Gambling and Dependence

The money plays can at all times to become a true pathology entrainant of serious disorders in the everyday life of the dependent player. Miser of the money must remain an entertainment. Although the large majority of people play of the money without having problems, there is cases of people, constituting a minority of about 1% of the regular players, who become dependent players with the plays.

It is generally enough to set limits moderated to stop you and thus avoid sinking in a true dependence. You will be able to then have pleasant experiences at the time of your online gambling and betting.

Here some rules simple that we advise you to follow:

• Be sure that the decision to play is your own choice.
• Establish what can constitute an acceptable loss before starting to play
• Never to play if:
  - You do not have the lawful age required to play with real money
  - That is in opposition with your work or other responsibilities
  - You are in convalescence of disease because of a dependence
  - You are in a medical intoxication or a traitememt influencing your reason
  - You want to try to restore your last losses of gambling or betting
  

   What is this a pathological player ?

It is a player who cannot stop any more of him even and which put until there does not remain to him any more money, he borrows money from his entourage to play, he neglects his own family and puts it in a delicate financial standing. Very often its general mood is degraded and it becomes stressed until not finding the sleep more.

   To help a dependent person in the gambling :

If, for you or one of your close relations, you feel an unspecified dependence with the games or if the game becomes a need, there is a problem of dependence to the games. In this case of the professional organizations Anonymes players can help you.

in Internationnal:
- Gamblers Anonymous International Self-help Group - helpline: (213) 386-8789
- Gam-Anon Self-help Group

in Unted Kingdom :
- Gordon House Association
- Chinese National Healthly Living Centre London
- Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA) Bristol & Somerset
email: info@addictionrecovery.org.uk
- North East Council on Addiction (NECA)
- Options Southampton
email: options147@yahoo.co.uk
- Steven James Practice Dorest and South Wiltshire
- RCA Trust - Gamblers Anonymous UK Self-help Group
- Gamblers Anonymous Scotland Self-help Group
- Gam-Anon Self-help Group

in Australia :
- G-Line New South Wales
Problem gambling helpline: 1-800-633-635; TTY 1800-633-649
- Gambling helpline Queensland
helpline: 1-800-222-050
- Gambling helpline South Australia
helpline: 1-800-060-757
- Gambling helpline Tasmania
helpline: 1-800-000-973
- Gambling helpline Victoria
helpline: 1-800-156-789
- Gambling helpline Western Australia
helpline: 1-800-622-112

in Canada :
- British Columbia Partnership for Responsible Gambling helpline: 1-888-795-6111
- Responsible Gambling Council Ontario
- The Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline helpline: -230-3505
- Processing center for compulsive players helpline: 1-888-871-8380

in France :
- Adictel Prevention Addiction - helpline: 0805 02 00 00 available 24/7
email: contact@adictel.com
- S.O.S players helpline: 0 810 600 115

in Germany :
- Gluecksspielsucht helpline: 01801 776611

in Hong Kong :
- Caritas A G Counselling Centre helpline: (852) 1834 633

in Ireland :
- Gamblers Anonymous Dublin helpline: (01) 8721133 - Cork helpline: (087) 2859552

in Netherlands :
- AGOG helpline: 040-2519553

in New Zealand :
- Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand

in Norway :
- Hjelpelinjen Helpline helpline: 800 800 40
- GA Landsdekkende helpline: 95 81 09 34

in South Africa :
- National Responsible Gambling helpline: 0800 006 008

in Sweden :
- Spelinstitutet helpline: 020 81 91 00
- Spelberoendes Risksforbund The National Association for gambling in Sweden
helpline: 031-704 33 60

in Switzerland :
- Careplay helpline: 041 367 48 47

in the United States of America :
- National Council on Problem Gambling helpline: 1.800.522.4700
- California Council on Problem Gambling helpline: 800-522-4700
- Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, Inc. helpline: 888-236-4848
- Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling helpline: 1.800.426.1234
- Nevada Council on Problem Gambling helpline: 1-800-522-4700
- New Mexico Council on Problem Gamblinghelpline: 1-800-572-1142
- Texas Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling helpline: 1-800-742-0443
- New York Council on Problem Gambling helpline: 1-800-437-1611


Please, take your responsabilities with the gambling presented on our guide and we wish you spend a good time.