Matched Better here.

As I mentioned I'm not looking to give up matched betting at the moment, but I'm.very wary of the community and environment I operate in.  

In the community it's notmalised to bet huge amounts daily, people are encouraged to keep going, phases such as "keep going it will turn around" when people are on massive losing streaks and in deficit is common, big wins are celebrated , losses are taken lightly.  

Gambling is so normalised in the environment it's unreal.  

Matched clearly a gateway to a gambling addiction

Addiction to the process is not taken seriously enough in the communities. 

Matched clearly a gateway to a gambling addiction.  Hense why I'm here. 

I'm not ready to leave the environment, but I do want to be held accountable for ever spin I do outside matched betting.  

I'll keep a journal of every time this happens, or I feel temptation. 

This is something I feel that I need to take seriously and be held accountable for.

If you know that matched betting is a gateway to other types of gambling and you recognise that you have a problem, why would you insist on carrying on with matched betting?

You sound like you aren’t ready to give up gambling or you are kidding yourself that you can control it. 
Just be honest with yourself and put gambling down. Can you do that?

Chris.

@chris-uk  The situation i'm in is the money it's putting into my bank on average. 

Enough for me to  struggle to step away because I don't want to  lose that income source. 

I took a couple of days off since last posting here.

Had to motivate myself to start again. Wasn't great starting back, I was pretty annoyed with the slots. Wiped out the little profit I had for already a terrible  month. 

Each spin felt like a chore.  Just trying to plough through the offers, trying to get them done. 

I'm not in the minus for the month , but for the amount of work for the month I've put in, it's been a complete waste of my time. 

In regards of being honest with myself.  That's why I'm here. 

I want to try to recognise if I have a problem or not,  Also it's not something I can do indefinitely.    There needs to be a point where I walk away. 

Its just recognising when I'm at that point. 

I have a dog walking business, it's still in its starting phase.  I'm going alright, it's growing how it needs too.  

Although at the moment I'm not earning enough to support myself each month yet, so I am somewhat relient on matched betting right now. 

Done my stuff for the day.  I'm in a good position, run out of offers, so fairly bored.  Want to carry on doing offers but there isn't anything to do for the day. 

Been in this situation one a couple of weeks  back, where I gambled a bit just out of boredom.  

So just going to step away from the phone.  Eat something nice, have a bath and have some hobby time. 

A few offers I got a free bet,    Instead of laying then I just punted them,  didn't even look at what I was betting on or bother checking if the bet ohe or not. 

Wasn't gambling just a case of me being lazy and couldn't be bothered with it.   Stupid really as I previously did an offer to unlock the free bet I just punted. 

I was a match better too. Started off really well. Followed all the rules then black jack got me. I felt like the money was in the casino side of things so slowly phased out sports as I wasn’t getting that much profit from it for so much effort. Before I knew it, I was doing money transfers in order to keep up with my blackjack addiction. I hit rock bottom right at the beginning of January and ended up here looking for help. I’ve now put blocks on all my devices and I haven’t gambled since the start of January. Match betting is a fantastic income if you have that willpower to stay within the rules but it’s such a slippery slope. Do not do that extra spin. Walk away once the offer is done. I started match betting to get an extra income for my family and I’m now say here with 20k debt. The irony of if all. All the best with your journey but please exercise that willpower not to do an extra spin or not to lay your bet etc!!! 

You know matched betting isn't going to help with your addiction. There's a reason bookmakers haven't banned matched betting. They're fully aware of it but they know it keeps the gamblers gambling and in the long run they win. Be careful bud