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Introducing Gamban – online gambling blocker software

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GambanWe are all aware that playing slots or any form of gambling may lead to financial and other problems if it is not properly controlled.

The following may indicate signs of problem gambling:

  • Spending more time and/or money than that you can afford
  • Finding it difficult to stop gambling
  • Losing interest in other hobbies / having gambling as your exclusive hobby
  • Lying about your gambling to friends and family
  • Chasing losses
  • Borrowing money to fund gambling

The above list is not exhaustive and, of course, because somebody has one or two of the above mentioned behaviours, it doesn’t necessarily indicate that they are indeed a person that is a problem gambler.

Problem gamblers need all the help that they can get. Problem gambling can ruin a persons life. Organisations such as Gamcare are excellent to get such help.

But there is much more that can be done. Having access to online casinos is not going to help the problem gambler. There are tools available that block access to such material and one of these is a piece of software called Gamban. Gamban is a pay-ware solution that aims to block all online casinos.

Of course,watching any gambling material on Youtube, Twitch or any other social media site is not recommended and should be avoided at all times. It doesn’t really matter whether such material is backed by an affiliate or not. At the end of the day, watching people gamble could be the trigger for the problem gambler to make that deposit that they can ill afford to lose.

Gamban is not expensive to purchase at just £10 per computer per year.

If you are not able to afford a license for Gamban, then I am more than happy to purchase one for you. As a responsible streamer I do recognise that problem gambling exists and I do not particularly want to refer these problem gamblers to a casino.

However, I can not stop this; so if this software stops the access to the casino that I am promoting, it is a great step forward. Ideally I would like software such as Gamban to block my streaming channels but at this point in time this is unfortunately not possible.

Of course, I will not “willy nilly” buy licenses so if you genuinely are interested in this piece of software and can not afford it, then please get in touch with me.

Taking a very long break from playing slots

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Well the time finally arrived when slot playing was not fun any longer so it is time to take a very long break from playing online slots.

Viewers of my streams may have  noticed that deposits were disappearing very fast. There were distinct lack of bonuses and game play was terrible. You accept when you make your deposit that it is considered lost, but in return you do expect the deposit to last.

It was the last straw that broke the camels back so to speak. As the slogan goes, if the fun stops, stop! and that is what I did.

I closed all of my casino accounts to stop the temptation to log in and try again.

I will definitely miss the streaming part of playing slots. I have very good memories of the many streams I broadcasted. I appreciate every viewer watching me play slots because you the viewer always have a choice of watching a number of channels. I felt very privileged having so many loyal viewers tuning in each time.

I also thank all of the kind viewers that put their hand in their pockets and made donations.

At the start, I really enjoyed playing slots. I was extremely lucky to hit almost £5,000 of winnings over a 3 weeks period playing Dead or Alive. I had good play time, big hits and a nice trip to Malta to boot courtesy of a competition win at Videoslots Casino.

But it went downhill at the start of this year. Lady luck disappeared and so did the previous mentioned winnings plus some.

Thankfully I recognised that if I continued to play it was going to go downhill very fast. I never exceeded the budget I set and only gambled away money that I could afford to lose. But just thinking about what that money could have bought was the final straw. I am left with good memories that will last a life time which I considered value for money at the point that I stopped donating more money to the casino so to speak. Streaming my slot play helped me gain those memories. I shared the ups and downs of playing slots which I hope my viewers appreciated.

This post also serves as a good reminder of the potential dangers of online gambling. You can easily get carried away. Please take note of the following tips:

• Don’t see gambling as a means to earn a living
• Always gamble with money that you can afford to lose
• Never chase losses
• Set a money limit
• Set a time limit
• Gamble only when you are in the right frame of mind
• Don’t have gambling as an exclusive hobby
• Gambling and alcohol- and drug use don’t mix

and if you want any further professional help, the following two organisations are a very good starting point (please click on the respective logos to go to their website):

Gamcare     Gambleaware

Will I be back to streaming again? Who knows what the future holds. If I am, you will hear it hear first!!!

Take care and be lucky on the slots!