Hi everyone. I am the founder of the company SafeBet. I want to give everyone a little background of who I am and how my addiction started so that way you understand why we do this. Way back when in high school almost six years ago is when my addiction first started. I played varsity football, soccer, and baseball for my school. I had a great group of friends and a supportive family that gave me a very generous amount of allowance money per week. High school was honestly great for me… and then I started gambling. I did not need to start betting to get money. It was very unneeded and it is probably the biggest regret in my life. The reason I give you that backstory of myself is because no matter how good life is at a time, a gambling addiction can happen to ANYONE.

While in high school my whole friend group met a guy who was a bookie. We all texted him and joined his offshore book with the website named Ubet. This is where the addiction started for me. Almost five years ago and I am just now getting better. For most people it was not a big deal but I cold not control myself. I was losing hundreds if not even thousands each week. Lying to my parents saying “hey mom can you send me money for a sweatshirt?” Knowing damn well it was going to my bookie who I owed money to. It got so bad to a point to where I would just be throwing stuff around in my room praying to God that things would get better. I could not see the bright side of things. I started to have horrible thoughts about myself for lying 24/7 and got to the point to where I could not sleep. I owed people almost 20 thousand dollars with nowhere to run getting blackmailed, threatened, and most importantly just disappointing my parents.

It all begins with the want to get better. Maybe you want to but can’t stop betting. Maybe you want to but you still owe people money so you bet to try and win it back. We have all been there but the best thing to do is realize you have a problem and seek help. You may not know it yet but you will understand that talking to people and opening up about his addiction is the best possible way to go about it. Just talking to your parents about it instead of keeping these thoughts to yourself brings tremendous weight off your shoulders. Here at SafeBet we have made it our number one priority to stop these bookie from operating. With our attempt to gain partnerships with legal betting casinos, we think it is immensely safer to bet with these companies than dealing with a bookie. Most parents watch there child’s spending so with this in mind we think it is important to erase offshore bookies and if people choose to bet, direct them to a safer and regulated site.