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...
I can recall when I was gambling heavily I used to be incredibly superstitious. I would do bizarre things like park in the first row to the left because I knew it was 'lucky" and I would win if I did that or else play on the left side of the casino instead of the right because that is where I was sure to win. I never quite got as intense as some though, they would rub the machines, bring their lucky stuffed animals, tap the machine four times and then rub it seven.I have seen some pretty illogical things inside of the casinos.
My husband who does not gamble even a little would joke lightly that the casino has everything a person with OCD would like- food, alcohol, a little shop, tobacco and the games- even the hand sanitizer.
We would laugh about it but always a little painfully.
Here is a superstition. If I was playing next to someone who hit the machine hard or really fast I could not sit next to them. It was like how violent they were on the machine was bad luck or ruined my vibe which is silly.