Let me get this right … what you are saying is that you go to the casino with friends every 6 months or so and you spend money expecting to lose it – and once you have lost it you stop – and you would say that you are gambling free …
Hmmmm.
Instead of just handing your money over to some of the richest people on the planet – why don’t you, every 6 months or so, go to the local soup kitchen and give your money to them. Or indeed, why don’t you just keep the money for when you might need it in the future. Then you WOULD be gambling free.
Sorry to be harsh – but as a compulsive gambler I would NOT be able to stop once I lost the “intended” money for gambling and it would screw my brain over, just being there. I might even get away with this on a few occasions (assuming I had the money to give to the casino operator) but eventually I would crack. But maybe you are different.