Not so much an option for gamblers in the online casino but a helpful tool to use in land-based casinos, are pocket lock boxes. Intended to help gamblers go home with their winnings, pocket lock boxes are highly effective at reminding gamblers to exercise discipline and helping them to ultimately stay in control.

Of course, there are some of you out there who have never had an issue giving yourself winning and losing limits and sticking to those limits when they are met. However, if you have ever gambled more than you intended - even if doing so did not do any damage to your overall finances - you should consider using a pocket lock box the next time you gamble at a land-based destination. Even if you stay within your losing limits, but have ever been guilty of gambling your winnings away, you should consider using a pocket lock box.

One box currently on the market, which many professional bettors highly recommend, is the Winners Bank200. Small enough to fit your pocket, the Winners Bank200 comes with two keys for safeguarding and removing funds. Its exact measurements are 2 3/4 inches by 4 inches.

The opening is large enough to take chips (if you are disciplined enough to carry the key on you and only remove the chips when it is time to cash out at the cashier's cage), and also has a simple sliding mechanism that allows bills to be easily pushed into the box. The Winners Bank200 does its job when bettors put their winnings immediately into it - only using funds from their original bankroll to place bets.

Players who are strongly tempted to gamble their winnings should leave both keys at home. Of course, this is not going to stop anyone from driving home to open the box and then returning to gamble later in the evening. At this point, however, one would need more than a pocket lock box, for this type of behavior is categorized as addiction.

For those gamblers who find it difficult keeping their winnings derived from online casinos, our next tip offers advice on how to do so.

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