by mistake i don’t know whether I’m addicted or not. I don’t bet everyday but found these last few much a struggle. I set my limit on one account to £20 a week. Then Cheltenham came around and fancied a bet but already had maxed out one account so used another and deposited £20 into the Casino wallet. I got a bonus for doing that so had to play slots , unbelievably I got upto £980. I tried to withdraw but wouldn’t let me as I hadn’t done the wagering limit I ended up doing this but went down to £700. I tried to withdraw but it said error. Turns out I had to provide photographic picture of me, a utility bill, and a copy of my bank card. This takes upto 48hrs to process so because I was bored at work and money still in my account, I blew the lot because I was tired of waiting. Do you think this is a purpose thing that betting companies do? So you can’t withdraw straight away?? I’m gutted
I do yes, I have had this happen to me, also one that took payment from my card but then told me their system wasn't set up to put payment back onto the type of card I had. I asked them about a bacs transfer and they said could not do it so ended up blowing a lot of the money whilst they "sorted it out" turned out they could do a bacs payment but it took them 3 days to get back to me by which time most of it had gone.
It winds me up too that you can reverse a withdraw 48 hours before they process it, a few time I have gone back in and cancelled it the next day promising myself I will only play a little bit and then take out the rest.
Been there done that many times . The companies prey on the vulnerable like us who don’t have the self discipline . I ended up when I won (rarely) to tell the chat to lock me out of my account for a few days , then the payment eventually came through . Been stung so many times with this . Worst one was my wife let me use her card to deposit years ago £20. Won 6k and they wouldn’t refund as it was from the wife’s card even though I had written permission and ID. Never even got the initial stake back . They look for any trick to avoid paying . Deposit instantly and can wait up to a month sometimes to get your money back . Pending money is just a red rag to a bull . Wagering requirements up to 40 x . Then they have loopholes where you can only wager a maximum stake as it’s seen by the companies as an unfair advantage (been refused £2k for this as my stake went to £3 on slots ). Then when you exclude from a company and win on a sister company they refuse to pay (fought a case for a 7k win on this , took over a year to get money back ). These are just a few reasons why I think the whole set up and industry is corrupt and completely weighted in their favour . It’s amazing that anyone can win . When a compulsive gambler like us , it’s proof enough that we will never win
Yeah I did the exact same thing on my last relapse. I used to bet on sports but anyway deposited £60 and got a £30 bonus. Betted pretty much solidily like a numb detactched dengenerate for 2 days straight. Got through the bonus wagering requirements and had a balance of way over 500+, I could of really used this money and even joked around with friends in a pretty toxic betting group that I’ve now left that I should withdraw some it. It’s almost as if I know I’ll continue until I’ve flushed away every last penny and I will because I’ve admitted to myself I am addicted to the act of gambling. I don’t even feel overly happy or excited when I’m winning large sums of money anymore. I think it’s because I know that I’ll never be in the green lifetime as gambling has taken so much from me. I have multiple accounts from the past of me being in good positions after hot streaks only to throw it away in a flash. The only solution is complete abstinence for me. If you are addicted and can’t put the pipe down then you will be taken to the cleaners time and time again. I’m going to write of my loses as a period of unemployment where I was too ill to work. Hopefully that is less painful on my fragile ego which seems unwilling to accept defeat right now.
One more thing, I know it’s hard but try to be grateful instead of angry about the losses. They helped you see gambling for what it really is, a bad life choice that will provide nothing worth having.
Great feedback guys thanks. I think to begin with it was I just enjoyed playing the slots games. Whether I won or lost. It then went from £700 slowly to £500. So I was thinking just take that. But then I began to think but I had £700 so need to get back to that. So again slowly it went down to £300. At this point I was angry, sad and even laughing when I didn’t win. To which my mentality went to “well I didn’t have that money to start with so I haven’t really lost anything”. So blew the rest. I literally deposited £20 from start to finish but I do bet on football and rarely on slots but for me to “lose” £700 i felt like I had a problem and needed to act fast as I would probably try chasing something I never had. So I self excluded myself for all sites apart from one. Which now only allows me to bet £10 a week on sports. But now banned from any slots games casino games etc.
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