Goodness me people just stop playing them. I used to have a problem but cured myself - guess I saw the light in the end. I suppose I kinda replaced it with poker. When you get to understanding that game the feeling of winning a tournament and beating 500 other people dwarfs any feeling of satisfaction you get from putting your money into a piece of plastic with flashing lights, ultimately getting around 80% of your money back.
I still play in the pub occasionally but will only spend a few quid and stop. Make a rule to never get change to play them, never go to the pub alone so that you won't get tempted and stay away from those murdering arcades.
It's still gambling so in fact ur still not cured. To stop gambling is to live a gamble free life. That means no fruit machines, casinos, bookies, online gambling, poker, football, pool, lotto, scratch cards, bingo, shares. Infact any kind of gambling. This is ofcours if you have a problem controling it. If not then its fine. But if you can't control it then you need to abstain from it all together.
