Sadly, the answer to this question is almost always ‘no’ because gamblers rarely admit to being able to stop gambling. So many gamblers are deeply addicted to online gambling and completely powerless to stop yet insist they are not addicted, claiming to have a healthy hobby which they enjoy and which they are able to control.

This is not the case and many online gamblers are deep in debt and unable to concentrate on work, family commitments or anything of importance outside the online casinos they frequent on a daily basis.

Online gambling addictions are characterized by certain traits: A gambling addict will be unable to stay away from the online casino. Losing is not as important as playing. A gambling addict will often lose money that was reserved for other things.

Taking the first step toward recovering from an online gambling addiction is obviously to admit there is a problem in the first place and this is quite difficult for any addict.

The second step is to install an effective web filter to block online gambling sites from your home computer. You might argue that an addict will get access to a gambling casino from another computer and that is certainly true, but at least you will be able to limit the amount of time an addict spends on online gambling sites and thus limit the amount of money lost.

Additionally, the installation of an internet blocking software will help to discourage other members of the family, including children, from experimenting with gambling in online casinos.

An Internet gambler displays all of the sad and painful characteristics of a conventional gambler with the addition of being able to access his addiction at all hours of the day and night without being absent from his (or her) home. The addiction becomes evident all too soon when family finances begin to plummet. Some gamblers even resort to stealing from other members of the family to sponsor their activities in online casinos, pawning jewelery and frittering away money earmarked for the rent or the mortgage.