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Gambling

3 replies

JackJack199 · 06/11/2018 17:18

My wife gambles on line.
I know.
She doesn't know that I'm aware.

ALL of her wages
2K Net per month

I don't know what to do.

OP posts:
rackhampearl · 06/11/2018 17:20

You need to tell her that you know and seek help together. This will rip through your marriage if you don't deal with it. If she admits to the problem and agrees to stop there is a website where she can put her details in that will ban her from the majority of online gambling sites. I wish you all the best. 

hellsbellsmelons · 06/11/2018 18:01

You confront her.
Tell her you know and you want to help her to do something about it.
It may mean taking control of all finances for a short time so she doesn't have access to money, until she learns how to control it all.
She has to agree to going to GA!
That is the biggest bit.
Admitting it and getting help.

Does she have any mental health issues?
Bipolar maybe?

Whatsmyname14 · 06/11/2018 20:27

I am\was a gambler. 200 days clean do early days.

The steps I took with the help of my husband was to:

Contact gamcare for counselling, they can also offer you counselling as well.

Have control of all finances to my husband including him having access to all three credit agencies do you can check to make sure no credit is being used for gambling.

Register with GameStop and self exclude for the max time allowed. This will then self exclude from all UK gambling commission sites.

Read and post on the gamcare forums. I maintain a recovery diary there and it does help.

You can also put gambling blocking software on phones and mobiles to stop that.

I was never into shop gambling but I think there are similar schemes for self excluding. Not sure how good they are.

She has to want to stop though.

It may also be useful for you to read the friends and family posts on the gamcare forums. It will open your eyes as to what you are dealing with, and you need to be aware to protect yourself financially.

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