Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group

Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...

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sglt71 02/19/2014

What are your thoughts about self-exclusion? I am considering self excluding myself in PA, and I was wondering if you feel that it really helps.

Cherbear2012 02/19/2014

Lot's of people here have said it is very helpful. I have not done it because I am afraid of being arrested. I could lose my job in corrections. That is the only reason I haven't.

strangeseraphim 02/19/2014

I have not either because I am a permanent resident (my husband is american) and if I got arrested I could get deported.

jayd03 02/19/2014

From everything I've heard, it's a wonderful tool to keep things safer for you and everyone I know that's done it says it's liberating.

Bernie23 02/20/2014

I just self-excluded in PA on Sunday. I had done it once before and it works for me. PA is pretty strict, though. I read articles all the time of people being arrested for trespassing after they self-excluded! Pretty big deterrant for me!

thenewway 02/20/2014

I did IT and if I could do it at all casinos, states vary and casino ownership also comes into play,

I would be the first in line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It absolutely kept me out as I didn't want ever to be so embarassed as to get caught.
I can see where losing a job because you aren't sure you would not keep out could deter you from no doing IT.

Again,
Dear God I pray that all states make it a law and are completely intolerant of trespassers because this is a life saver in my opinion.

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