to hear of these kinds of stories. You are one in need of help to control your gambling or really, sounds like you should not gamble at all.

The First and formost rule that I preach to EVERYONE is NEVER to gamble more that you can honestly AFFORD to loose. The 2nd is to keep your blood pressure under control.

It appears that the exhileration of it all got to you. I am sorry for your loss.

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/

[Casinomeister]

Sorry to hear of your painful experience, hopefully in time you can put this all behind you and move on. Without a doubt, get a hold of GA and use whatever resources they have available.

Bryan

[destroyed]

I can assure there was no exhileration, just a kind of miserable trance. As things get ever-worse you're thinking another $500 whats the difference.

Anyhow I suspect I will never gamble again. It's a matter of recognising and avoiding the way the disease takes hold, often using a small bet as an excuse to get started. At least the disaster struck now not in a few years time when I would have had much more to lose.

[dave_r]

The industry, as a whole, has NO CONSCIENCE when a player's entire life is destroyed due to his/her addicition.

Just turn on your computer, and two minutes later, you can be gambling hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. And you can lose it all within 15 mins.

Should it be this easily accessible? HELL NO.
Senator Kyle IS RIGHT. ONLINE CASINOS SHOULD BE BANNED. Senator Kyle once said that its easier for an addicted gambler to spend his/her hard earned $$$ online than it is for a coccaine user to get Crack.

You don't even have to walk out the front door to gamble. These casinos use very effective techniques to get you to give into temptation. There are far more addicts than the 1% statistic given by the industry. My personal opinion is that a good 20% or more of online gamblers are PROBLEM GAMBLERS.

I personally doubt there will ever be effective legislation to ban online casinos, but there should be, for the good of society as a whole.

In my 4+ years gambling online, I've gambled at literally hundreds of online casinos. On a personal level, I truly enjoy the ability to gamble from home, and I can see myself doing this for many years to come, if not for the rest of my life. I absolutely love the convenience. I also know I can beat these casinos in the long run by bonus hustling. After all, if these casinos have no conscince when they destroy an addict's life, why should I have any conscience when I go promo hunting? This does not mean I abuse the rules: I believe in following the casino's rules and regulations to the letter. I do not believe in setting up duplicate accounts. I do nothing illegal.

I simply use my high speed internet access to download 10 NEW casinos every day, and become a new player at each of them, grab the bonus, play the min amount of action, cashout, and logoff. I feel no guilt, since I am doing NOTHING WRONG. The casinos make the rules. I follow them.

There are some who will say there are no decent promos left on the net. THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE!!

While I agree that playthrough requirements have gone up on most casinos (7 - 10 x bonus + deposit), there are still some out there with reasonable requirements (4x or less).

[dave_r]

Just to follow up:

I don't think it's right for the government to legislate how you can SPEND your hard earned money. That should be up to you. And if you want to gamble it away, SO BE IT.

HOWEVER, government should protect its citizens from being ripped off.

The online casino industry is so laced with corruption that programmers are being hired to write source code to deliberately cheat the player. Some blackjack games are NOT random, but completely rigged to steal the players' money.

Until there is some EFFECTIVE regulation that protects players against this cheating software,
I will agree with Kyle.

Caveat Emptor:
The industry's 2 worst apples:
GSS and IGlobalmedia are still in business.

Numerous portals are "bought and paid for" and continue to advertise these casinos.

More and more players continue to get screwed.

[dave_r]

Current listing of IGC members as of
Feb 1, 2002

IGlobalMedia
Innoco Korea
Unified Gaming
CyberCroupier AB
Galaxiworld

The IGC has been bought and paid for.
Anyone who disagrees should click on the following link:

http://www.gambling.com/static/go_page.cfm?ID=1217

It would be a truly hilarious article if it weren't all true.

[crisall]

dave r, this article is satire at its best!

I play online in the exact same manner as you - though I only play at 3-4 new casinos a week.

While I have every sympathy for the loss of destroyed this is no reason to ban online casinos. It is the responsibility of the player for the losses, the casinos (well the honest majority) cannot be held responsible for the player losing money. Nobody can be blamed for losing the $20K other than destroyed.

Those calling for the ban of online casinos you must go the whole hog and ban land-based casinos also.

[bolle72]

Destroyed,
how did you manage to quit gambling online?
I know someone with the same problem.