Hi
I'm new to this forum but after what I did last night, this is now the final straw.Â
Thought I would post my story on here.Â
I have been betting on and off since my late teens mainly on football and tennis. I am now 33.Â
Well earlier this year I decided to have a bit of fun on the online casinos. My 1st night I put in £100.   Lost it straight away so then was chasing it and after putting in like 800 I came out luckily with few hundred profit.   This happened again next time and I ended up winning about £2000
Well 1 day early on in the lockdown when I had to be off work and was so bored I had a disaster and lost over £3000 by trying to do the same thing.Â
My fiancee nearly left me and understandably so, I admitted then I had a big gambling addiction.Â
Since that day she has took control of all our finances, and this has helped quite a bit.Â
But i have relapsed a few times where there was a few hundred left in 1 of my cards and I lost that. I have won a bit aswell but still nowhere near what I have lost.Â
Well last night I see I had a bit in so I got the urge. Put in £60 and got up to over 250 just by playing penny roulette. Thought a few times about cashing it out but greed took over as was doing so well and then happened to lose the whole lot!!!!!
I felt sick to my stomach as I should of just cashed out at the very least half of it so I didnt come out with another loss.Â
Well today is the day I have now signed up to gamstop. I have had enough of trying to chase money back. The way I see it is i will be winning if i dont ever use online casinos ever again as will start saving more money up again like I used to.Â
Sorry if i have rambled on too much. Just wanted to get my story out.
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hi, its ok dude, you are in the right place to vent your frustrations, i can guarantee you that everyone on here knows what you are talking about and im glad you have decided to nip it in the bud hopefully? if you want to chat message me and ill tell you about my gambling S***e, which im trying to sort out too. take it easy , cheers, andy
Hi @briggsey and welcome to the Forum.
Thank you for sharing your story with us. It sounds like you are taking important steps in the right direction by handing over control of your finances to your fiancee and registering with GamStop.
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