Internet Casino gamblers and gamblers that play in brick and mortar casinos are all potentially vulnerable to become addicted to gambling. For some people this may mean spending a little bit too much money, for others though it may mean financial ruin and the breaking up of a family, this is something that you want to avoid above all else. Here are the 5 golden rules to help:

1. Budget - as normal people not millionaires not all of us have unlimited funds. What you have to do when you are playing is create a monthly budget that you know you can afford to spend on gambling. Then , every time you play you deduct the amount you lose off of that budget, if you win then you are allowed to play you r winnings is you choose. If you happen to be losing to fast, moderate your speed of play so that you can make the money last, and above all else to not ever compromise your budget because this is when you get into trouble.
2. Emotion - as stated above stay to your budget at all times. If you happen to lose, don't get upset smile because it is going to happen quite regularly. What you have to avoid while gambling is getting angry and keep throwing more money away in an effort to try to make up what you lost. This is the single most destructive mood you can ever get into because thinking this way will not only kill your budget but it is basically throwing good money after bad.
3. Alcohol - we mention above about controlling your emotions. Trust me your emotions and your rationale will be impaired if you play while you are under the influence of alcohol. Playing when drinking is when you wake up the next morning and wonder why you don't have any money left, so if you are going to drink then you will be better off playing a game of solitaire; it will save you money and a headache.
4. Can't lose systems - say you are looking through your email and you see one for a website that is promising you untold wealth at the slots, or video poker, or blackjack or whatever game you like, guess what these games are random and there is no way to beat the machines. There are a specific number of possible results. Any good calculator will tell you that the odds of every game will favor the casino. If you want to lose then buy a can't lose system and then you will be minus the cost of the system not to mention the gambling funds that you have just lost.
5. Winners know when to stop - this can also be called greed. On many different occasions, a player wins a tidy sum but instead of seeing it as money for the holiday or a few months rent, that players inflates it, dreaming of the what ifs; what if I could buy a new house, or a new car ( or something like it). So what they do is play on, and when they lose (which they almost always do) they do so with the knowledge that they have won before, they throw away all of their winnings and much more besides that. This is possibly the most destructive pattern, because it is very easy to be caught up in dreams and lost in reality.