Forum Forum Home Bandit’s Posts Today’s Posts

[Backinafew WANTED $1 Outlaw]

Hey folks, 19th birthday today. Been following the bandit for a good year now and also addicted to gambling for exactly a year now with the highs and lows to come with it.

At one point I had won 1000x on £20 spins on Book of Dead thinking that was the last of my gambling ‘career’ but the addiction got the best of me, always wanting more and leaving me with nothing. Even now I struggle to break out of it, spending whatever money I get towards slots or the wheel.

Hoping one day I will quit but the damage has been done, I’m a few grand in debt  and it only seems to be growing at this point. It’s a terrible thing to feel trapped with a gambling addiction, hopefully one day I will break out of this cycle. Well that’s the story of the past year of my life. It’s been an incredibly fun ride I’ll have to give it that though I’m left with a whole lot of fuck all.

Thanks for giving it a read really did not mean to kill the vibes but I felt as though I should share this story with someone at least that I’ve kept secret for such a long time now. Anyways, how’s your day going you lot?

[billyn123 WANTED $10 Outlaw]

I’m 19 too and love a punt and have followed Steve for approximately the same period. For my new years resolution I’ve been doing dry january from gambling. Only 13 days in but it is good to get clarity away from the spinning reels. I am not an addict not by any means but a nice break will never do any harm. Test yourself in other ways and maybe use it as a step of motivation for example If I do this month without a single bet (I’m more into the football side) then on the first of feb I’m gonna reward myself with a £50 deposit. Also just on the sidetrack and pure curiosity, how did you even afford to be spinning on £20 at 19 years of age. Stay safe and take it easy pal

[Backinafew WANTED $1 Outlaw]

I deposited £10 and managed to build it to a few hundred quid and then just went all out. Out of that 20 grand I managed to only get away with 6K. Gave 4 grand to the mum and kept 2 grand and gambled the rest eventually losing it all

[billyn123 WANTED $10 Outlaw]

Jesus man that is heavy. What made you carry on when you dont play at large stakes regularly. Like for me I play at 40p-£1 max and If i won £20k insta cash out for me when its that magnitude I could perhaps comprehend £2-300 but what made you want to carry on.

[Backinafew WANTED $1 Outlaw]

Realistically nowadays I’m broke so I’m only able to deposit £20 or £30 quid and play on 0.20 spins but looking back on the days I went crazy I can’t ever see myself play on such high stakes. I think I just built up so much money my brain couldn’t get an accurate value of money. At one point I threw a few grand on £100 spins on Fruit Warp

[Backinafew WANTED $1 Outlaw]

To be honest I played large stakes with the remainder of the money I had left until it all ran out and my deposits started lowering and lowering to the point I just couldn’t play on high stakes. Also at that point I was just chasing losses until the bets became smaller smaller due to me not having the funds

[Biohazard WANTED $675 Outlaw]

Really sorry to hear this bud. Unfortunately stories like this are all too common! You only need to have a little scout around on this forum to see plenty of people in your situation too. Gambling addiction is a horrible thing.

My advice? Join Gamstop and Gamban immediately. It may be difficult, you may not want to, but it’s the right decision. You just have to trust me on that. Your future self with thank you for it for getting your life back on track! If you don’t do this, if you don’t stop completely, you’ll never find yourself with any money or assets. That’s not a place you want to be. But it’s never too late to turn that around!

In terms of your existing debts, are they out of hand, would you say? If so, I suggest getting in contact with Stepchange and sorting out a DMP (Debt Management Plan). They will consolidate your debts, and you just make a simple pre-agreed payment to them each month, taking into account all of your outgoings. Interest is normally frozen on your debts also.

Plenty of support out there if you need it. All the best 🙂

[Backinafew WANTED $1 Outlaw]

I’m looking into GamStop and Gamban at the moment and yes the debts are out of hand at the moment I think I owe £850 in credit card debt. £200 in overdraft, £700 to personal debts and £400 in mobile phone bills (when I had no money I started paying with my phone SMS at one point this was over 700 pounds but I paid a lot of it off)

[billyn123 WANTED $10 Outlaw]

Yeah you’re gonna need GamStop immediately there. Some of them are a real shocker and its a shame to get in that way at our age pal but you’ll come through it as long as you’re wanting to stop. Can’t help someone who won’t help their-self, hope you come through the other side mate good luck and take care

[bigbucks1983 WANTED $47 Outlaw]

Keep youre chin up bud, think a lot of us have been there.

I had racked up 14k in debt by the time I was 21 due to gambling and living beyond my means. This was when credit cards and loan companies were throwing money at people. You are not the first and won’t be the last to win big and spunk it or get into debt.

What’s done is done, don’t chase it and try not to dwell on it. At 19 you have forever ahead of you. Get on gamstop straight away and bar yourself anywhere nearby that you can gamble, bookies arcades etc. How you feel now will pass once you break the cycle.

If you knuckle down and graft, 2k is manageable to repay and live your life still. Don’t put pressure on yourself to repay it all at once or too fast or you will look for ways beyond your means to do it, like a big win.

Lastly if you can speak to your mum then do it, being open about it all will make it far easier.

Well done speaking out, don’t get down on yourself though. You just need to be sensible now. I don’t know if you can pm on here but if you can n need a chat then holla me

[Tr Trowblerone WANTED $33 Outlaw]

Gamstop is fantastic, mate. I’d say 100% go with that.

i used it after some big wins so that i didn’t spunk it all away again.i don’t even miss playing them  since signing up, i’m perfectly happy watching them.

get on it immediately. you won’t regret it.

Best of luck mate.

 

 

[THAGABSTAR WANTED $105 Outlaw]

Hope you manage to turn your life round mate it sound like you really want to so gamban and self exclusion from land based places is right for you and with your debt mate there ways of paying it off with a small ammount each month by the time you know it you will be gamble free money to spend on things you want and debt free goodluck mate

[burders WANTED $55 Outlaw]

You’ve had some good advice on here – you need to draw the line now – get those debts sorted, perhaps by taking some of the advice given above and find something to replace this buzz. What’s get you going, gaming? Following your team away? The gym? Whatever it may be channel your (potentially) addictive personality into something positive and fun.

[andywilliams1187 WANTED $398 Blocked]

Happy birthday mate.

One thing you have on your side is that you are only 19 and realise you have a problem. It might sound mad, but I would have liked to have been in that position before I did the damage that I did.

You are in a decent position because you can get a grip of it before it gets really out of hand – you dont want to spend the next few years carrying on gambling because it will come to a point where it gets on top.

Treat it as a very valuable lesson learned at a young age mate.

[Malkychamp WANTED $486 Outlaw]

The choice really is yours on the path you wish to take. When I was 19 my life was drinking,smoking,taking drugs and gambling. Thursday nights i would be in town drinking waiting for my pay to hit the bank at 12 o’clock at which point me and my mates would then head to the casino most nights i would leave with nothing for the remainder of week others i did take some money home. This a bit of an extreme example but fast forward 10 years out of my group of friends from when i was a teenager 1 is in jail, 1 is no longer with us, some i have no idea how they turned out. Out of the few i still speak with 1 of my best mates just recently was about to get married and had funds of 17k from his parents and grandparents and some of his own to pay for his wedding and honeymoon. It took him all of 12 minutes to waste it all on online roulette needless to say he was pretty much disowned from his family and his fiancee. So it took him 12 minutes to completely change his life, when i asked the normal questions like wtf you playing at? He was so ashamed and embarrassed he couldn’t even answer but goes to show one little slip in mindset can cause chaos .I did even attend GA meetings with him for several months and the people and stories i heard from people at those meetings really was an eye opener. Even though i never considered myself a problem gambler(still don’t) i think hearing these stories changed my outlook on gambling in general. The others are boring successful people lol. Then there is me my path also a little boring although i still play games/slots i very rarely will play roulette unless there is an offer attached that is +EV. As for the drinking/drugs and all that crap i don’t touch any of it and plan on running my first marathon this year. Although everyone is different i really do believe setting goals is the best thing you can do, whether it be daily/weekly/monthly or yearly something to aim for and focus on. In your case winning big at the beginning was maybe the worst thing that could have happened as if you just lost all the time at the beginning you most likely would have stopped alot sooner. I see alot recommend gamstop/gamban i have no experience with either but i believe just joining these may not be enough i think you need to know for yourself that you really want to quit. I would highly recommend going to a GA meeting though even if you are not wanting to speak just go and listen to others you will soon see you are not the only person with similar problems. Rambling a little now so hope you manage to enjoy your birthday mate some tough choices ahead

[Author]

Posts