Setting Spending Limits in 3 Patti Crown
You play this app with real money and you can lose what you add to it. This page is about deciding what you are willing to spend before you open it, and stopping there.
How the games actually work
Every game in this app keeps a built-in advantage for the operator. Over enough hands, that advantage decides the outcome. Most people lose more than they win.
We publish that because it is true and because you should hear it from us rather than find it out. Anyone presenting this app as a way to earn is misleading you, and we say the same thing in our disclaimer.
Decide the number first
Before you open the app, decide what you are willing to lose and treat it as the price of the evening. When it is gone, close the app.
Money set aside for bills, rent, food or anyone else’s needs is not that number. Neither is borrowed money.
What the app offers
We are documenting the limit tools available in the app and will list them here, with where to find each one in the interface, rather than describe them in general terms. Until that is published, the self-imposed limits below are what we would suggest.
Limits you can set yourself
- Keep a separate payment account with only the session budget in it.
- Set a timer on your phone before you start, not during.
- Withdraw winnings straight away instead of letting a balance build.
- Never add money a second time in one session.
Warning signs
- Adding money again to win back what you just lost.
- Playing for longer than you meant to, repeatedly.
- Borrowing money to play, or using money meant for something else.
- Hiding how much you play, or how much you have spent.
- Playing to change how you feel rather than for entertainment.
- Deposits growing month on month.
If it has stopped being a choice
Talk to someone you trust, and talk to a doctor. A GP is a reasonable first step and can refer you on. Dedicated support services for this are limited in Pakistan, which is worth knowing in advance rather than discovering when you go looking.
You can also write to us and ask for help limiting your own account. How to reach support sets out what to include.
For family members
What to look for is the list above: money going missing, secrecy, borrowing, time disappearing. Pressure and confrontation usually make someone hide it further rather than stop. Offering to help with the practical side, and going with them to a doctor, tends to work better.
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