If you’re over 18, male and live in the UK chances are you’ve had a flutter at some point. Whether it was a quid gambling on the lottery or a few grand gaming in the Bellagio in Vegas, most of us are able to differentiate between gambling our expendable income on a night out from being at the bookies at eight AM in secret clutching a handful of coins. Self regulation and personal fiscal control is something that the average adult just does – it’s ‘normal’.
With the advent of online gaming however, our living rooms have become casinos, our offices poker gaming rooms and out train carriages bookies. You can now choose between poker, casino, sports, bingo, slots or skill games 24/7 and as long as you’ve got funds in your gaming account and a broadband connection you can gamble anonymously ‘til the urge to sleep or eat gets too strong.
The problem with the constant availability of online gambling is that is has changed the dynamic of how people view gaming for money. Whereas before you would physically have to withdraw cash, go to a casino, bookies or underground poker room then watch as your bankroll grew or shrunk depending how long you gambolled. Now, everything is virtual – from chips, to cards, to slot machines – you can even bet on virtual reality horses anonymously if the mood grabs you!
The online gaming sphere demands that you treat your entertainment budget in a different way. For example, most of the respected gambling sites have limiters whereby you can give yourself a maximum daily, weekly or monthly bet limit. This is one of many steps the sites have taken to act responsibly – after all, they don’t want an audience of skint ex gamblers – if for no other reason than it makes for bad business.
Limiters on the sites may not be good enough. Another benefit/ issue with online gaming at home is that it is very easy to come back from the pub, log in, play at stakes outside your comfort zone and lose. Big time. And then, even if your self-regulating stake limits kick in, there are other sites. More than 2000 at the last count. It’s no secret that this could be a problem.
One solution that answers this concern is using a prepaid debit card as your only means of gambling online. The Eclipse Card, for example, is a prepaid MasterCard which is accepted at any gaming site. You top it up either by anonymous transfer from your regular account or by phone, choosing how much ‘entertainment budget’ you want to spend in any given month. As it’s prepaid, you can never go overdrawn. Problem solved. http://www.eclipsecard.co.uk/eclipse_card/Discreet_payments
The only other question is where to set your gaming limit, and that can only be answered by you, the individual. Just make sure you recognise that when gambling online, for every winner there’s got to be a loser... http://www.eclipsecard.co.uk/eclipse_card/Responsible_gaming
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