Exercising control and informed choice to ensure that gambling is kept within affordable limits of money and time, is enjoyable, in balance with other activities and responsibilities, and avoids gambling-related harm.

Ways of achieving this include :. There are clear signs when gambling moves from being a hobby to becoming a mental health concern.

These include :. If you are concerned about your gambling, seek professional help and exclude yourself from gambling venues and websites.

In practice, for online gambling, this might mean disabling automatic logins and deleting accounts.

This article was published by The Conversation. If it raises concerns for you or someone you know, gambling support is available via Lifeline 13 11 14 , or via Gambling Help Online , which lists services in your state or territory.

Mike Sexton is a legend in the poker world. In a life spanning over four decades as a poker professional, Mike has excelled both on the felt and on the business side of poker.

He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in In this book Mike recounts his personal experiences and gives his take on some of poker's legendary characters over the past 40 years.

If you enjoy poker, are fascinated by the development of the game and enjoy compelling poker, golf and gambling adventures, then you'll love Life's A Gamble.

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Bill Perkins. Nolan Dalla. Jonathan Little. Register a free business account. Review Mike had vision and saw the future of poker 25 years ago.

He is a bridge to poker's fascinating history and has a knack for telling these great tales that will keep you entertained. Reading Life's a Gamble is no gamble.

Every story in the book is worth the price of the book. And he didn't just talk about it, he made it happen. He created two mega events in poker the TOC and PartyPoker Million , saw the potential in sponsorship, online poker, and poker on television.

I was one of the few who knew he had it right. Life's a Gamble gives you an historical look at poker and how and why the 'poker explosion' took place - and the stories are great -- Phil Hellmuth I gave Mike Sexton a key to the city '99 when he brought so many visitors to Las Vegas for his Tournament of Champions of Poker.

He should get another one for Life's a Gamble. Mike has been a great poker ambassador for more than 25 years. Life's a Gamble provides insight into the role he played in creating the 'poker explosion'.

It is also the most entertaining read I've had in a long time. I couldn't put it down! I'm sure you will love it, too.

With his untimely death the mantle naturally passed to Mike Sexton. When I got into the poker "craze," Mike treated me like he treats everyone, with grace and care and charm.

Life's a Gamble confirms what we in the poker world all know: Mike Sexton is a great poker player, a stalwart friend, and a raconteur up there with the best.

Don't make me mad! Read this book Mike played and continues to play a critical role in the creation and growth of the World Poker Tour.

I loved it and I'm betting you will too. Mike's life story is the history of the game itself. This book isn't a gamble at all.

It's a lock. He went from poker player to one of the most successful people in the poker industry. He played a key role in the development and growth of online poker PartyPoker and televised poker World Poker Tour.

Life's a Gamble gives you an inside look to all that plus many entertaining stories on some of the most infamous figures in poker. Mike Sexton learned the game at the age of 13 and became a full-time professional poker player in In he won the stud event and a bracelet at the World Series of Poker.

In he has been inducted into Poker Hall of Fame - the greatest honor in poker. I always thought that people are never entirely bad or good, and never inherently so.

I always believed that people one only one thing: to be happy. And they set out into this world with this goal in mind, doing their best to acquire that which they require in order to be happy.

Happiness is not a destination. Of course, a moment of happiness never lasts forever. Like I said, we all do our best. Some try to find shortcuts, some just want to play it safe.

When I started writing in my early teens, I was doing so because I had everything provided for by my parents. Of course, I made mistakes.

Making mistakes, trying to hard or not hard enough, meeting, helping, and falling in love with the wrong people.

But when I decided to make this my job, to become a professional writer or self-publisher , I had to take a lot of risks. I just write and sell books.

And I blog. And you know why I did this, and why I decided to keep writing and never give up, no matter what? Because writing is the one thing I like doing most in this world.

Because writing makes me happy. I find happiness in the stories I write, I find happiness by knowing that writing will affect others, that my writing will change things.

Well, I will fail by doing something I love, which I think is the most important thing you can do in this life.

Some might see this as the most accessible form of happiness: you sit down at your desk, and voila! Became Internet famous by the age of

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