Casino Guru finds 12% of players don't stick to budgets they set

A recent Casino Guru poll asked casino players to answer whether they used a strict budget to manage their bankroll while playing online. The poll gathered almost 1,300 responses from players who are actively engaged in playing at online casinos, tapping into the Casino Guru forum user base, which brings together thousands of registered players.

The poll found out that 12.32% (154 respondents) of all respondents said they set a strict budget, but usually didn’t stick to it. The good news is that almost 50% (620 respondents) of all forum users who participated responded in the affirmative, confirming that they had indeed been sticking to a budget as a rule of thumb.

Another 306 of those who voted confirmed that they sometimes used limits, with 209 respondents saying that they never used strict budget limits to monitor their play. The use of strict budget and betting limits has been known to significantly help reduce gambling harm and the incidence of reckless gambling and spending.

Budgeting player bankroll is a popular responsible gambling safety measure that has been used with success in all regulated markets. The poll’s answers, though, can be further used to examine what motivates the people who do not set limits, or those who use them on occasion.

The good news is that with almost 50% of respondents using this measure to safeguard against unintended consequences, the industry has come a long way in both raising awareness about this option as well as making it available.

The poll’s results can also be used to analyze the behavior of those 12.32% of respondents who do set limitsbut seem to break them. The sample size gives the basis of future examination of how measures can be strengthened to ensure that betting limits become a more favorable solution among players.

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