I am 19 years old and I lost £100,000

Easy come, easy go! Hi jlpeb17, you have to chalk this up to one hell of an experience for your £10 & never gamble again. Many of us lose that amount before we come to our senses, money that we have earned, begged, stolen, borrowed & are in serious debt before we get here!

Your body is lying to you, the addiction is promising you riches it simply won't deliver & you need to draw a line under this (pretend it was an expensive computer game if you need to) & get out now while you still have your whole life ahead of you! Exclude from that website & then get a blocker for your computer!

Please don't be the fool many of us have been! Phone Gamcare if you need someone to talk to.

Look after you - ODAAT

Hi jlpeb17

Chalk this up to a learning experience. You obviously have a gambling problem, as shown by your willingness to chase your losses. Stop now, and be grateful that you are not in debt or bankrupt, as many are, or that you aren't and elder person who has lost everything and finds he/she has to start over again.

Read some of the stories on this forum. The misery that us gamblers cause to ourselves and our family members is trully horrifying. One of those stories could involve you in 1,2 or 20 years time.

Understand that you can do absolutely everything in life that a so-called normal person does, EXCEPT gamble.

Best wishes

Walk away my friend,cut your losses,before you're stripped-down of everything you have and love.then eventually your soul and life

No matter how much you want/win ,it is never enough

Hi

I recomend you walk a way before it is to late and end up with nothing. You never win you are just throwing away money. Block the website and excluded yourself. You have your whole life ahead of you.

Best of luck.

Yes stop now before you spend a lot of money like I have done. I dont know which site you were on but in my experience I was only allowed to withdraw a certain amount per week (e.g £1,000) and the problem was the rest was put in pending which I had access to so I ended up spending it as I couldn't resist! So be warned read their withdrawal rules it is very difficult to withdraw. These are very clever companies who con you. As suggested above block yourself so you cannot gamble.

jlpeb17 wrote: Please, someone help me with suggestions or life experience. I need it. Thanks

Any of that advice strook a chord with you?

Talk to a family member or a friend go to a GA meeting. Before it to late.

Hi

If you're technically only £10 down from what you started with then look at it that way. You've already experienced what can happen to your money and how quickly.

If you read my story I had a similar experience albeit I didn't win that kind of money to begin with.

For me, on blackjack as well, I thought I could beat it but was wrong. I was operating under the impression that I was just betting money I had won therefore it didn't really matter. That's when gambling takes its hold. I ended up spending £17k in a few hours on credit cards just trying to chase my losses.

I didn't win anything and even relapsed a little trying to do it again. If you've lost that money then it sucks but you never actually had it. Imagine losing all the money you do have or will have for the next few years, it's much more impressionable!

Bottom line.... Don't do it! It's not worth the risk. I've got to work my backside off for years to repay that debt and avoid it affecting my family. Don't put yourself in that position, it's not very nice.

Best wishes

Freshman247

Oh man this hits close to home. I never hit 100K, but I did hit a jackpot of 66K. In that instant I though I was out of the blue. I would pay off my debts, quit gambling and walk away with a huge chunk of money. Boy was I wrong...... It made me hunger for more, and as mohammad said its never enough. Even after I had won 66K ( On slots mind you), I would constantly be spending up to 1K a night. The odds of me winning a Jackpot like that were slim to begin with, but I hungered for MORE! 1k after 1k I probably blew half of it back in. I did manage to pay some debt off and get some things, but in the end it destroyed me, and even after it was all gone it was back to spending money I didnt have to try and win again. Its not worth it, the depression, the self loathing, letting your family down. I finally stopped over a month ago now, and I realise that my life is full of great people and I can still afford things I enjoy, so there is no need to win money, my life is fine as it is. Winning money is just a wolf in sheeps clothing, even people who have won lotteries have expressed regret. Sometimes the dream is better than the reality. I wish you all the best, and remember to stay away. I am a little worried for you because winning 100k in such a short time at a young age is DANGEROUS. Forget about it, move on and realise the chances of you losing are much much more. If it were easy sites like this wouldn't exist. Start a countdown, write a journal, and move on.

Winning is usually the worst thing. Was for me. When I started losing - as inevitable you do - my need to get that winning feeling back just resulted in bigger stakes and bigger losses. It's hard though when you've had the taste and you think you can just do it again but it never happens.

Hi Delorean.

I was reading a post earlier, where you asked if it is possible to bounce back emails to the leeches at various gambling sites. If you have opened the email, providing it's not a scam, there should be an unsubscrible button at the bottom. Your original betting site probably passed your details on to other sites.

Good luck and we'll done with your progress

Paul

Thanks to everyone. Winning that money was the worst thing that could happen to me, just as brennzky said. Everyday i say to myself: you are so stupid, you had your life resolved. I was going to invest that money and start to have a good salary at my age, but no, now i will need to work hard to get that money.

I hope i cant move on, i just need to focus on the good things and try to forget this experience i had

Thanks all!

triangle wrote:

[quote=jlpeb17]Please, someone help me with suggestions or life experience. I need it. Thanks

Any of that advice strook a chord with you?

Yes. By now i gambled a couple of times, but i end up quitting. This forum helped me a lot, i know im not a stupid person and i cant be managed by an addiction. Thanks a lot