Here are some reliable tips to help you to gamble safely with your money.
Time Limits:
Before you start gambling you should decide on a time to stop gambling and set your watch or cell phone to alert you at that time. When that time comes no matter if you are winning or losing will stop gambling and at least for a few hours leave the casino or log off the online casino and do some non gambling activity, even if it is just eat shower and take a nap. This will help stop you from loosing track of time and eventually all your money as well.
Cut Off Point:
To help make sure you do not give in to the gambling gods and fork over all your savings to the casino I recommend setting a cut off point. This means that once you hit you set amount you push yourself away from the table and leave the casino. It does not matter if you go to the bar, have some food or take a shower and a nap. Just getting out of the casino will help you regain your attachment to reality. Then after an hour or so you can go back to the casino and start over in a better state of mind then when you walked away before.
Life Line:
No one should ever go to a casino alone. By going alone there is no one who can say "hey buddy don't you think you are spending too much?" this is important because sometimes we all need to be brought back to reality. Sometimes in a casino we can not only lose track of time, but we also loose track of reality. Chips do not appear to be real money, and where as you cam t the casino to lay a few hundred at the tables but before you know it you have spent over a thousand and cleaned out your savings.
Public Internet Terminals:
By using a public internet terminal that can be found all over the place in most urban areas can be a great way to gamble in an online casino and limit the amount of time you can spend gambling. These terminals are all pay machines, so you just pay for the amount of time you want to gamble and when if shuts down you are done, and because you are in public you will have self control then you would if you were alone at your house or in a real casino surrounded by other gamblers.
Mobile Gambling:
If you are going to be doing your gambling on your phone I recommend using a prepaid phone. This will act like the time limit at the online casino. When the time is up on your phone you will not be allowed to play any more until you purchase more time.
The goal is to try and find a way to limit your time gambling so that you can stop your gambling if you start to lose all your money and keep yourself in control at all times. If more people used these methods there would be less cases of gambling addiction.
