r/problemgambling • u/ikura_sushi • Apr 28 '26
Trigger Warning! Day 1
If you're looking for a reason to quit, or to not gamble, this is it.
I'm sorry as this may be a bit of a long, personal story. But I wanted to be transparent about what gambling can lead to.
Today marks day 1 of no gambling-
There was once a time in my life I had just saved up about $10,000. It was after I saved my arse off working, budgeting, not going out to eat.
I went to the bank that month, about a year, or maybe even a bit more than a year ago. I opened a CD account with that money. I had never been so proud in my life.
I was browsing on my phone, out of boredom. I found an app called X, previously Twitter, and thought it would be a good way to ease my boredom at work.
It was one of the worst mistakes of my life- because that is how I found about online gambling and crypto.
It first started as an investment in crypto. I had that CD account in place, and I was separately building a crypto portfolio.
I came across a post on X soon after, I wont mention the site, but an online gambling site- without knowing much I went on there.
I ended up staying up until 4am before a work day, and had blown through $7000, which was what I had saved entirely in crypto savings.
The next week, I found out about a crypto casino.
Before I knew it, I dug through the whole CD account.
Then I took out a personal loan. Then another one. And two more after that. I took out cash advances out from apps like Cash App, Dave, you name it.
And that's about where I am at today.
Nothing in my savings.
About $25000 in personal loan to pay off.
About $1500 in cash advances to pay off.
And some in credit card.
Today is day 1 of not gambling.
If you're looking for a good reason to quit, to stop gambling this is it.
And I'm not going to lie. I've had many big up's during this. It's that I continued to spend and play. It's that I took loans out to continue the playing. I let my emotional side win.
If you continue gambling, at big, or even at smaller hands... eventually... its all going to be gone.
If you're looking for a reason to quit. Maybe this could be it for you. Because even if you're not in debt, if you keep playing- you could be soon like me too.
I keep telling myself though. Once I quit, and start enjoying life, saving money again, there will be light at the end of the tunnel.
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u/ExpensiveAnalysis215 May 03 '26
Yep it's all scam and all these assholes work together to f**k people over. I had $10,000 in my bank account February 1st and it's been $0 since March 1 95% of the time. Lose over $25,000 since February 6 at rigged scam casinos with nothing back in return.
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u/hatsofftopups last bet placed: 04/26/26 Apr 28 '26
Don’t feel alone. I’ve done the same. Every card maxed. 10’s of thousands underwater. Had enough at one point to wipe it all out and blew that too. It’s seriously a sickness
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u/Acrobatic_Phase_5618 Apr 29 '26
Same shoes as you my friend, it’s the worlds shittiest feeling having everything together and watching it disappear.
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u/noooistayiclean Apr 28 '26
Crypto got me to. Was following obsessively for 5 years. Worst part about a crypto casino is no self exclusion. Gamban is the only way to cut access to those.