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How to Gamble Without Addiction
Gambling is big business, earning the gaming industry billions of dollars each year. In fact, Americans spend more money on legal gambling than they do on movie tickets, recorded music, theme parks, spectator sports and video games combined. A recent program on the Discovery Channel stated that gambling is so attractive, that when the lottery is high, ninety percent of eligible adults buy a ticket!
Most people who gamble enjoy gambling as a game; it’s exciting and fun. And most are able to gamble without risking a gambling addiction. Just as many people can have a glass or two of wine with dinner without becoming an alcoholic, so can they buy a lottery ticket in California, visit a racetrack in Kentucky or even spend their vacation in Panama casinos without serious long-term issues. Anyone who has visited a casino knows how easy it is to feed money into the machines. Still, the occasional visit to a casino does not indicate a problem and many people are able to gamble without addiction as long as they gamble responsibly and keep several important things in mind.
Set a realistic budget and stick to it
Leave all your credit cards at home except one for an emergency…and losing all your cash because you fed it into the slot machine is not an emergency! This card is in case your car breaks down or you get stranded, not to get an extra $500 for the tables. Also, take only the amount of cash that you can afford to lose. Avoid temptation by not bring any cash that has already been set aside for necessities, like groceries or rent; if it’s in your pocket, you might be tempted to risk it.
Limit or avoid alcohol
Its best not to drink while you are gambling as this is a good way to lose more money than you can afford to lose. Alcohol can dull the senses and cause you to make choices that you might not otherwise make so this policy will keep you from making a stupid choice, such as taking $500 out from your credit card, for example.
Set a time limit for gambling
Wear a watch. The whole idea in a casino is to cause you to lose track of time and spend more money. All the flashing lights and bells from the slot machines as well as the artificial lighting are meant to give you a false sense of reality. If you wear a watch, you can tell how long it takes you to lose a certain amount of money and, if you lose what you can afford to lose in the first hour, it’s probably time to go home before you lose any more.
People who gamble responsibly do so for entertainment and they are able to accept losses as the cost of that entertainment. They are able to balance their gambling with other activities and they do not gamble alone. If you remember these tips, you will be able to enjoy, rather than fear, your gambling experience.
November 3rd, 2009 / No Comments » / by suicidalsam
Online Casino Reviews and Guides
Gambling is a big business on the web and offline. There are thousands of people lining up to play casino games. Talking about online casino’s, there are hundreds and even thousands of sites that offer casino games to players. Not all of them are top notch and some are just fraudulent. To distinguish the good ones from the bad ones, there are sites that offer honest reviews of the online casino sites. These sites are totally dedicated to reviewing casinos.
Gamblingreview.com is one of those sites that are dedicated to providing quality information to gamblers. They provide in depth reviews of the most of the online gambling sites. That’s not it, they also are a reference for the gambling community. Besides providing very honest reviews of online casinos, they also have contact numbers and address of offline casinos (land based).
Most of the Gambling review sites only provide reviews of casinos but Gamblingreview.com also has lots of other very useful information which might come handy for online gamblers. They provide the list of top online casinos which will be of great help to people new to online gambling. They also provide the list of casinos that provide the highest bonuses, poker room ratings for poker players. They have a blog that provides up to date information, news and anything that has to do with gambling so that their site users can benefit.
For users who are very new to gambling, they also have a basic beginner’s guide which will help them. These online casino guide is written very simply so that even a first time online gambler can understand. They also have great advise for betting sensibly in BlackJack, Texas Holdem poker and other popular casino games. Gamblingreview.com is very easy to look through and even a novice web user can browse through it. This has to be one of the top casino review sites I have visited in terms of information they provide. They have been online since 1998 and are a very trusted source for gambling information. All new and old online gambler should have a look at this site, I think they will all find it very useful.
March 6th, 2009 / No Comments » / by suicidalsam
