Quote from: ethereumhunter on Today at 06:49:14 AM

Quote from: delfastTions on December 28, 2023, 08:03:01 AM

However, among gamblers there are always people who have weak willpower, but at the same time they can be very gambling.
It is not only very difficult for such people to force themselves to stop playing, but in some cases, I would say that it is simply impossible for them. And even big losses don’t stop them. And no matter how much the people around them advise them to stop playing, all this advice will definitely be ignored by such a weak-willed player.
As a result, not only the player himself, who may develop a gaming addiction at the stage of the disease, suffers, but all members of his family also suffer because he loses a lot of money from their family budget. The result is scandals, divorces and other troubles.

And it turns out that several people suffered from such passion of one weak-willed player, including, unfortunately, his children. And only God knows what to do here.

All people can gamble, whether strong or weak, and they must have money to gamble. The important thing is that they can control themselves well to prevent many losses. Those who often gamble may find it difficult to stop gambling, but if their intention is strong, they will be able to stop gambling. People who get advice from others about quitting gambling are lucky people because there are still people who care about them and don't want to see them lose a lot. And if they don't want to listen to other people's suggestions, they will get deeper into gambling and this will probably make the people who initially gave them advice just see what will happen to the gambler. But if the gambler wants to listen to his advice and chooses to activate the self-exclusion feature, they are choosing a good path because the self-exclusion feature is for people who really want to limit their gambling activities. But to produce the desired results, the gambler must also strongly intend to limit himself from gambling.

I agree that the self-exclusion function is a very useful tool and a way for a person to fight against his passion for gambling, which can already turn into gambling addiction at the stage of mental illness. Those casino devs who include this function in their algorithms act correctly and responsibly, since sometimes this function works more or less effectively. But many gamblers, even when this function is turned on, still have an obsessive thought in their brains about how to quickly start playing again when the exception ends. It seems to me that it is important for people close to the player during such periods to distract the player as much as possible with various conversations on other topics or requests to do something useful. Then the brain automatically switches to other thoughts. And it will become easier for the player.