Prevention

The bad news is, there is no proven way to prevent the development of gambling addiction in given individuals.

Indentifying the risk factors can be the first step in the right direction. If you recognize that you are indeed exposed to many of the risk factors described on the other pages of this website, and that you are indeed a potential problem gambler, you can try to avoid any sort of gambling situations in the future. Problem gambling usually develops over time, therefore, stumping out any sort of ‘start’ that may later escalate is usually an efficient prevention method.

Staying clear of an entourage of problem gamblers is also a good idea. Getting treatment at the earliest symptoms of gambling addiction will prevent the problem from deepening.

Learning about gambling games and about the way they provide the casino with a steady revenue, looking at things from a mathematical perspective can also act as an efficient deterrent in some cases.