Jackpot Withdraw Reversed - So mad at myself !

[Monica Prather]

If anyone can offer some comforting words, I've lost sleep over my stupidity. I won a $5800 jackpot - a once in a lifetime thing. I requested a w/d immediately leaving the $800 to continue playing with. Thinking it would satisfy me. When that ran out, I told myself I'd only use $200 or so of the w/d I'd made. Well I kept going like that until the entire $5000 was completely gone. I'm so angry with myself for not having more control. With the casino for leaving that temptation sitting there. They don't do requests for flushing w/ds. I guess I'm a full blown 'problem gambler' now. It's been gone for 6 days now and I've barely slept wishing I could reverse what I'd done. How could I be so stupid? That's a ton of money for me and I just blew it like it was $10.  I need some words of comfort right now. I honestly can't believe that I was so stupid !! :(

[Flatzem]

All I can is that you must have been put into a trance by the slots and then the  dopamine addiction kicking in you were feeding it more and more until it was all gone. Skinner box, addiction by design, look up some videos on youtube about those topics to learn more about why and how it happened/happens. There have been stories of players winning tens of thousands on slot jackpots but then feeding them back into the slots machines (offline and online).

[cocopop3011]

1 hour ago, Monica Prather said:

If anyone can offer some comforting words, I've Lost sleep over my stupidity. I won a $5800 jackpot - a once in a lifetime thing. I requested a w/d immediately leaving the $800 to continue playing with. Thinking it would satisfy me. When that ran out, I told myself I'd only use $200 or so of the w/d I'd made. Well I kept going like that until the entire $5000 was completely gone. I'm so angry with myself for not having more control. With the casino for leaving that temptation sitting there. They don't do requests for flushing w/ds. I guess I'm a full blown 'problem gambler' now. It's been gone for 6 days now and I've barely slept wishing I could reverse what I'd done. How could I be so stupid? That's a ton of money for me and I just blew it like it was $10.  I need some words of comfort right now. I honestly can't believe that I was so stupid !!

Hi Monica! I've been here a few years ago! Win £5000 on Multiplayer Avalon and reversed £4000 in £500 increments. Biggest mistake I've ever made since I started playing but boy did I learn by it and 5 years down the line I don't think I've ever reversed another withdrawal since. 

Unfortunately, there are very few words of comfort in this situation because nothing will ease how gutted you are feeling. I've never been as lucky as  I  was then to this very day  but I have had plenty of nice withdrawals along the way. So if you do carry on playing just remember how bad you feel now now if you ever go to reverse again and that should stop you. 

[ValDes]

Hey there Monica, 

Really sorry, but that's what each and every gambler has done at least once in his life. Believe me, we have all been there... unfortunately!  

Not the most comforting post I guess, but still a great opportunity to accept it, learn your lesson and move on. Till then, below you'll find a great source of advice when it comes to  reversing and losing your winnings.

How to resist on reversing a withdrawal?

[Miranda1976]

I’m so sorry, happened to me to once. Now I withdrawal and log out:) do that next time and if you are still in the thrill find something else to do. Korean Netflix drama can be very entertaining Sucks but know that we all have done that sometimes! 

[cocopop3011]

2 hours ago, Miranda1976 said:

I’m so sorry, happened to me to once. Now I withdrawal and log out:) do that next time and if you are still in the thrill find something else to do. Korean Netflix drama can be very entertaining Sucks but know that we all have done that sometimes! 

Indeed we have! Bet you'd struggle to find someone that hasn't done it at least once.

[catapultaudio]

I'm honestly devastated for you, I've done it myself a couple of times (although not to quite the same extent...) and learnt a big lesson each time. Over the coming days and weeks you need to think about if you ARE a problem gambler or if you maybe just got carried away here. Were you under the influence a the time at all? That's one thing I definitely realised I needed to keep a handle on when gaming after playing through £700 I managed to win that would REALLY have helped me out that particular month.. I rationalised it by saying "well, I won it, it's not like it's MY money...." ... you have to keep in mind that when you win money, it's NOT just numbers on a screen. Maybe not the best line to be thinking down at this stage though...

As gutting as it is, try and learn from the experience. Write yourself a letter about this experience, how it's made you feel, and as hard as it may be, what difference that money could have made to your life right now. Keep that letter in a drawer at your desk/computer area and absolutely be sure to whip it out next time that "Big Win!" animation is rolling on the screen. As ridiculous as it might sound to some  people this is a tactic that's really worked for me and ensured that the next time I had a £1,200 win I made sure the thousand made its way into my bank account and not back into the casino.

I hope others have some more helpful words for you. but please don't let this get you down. Take a break from playing if you need to and always, always make sure never to play with money you cannot afford to lose.

[ValDes]

On 7/10/2019 at 6:46 PM, catapultaudio said:

I'm honestly devastated for you, I've done it myself a couple of times (although not to quite the same extent...) and learnt a big lesson each time. Over the coming days and weeks you need to think about if you ARE a problem gambler or if you maybe just got carried away here. Were you under the influence a the time at all? That's one thing I definitely realised I needed to keep a handle on when gaming after playing through £700 I managed to win that would REALLY have helped me out that particular month.. I rationalised it by saying "well, I won it, it's not like it's MY money...." ... you have to keep in mind that when you win money, it's NOT just numbers on a screen. Maybe not the best line to be thinking down at this stage though...

As gutting as it is, try and learn from the experience. Write yourself a letter about this experience, how it's made you feel, and as hard as it may be, what difference that money could have made to your life right now. Keep that letter in a drawer at your desk/computer area and absolutely be sure to whip it out next time that "Big Win!" animation is rolling on the screen. As ridiculous as it might sound to some  people this is a tactic that's really worked for me and ensured that the next time I had a £1,200 win I made sure the thousand made its way into my bank account and not back into the casino.

I hope others have some more helpful words for you. but please don't Let this get you down. Take a break from playing if you need to and always, always make sure never to Play with money you cannot afford to lose.

Love the letter idea!  

IMHO, you should add the above post here asap - How to resist on reversing a withdrawal?

[RaX]

ive never reversed a withdrawal, but i think unibet or spela casino has an option to lock the withdrawal so you cant reverse. i remember doing this with a much smaller win

Im human however  i recall going £300 down one particular day and deposted the final £100 played £8.75 a spin on my fav game and ended up with £1000+. , Greed got the better of me as the bonus wasnt adidnt feel as  big as i wanted, so brain saying play till £1000, £800, £750, £500, my intial £400 - i was left with a £0.

My next idea is certianly playing with incredible spins casino" cos they are so slow with payments (3days sitting in pending withdrawal) is win some and keep withdrawing £100 as a minimum

[pinnit2015]

Rizk, Casumo, slotsmillion and many others lock.

Novibet and willy hill you can disable the reversal completely.

[catapultaudio]

22 hours ago, RaX said:

ive never reversed a withdrawal, but i think Unibet or Spela Casino has an option to lock the withdrawal so you cant reverse. i remember doing this with a much smaller win

Im human however  i recall going £300 down one particular day and deposted the final £100 played £8.75 a Spin on my fav game and ended up with £1000+. , Greed got the better of me as the bonus wasnt adidnt feel as  big as i wanted, so brain saying Play till £1000, £800, £750, £500, my intial £400 - i was left with a £0.

My next idea is certianly playing with Incredible Spins Casino casino" cos they are so slow with payments (3days sitting in pending withdrawal) is win some and keep withdrawing £100 as a minimum

 

That sounds so familiar... dropping £100 after £100, upping your bets til they get ridiculous... finally hit a bonus and it only pays 100x and your like... god damnit, that should have been the big one!! Done it so many times, these days I forget how much I was betting just always see my winnings in terms of multiple of my deposit. If I've put £400 in and got a balance of £1,000, you can bet your life I'm having that £600 even if its just my gaming balance for the next few weekends.