Atlassino Academy · First visit · Lesson 8
Ending the night on your terms
The last hour of an evening: stopping on the plan rather than on a feeling, turning what is in your hands back into money, and knowing who answers at one in the morning.
You have a plan, you are in the casino, and what is left of the night is its last hour. Two things are already behind you: you decided how much money the evening gets and how long it runs while you were still at home, and you can already tell a value chip from a colour chip. This last lesson of the track is about the hour when the plan and the evening start to disagree.
Before we start: it is 22:30, the plan ends at 23:00, and 30 units of your 120 units is left. Play the last half hour, stop now, or raise the bet to get back some of what the evening has taken? Nothing here is scored — the answer comes at the end.
Tonight’s plan
The question above, drawn. The bar named Time used is the part of the 3 hours that has gone, and the bar named Money spent is the part of the money the evening was given that has gone. Neither bar is full yet, and neither bar is a target to fill.
The short answer
The evening ends at the first of your two limits to run out: the money you brought, or the time you gave it. After that there are four steps to the door, in this order: finish the spin you are in, change roulette colour chips at the wheel they came from, take value chips and any ticket to the cash desks, and go home the way you decided at home. If the night went further than planned, the helpline for your province is at the end of this page.
- Finish the spin you are inAfter «no va más» nothing on the cloth moves until the spin is settled.
- Roulette colour chips, at the wheel they came fromThe dealer changes roulette colour chips into value chips, at that table.
- Value chips and tickets at the cash desksA machine’s printed ticket goes to another machine or to the cash desks, never to a table.
- Your coat, then the way home you decided onThe way home was settled at the kitchen table, along with the money and the time.
The four steps, in the order they have to happen. Take the wrong thing to the wrong window and the route sends you back onto the floor, which is the one place the evening was supposed to stop.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
The hard part of a first visit is not the start. It is the twenty minutes when the plan says one thing and the evening says another — and the five minutes after those twenty, when you are standing up with chips in your hand and no idea which window takes them.
Maya works the last hour out
Tonight’s plan, as it was written down at home
An example plan.
An example plan: 120 units for the evening, 10 units a spin on red or black, 3 hours from 20:00. It is an example, not an amount we suggest, and the amounts are betting units rather than pesos.
One · Maya does it all
Maya: “22:30. Half an hour left on the clock and 30 units left in my pocket. I leave the bet where the card put it. Raising it to get back what the evening has taken would not shorten the odds on red; it would only shorten the evening — and trying to get a loss back is the trap the provincial advice we read warns about by name.”
Two · Maya does all but the last step
Maya: “23:00, the alarm I set at home goes off, and I am 90 units down. The time limit says I leave when it is reached. What happens to the 90 units if I stay?”
Check yourself
Nothing happens to it. What the evening took is what the evening cost, and the next spin is the same spin it would have been at eight o’clock. “Stay until I am even” is trying to get a loss back, and going back another day to do it is one of the warning signs on the provincial lists.
Three · your turn
Same evening, one change: at 22:30 you are 150 units ahead, and a voice in your head says go up to 25 units a spin because this is the casino’s money now. What is wrong with calling it the casino’s money?
Tonight’s plan
The limit is a ceiling, not a target.
The same clock, a different card: the money you are ahead is written on a line of its own, above the money the evening was given.
Maya’s answer
The money you are ahead is yours from the moment the dealer pays it, and it buys exactly the same odds on red as the money you walked in with. The advice of two provincial bodies is to set a target, keep something of what you are ahead, and bet only the rest — and to stop while it is still going well.
Whichever limit comes first
A plan has two numbers written on it, the money and the time, and the two of them do not run out together. Which one runs out first is not something you get to choose: it depends on how the spins fall. The money and the time together are your limit (the money and the time you decide on before you go: a ceiling, not a target).
| The limit | What it is on this card | What tells you it has been reached |
|---|---|---|
| The money limit | 120 units, the money the evening gets | The money you brought is gone |
| The time limit | 3 hours, ending at 23:00 | The alarm you set at home goes off |
Walking out at 23:00 with money still in your pocket is the plan working, not an evening left half finished. Two habits make the time limit hold, and both are set before you leave home.
- Set an alarm on your phone for the hour on the card. A law of the Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires makes the gaming rooms it covers put up clocks showing the official time where they can be seen, but an alarm in your own pocket goes off whether you are looking for a clock or not.
- Take breaks. Frequent breaks, to step back and see the evening as it is, are in the advice of several provinces.
The same law writes the money limit into the building: it prohibits cash machines inside the gaming rooms and within two hundred metres of them, together with anywhere that lends money or works as a pawnshop. Leaving the cards at home does the same job anywhere else.
What is in your hands, and where it becomes money
When the plan ends you are not holding money yet. You are holding things that turn into money, and each of them has a window of its own. Take the wrong thing to the wrong window and the route sends you back onto the floor.
| In your hands | Where it becomes money | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roulette colour chips | At the wheel they came from. The dealer changes roulette colour chips into value chips | Once the spin is settled, before you stand up | |
| Value chips | At the cash desks | On the way out | |
| A machine’s printed ticket | At the cash desks. A ticket also goes into another machine on the same system, which turns it back into credits rather than into money | On the way out | |
| Credits still on a machine’s screen | Nowhere yet. Ask the machine for a ticket and the credits become a printed ticket | Before you leave the seat |
The column that costs the most to get wrong is the one headed When: colour chips and credits on a screen have a moment attached to them as well as a place.
Roulette colour chips are the one thing in your hands that the cashier will not take at all. Colour chips are bought and changed at the table they belong to, can be used only there, and are never exchanged for cash. So you tell the dealer you are done, once the spin is settled, and the dealer changes the colour into value chips. Do not just walk off: under the rules we read, the bank may dispose of a colour whose player left without telling the dealer.
Worth 28 units — at that wheel.
What a roulette colour chip is worth is settled at one table, not printed on the chip. The 28 units under the picture is what 14 chips come to at the value in this example — at that wheel, and at no other.
Everything else in your chip rack is value chips (ordinary chips with an amount printed on them, good anywhere in the casino). The window for value chips is the cashier (the cage) (the window where chips and slot tickets become money): value chips are bought at the tables and exchanged for cash at the casino’s cash desks.
110 units in all.
The same player’s other pocket, worth 110 units: every value chip carries its amount on its face.
A machine’s printed ticket has windows of its own. The machine prints a slot ticket when you ask it to cash your credits. The ticket can go into another machine connected to the same validation system, and it can be cashed at the cash desks; when one game reaches the limit the room sets, it is paid through a member of staff instead.
Never walk away from a machine whose screen still shows credits. Credits on a screen are not money in your pocket, and nothing we read says what happens to credits left behind — which is reason enough to ask the machine for its ticket before you stand up.
The way home is part of the plan
The way home is the only line of the plan you use when you are tired, and tired is the state in which nobody works anything out. So it gets settled at the kitchen table along with the money and the time: how you are getting back, and, if that is a bus or a train, what time the last one leaves.
Settled before you leave home
Two lines out of three.
The money and the leaving time on this card come from the plan. The third line, the way home, is blank here because it is the line this lesson adds — and it is the only line of the three you ever have to read at one in the morning.
| The way home | Where the answer is |
|---|---|
| The route | Sometimes on the casino’s own page: one we read lists a car service to and from the casino, with its phone number. |
| The hour the last one leaves | Not on that page. The hour sits in the timetable of whoever runs the bus or the train, and you read the timetable at the kitchen table, where a wrong answer costs nothing. |
And if there is a drink in the evening, settle the way home before the first drink rather than after it. The advice we read is not to gamble under the influence of alcohol or drugs at all, because it gets in the way of sensible decisions. Nobody should be working out a route at the moment they have to walk it, and nobody should be driving.
If the night went further than planned
It happens. An evening that ran past both of its numbers is not a character failure and it is not rare. What matters is the next hour, and three things are worth knowing by name before you ever need them.
- The gambling helpline for your province. The line belongs to the province and not to the casino, so the casino does not have to be open, or told, or involved in any way. The lines for the 8 provinces where we list casinos and found a helpline are at the end of this page, and Helplines by province lists who answers and when. The national government’s own page offers free, anonymous help by phone from anywhere in the country, and notes that several provinces and the City have sites of their own for gambling help.
- A self-test, which is not a diagnosis. Several provinces publish one; the provinces that publish them say plainly that only a mental-health professional can diagnose. Answer yes to several of the questions and the advice is to ask for help.
- The one door you can close yourself, which is self-exclusion: a provincial programme you sign yourself, after which the province’s casinos refuse you entry for a set term. Signing is a decision for a calm morning rather than for one in the morning, and the self-exclusion guide sets out what each province’s programme covers.
The one thing in that hour that does not help is going back later today to get the money back. Going back to get back what you lost is itself a warning sign, and it is the sign that looks most like an ordinary plan.
Practice: the last hour
Three levels, and only level 2 is scored. Level 1 is five decisions of the last hour; it is not graded, because a decision about your own money has no right answer the way a rule of the floor does — only agreement or disagreement with the plan you made. Level 2 is the way out: what is in your hands and where each thing becomes money. Level 3 is the card for one in the morning, for the province you pick.
The lesson is one run: every square on the strip below is one of its moments. They are all there from the start, and when a level’s squares are full the next one begins by itself.
Level 3 shows the line and the programme for this province.
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Level 1 · Inside the plan
Tonight’s plan
It is 22:30. The plan ends at 23:00 and 30 units of the 120 units is left. What now?
- Keep betting 10 units a spin until 23:00, or stop now Both are inside the plan: it set a ceiling and a leaving time, and neither of the two has moved.
- Raise to 30 units a spin to get it back That is trying to get a loss back, the trap the provincial advice we read warns about by name. Nothing about the wheel changed with the bet; only how fast the money leaves.
- Change another 120 units at the cashier That is a second limit, decided at a window rather than at home — which is why the same advice says to leave the cards at home in the first place.
The plan had two numbers and both still hold. Playing the half hour and stopping now are the same decision from the plan’s point of view; raising the bet is a third number nobody decided.
No caer en la trampa de intentar recuperar las pérdidas.Free translation: Do not fall into the trap of trying to recover your losses.
IJAN Neuquén · Juego Responsable · readDejar la tarjeta de débito y/o crédito en casa para respetar el límite establecido.Free translation: Leave your debit and/or credit card at home so as to respect the limit you have set.
IJAN Neuquén · Juego Responsable · readLevel 2 · The way out
Where this rule comes from. A rule published by LOTBA.
Worth 28 units — at that wheel.
You are done at the roulette table with 14 colour chips worth 2 units each. Where do they become money?
- At the same table: the dealer changes them into value chips Colour chips are bought and changed at the table they belong to, and can be used only there.
- At the cashier, like any other chip A colour chip is never exchanged for cash. It turns into value chips at its own table first.
- Keep them for the next visit A colour chip belongs to one table and one player, and it is good only there.
Colour chips have no amount printed on them, so they mean something only at the table they belong to. That table is where they turn back into value chips, before you walk away from it.
FICHAS DE COLOR. Se utilizan únicamente para realizar las apuestas a los números en las mesas de ruleta. Se adquieren o canjean en la mesa donde se va a realizar la apuesta, y únicamente se pueden utilizar en dicha mesa. Están identificadas con el número de la mesa a la cual pertenecen, o en su defecto, por un dibujo distintivo, el cual será diferente para cada una de las mesas. Su valor será el de la apuesta mínima para la mesa a la que pertenece, salvo en el caso de que el cliente que las utilice decida darles un valor mayor, que en ningún caso podrá ser mayor al de la apuesta máxima de dicha mesa. En ningún caso, podrán ser canjeadas por efectivo.Free translation: COLOR CHIPS. They are used only to place bets on numbers at the roulette tables. They are bought or exchanged at the table where the bet is to be placed, and can only be used at that table. They are identified by the number of the table to which they belong or, failing that, by a distinctive design, which will be different for each table. Their value will be the minimum bet of the table to which they belong, unless the customer using them decides to give them a higher value, which in no case may be higher than the maximum bet of that table. In no case may they be exchanged for cash.
LOTBA (Boletín Oficial CABA) · Res. de Directorio 4/20, Anexo: Texto Ordenado de Control (art. 132, III. Cálculo de beneficio – mesa de paño: definiciones de fichas) · readEn la mesa encontrará dos tipos de fichas: fichas de Color y fichas de Chances.Free translation: At the table you will find two types of chips: Color chips and Chance chips.
Entre las de “Color” hay de distintos colores y valores.Free translation: Among the “Color” chips there are different colors and values.
IAFAS Entre Ríos · Ruleta / Juegos Tradicionales de Casinos (DOC-H8-GCA-CSJ-004 V00) · read1.6.2 Al Apostador le será permitido jugar un color y/o valor por bola en la mesa que le fuera canjeado.Free translation: 1.6.2 The Bettor shall be permitted to play one color and/or value per ball at the table where they were exchanged.
IPLyC Buenos Aires (Sistema de Normas) · Resolución 1452/12, Anexo I: Marco Normativo de los Juegos de Azar Artesanales y Electrónicos · readLevel 3 · If it went further (Buenos Aires Province)
Buenos Aires Province. The line and the programme come from our country pack, and each of them is printed only where a quoted sentence backs it.
Help in Buenos Aires Province
Nothing here is scored. It is the card for the hour when the card is needed.
It is 1:30 on a Saturday morning in Buenos Aires Province. You planned to spend 120 units and you have spent 180 units. What now?
- Call Programa de Prevención y Asistencia al Juego Compulsivo (IPLyC) now It is the line for Buenos Aires Province, and we hold no sentence about its hours, which is not the same as knowing it is shut. Nothing has to be explained first, and nothing has to be decided on the call.
- Come back later today and get it back Going back to get back what you lost is one of the warning signs on the provincial lists we read.
- Borrow and get even Borrowing money to gamble is on the same lists of warning signs.
- Read about Programa de Autoexclusión de Salas de Juegos de Azar — and decide it on a calm day Buenos Aires Province runs it, and it closes the door for a term set by the programme. It is a decision for a morning, not for 1:30 at night.
Tonight the useful thing is a voice: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia al Juego Compulsivo (IPLyC), 0800-444-4000 · hours not confirmed in our records. The programme is a decision for a calm day, and getting it back tonight is the one option on this card that is not a way out.
¿Alguna vez quisiste dejar de jugar pero no pudiste hacerlo?Free translation: Have you ever wanted to stop gambling but could not?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · readUtilizar solo el dinero sobrante; no el destinado a gastos cotidianos.Free translation: Use only spare money; not money meant for everyday expenses.
ENREJA Salta · Juego Responsable · readEvery moment of level 2 is answered the same way: by a sentence a regulator, a province or a casino published about that step. Level 1 and level 3 are not scored at all — a decision about your own money has no correct answer in the sense a rule does, only agreement with the plan you made.
How the practice table works
Where the answers come from. Nothing on level 2 is our opinion. Each moment is answered by a rule published by a regulator, a province or a casino, and the sentence is under the moment with the page it came from and the day we read it. Where a rule belongs to one body, the moment says whose it is.
Level 1 and level 3 are not graded. Level 1 marks an answer inside the plan or outside the plan rather than right or wrong. Level 3 is a reference in the shape of a moment: the helpline for the province you pick, and its self-exclusion programme where our records hold one.
No money on this table. There is no balance, and nothing adds up from one moment to the next. Every amount is the same example plan in betting units, and the only thing the strip counts is your decisions.
Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Five quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
And the question this lesson opened with: playing the last half hour and stopping now are the same answer, because both are inside the plan — it set a ceiling and a leaving time, and neither of the two has moved. Raising the bet is the third answer, and the only one of the three that is trying to get a loss back.
Where this leads
And where the course goes next. That is the whole of a first visit, door to door, and nothing in it was about how a game is played. The tracks after this one take the games themselves, one at a time, and one of those lessons is open already: when to hit or stand on a hard total.
Further reading
- Herramientas de Juego Responsable · IJAN (Neuquén)La lista corta de consejos en la que se apoya esta lección: un límite de dinero, un tiempo limitado, descansos, la tarjeta en casa y no perseguir las pérdidas.
- Programa de Prevención y Asistencia al Juego Compulsivo · IPLyC (provincia de Buenos Aires)Las preguntas con las que la provincia te invita a revisar cómo jugás, y los centros de atención gratuita.
- Las 10 reglas de oro del juego responsable · IPRA (Tierra del Fuego)Las reglas de un organismo oficial: planificar el presupuesto, guardarse algo de lo que se lleva y retirarse a tiempo.
- Ley 6330 de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires · Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresUna ley que obliga a las salas de la Ciudad a tener relojes a la vista y prohíbe los cajeros automáticos dentro de la sala y a 200 metros.
Money and time on a first visit
This is the end of the first-visit track, so here is the whole of it in one list — the part that is about money and time rather than about games.
- Before you leave home. Two numbers and a way back: how much, how long, and how you get home. Write all three down before you go.
- Cash for the limit, and the cards stay at home. Leaving your credit and debit cards at home is a line of advice on its own, and it is the step that still holds when the other steps slip.
- Breaks. Away from the table rather than standing beside it.
- Only money you have. Only money set aside for fun, never money meant for everyday costs, and never borrowed money.
Three signs worth knowing by name. The provinces publish lists of warning signs; these three are the ones that live closest to an ordinary evening. None of them is a diagnosis, and this page does not hand out any.
- Going back to get a loss back.
- Trying to cut down or stop, and not managing it.
- Borrowing money to gamble with.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Decide all three of them before you sit down: how long, how much, and how you get home. When either the money or the time runs out the evening is over — and what the evening cost is the price of the evening, not a debt the next evening owes you.
And if a night has already gone further than the plan did, a gambling helpline is for exactly that night. You do not have to have decided anything before you call one.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being entertainment, help is available. Minimum entry age: each province sets its own. Where we found the rule or regulator that sets it, we cite it on the page; those we found set it at 18. More on responsible gaming.
Show all provinces
If you are thinking about suicide, call 135 or 0800 345 1435 from anywhere in the country
How it’s worked out
Numbers, sources and hosts
Numbers. The amounts on this page are one example plan — 120 units, 3 hours and 10 units a spin — counted in betting units rather than pesos: a unit can stand for any amount. This page does not put a price on an hour of play or say how often an evening runs out of money: both are worked out from the number of spins an hour, and we hold no published source for that number for Argentina, so we do not print one.
Sources. 68 documents and pages, 186 sentences between them, each quoted exactly as its publisher wrote it, in Spanish, with the page and the day we read it; the buttons in the text open them. The advice comes from the responsible-gambling pages of provincial lotteries and regulators and of casino operators; the rules about chips and tickets come from the published rules of LOTBA, IPLyC Buenos Aires and their casinos. Where a rule belongs to one body, the page says whose it is rather than making it sound national.
Help, line by line. The helplines and the self-exclusion programmes come from our country pack, and each field is printed only where a quoted sentence backs it — which is why some lines below carry no hours at all. We found no debt-counselling service in the open sources, so this page names none.
What is deliberately missing. The page says nothing about where more money can be got hold of, nothing about changing money, and nothing about the amount at which a large payout has to be reported. This lesson is about an evening ending.
Hosts. Maya is an illustrated character. Her backstory, a former floor supervisor, is written for the course: she is not a real person and does not speak for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from her experience.
No promise. Leaving on a plan does not make an evening cheaper. What it changes is how many hours there were, and how much of your money was in the room for them.
Colour chips go back at the wheel
FICHAS DE COLOR. Se utilizan únicamente para realizar las apuestas a los números en las mesas de ruleta. Se adquieren o canjean en la mesa donde se va a realizar la apuesta, y únicamente se pueden utilizar en dicha mesa. Están identificadas con el número de la mesa a la cual pertenecen, o en su defecto, por un dibujo distintivo, el cual será diferente para cada una de las mesas. Su valor será el de la apuesta mínima para la mesa a la que pertenece, salvo en el caso de que el cliente que las utilice decida darles un valor mayor, que en ningún caso podrá ser mayor al de la apuesta máxima de dicha mesa. En ningún caso, podrán ser canjeadas por efectivo.Free translation: COLOR CHIPS. They are used only to place bets on numbers at the roulette tables. They are bought or exchanged at the table where the bet is to be placed, and can only be used at that table. They are identified by the number of the table to which they belong or, failing that, by a distinctive design, which will be different for each table. Their value will be the minimum bet of the table to which they belong, unless the customer using them decides to give them a higher value, which in no case may be higher than the maximum bet of that table. In no case may they be exchanged for cash.
FICHAS DE VALOR. Son las que se utilizan para realizar las apuestas y efectuar el pago de los premios de todos los juegos de Casino. Únicamente se pueden adquirir en las mesas de juego. Se canjean por efectivo en las cajas de las salas de Casino habilitadas para tal fin.Free translation: VALUE CHIPS. These are the chips used to place bets and to pay the prizes in all Casino games. They can only be bought at the gaming tables. They are exchanged for cash at the cashier's desks of the Casino rooms authorized for that purpose.
Value chips are cashed at the cash desks
FICHAS DE VALOR. Son las que se utilizan para realizar las apuestas y efectuar el pago de los premios de todos los juegos de Casino. Únicamente se pueden adquirir en las mesas de juego. Se canjean por efectivo en las cajas de las salas de Casino habilitadas para tal fin.Free translation: VALUE CHIPS. These are the chips used to place bets and to pay the prizes in all Casino games. They can only be bought at the gaming tables. They are exchanged for cash at the cashier's desks of the Casino rooms authorized for that purpose.
FICHAS. Pequeñas piezas de material plástico o acrílico de distintas formas, tamaños y colores, que reemplazan al dinero y sirven para apostar.Free translation: CHIPS. Small pieces of plastic or acrylic material of different shapes, sizes and colors, which replace money and are used for betting.
Where a ticket becomes money
Un ticket puede ser generado en una máquina de juego a través de un impresora interna, por petición del jugador para canjear sus créditos.Free translation: A ticket may be generated at a gaming machine through an internal printer, at the player's request, to cash out their credits.
Los tickets pueden ser ingresados en cualquier máquina de juego que esté conectada al sistema de validación, con la condición que no se acredite ningún crédito hasta verificar a través del sistema la validez del ticket. El canje de los tickets está permitido también en áreas de Cajas.Free translation: Tickets may be inserted into any gaming machine connected to the validation system, on the condition that no credit is awarded until the validity of the ticket has been verified through the system. Tickets may also be cashed in at Cashier areas.
Si el límite establecido por la Sala , se alcanza en una sola partida cuando se utiliza una impresora de vales, entonces el vale no podrá ser reembolsado en ningún lugar que no sea a través de la interacción humana (no podrá ser canjeado en otra máquina por créditos o en un una máquina automática de canjeo de tickets kiosco de autoservicio).Free translation: If the limit set by the Room is reached in a single game when a voucher printer is used, then the voucher may not be redeemed anywhere other than through human interaction (it may not be exchanged at another machine for credits or at an automatic ticket redemption machine or self-service kiosk).
Credits become a ticket
Un ticket puede ser generado en una máquina de juego a través de un impresora interna, por petición del jugador para canjear sus créditos.Free translation: A ticket may be generated at a gaming machine through an internal printer, at the player's request, to cash out their credits.
Los tickets pueden ser ingresados en cualquier máquina de juego que esté conectada al sistema de validación, con la condición que no se acredite ningún crédito hasta verificar a través del sistema la validez del ticket. El canje de los tickets está permitido también en áreas de Cajas.Free translation: Tickets may be inserted into any gaming machine connected to the validation system, on the condition that no credit is awarded until the validity of the ticket has been verified through the system. Tickets may also be cashed in at Cashier areas.
A money limit before you start
Antes de empezar, siempre establecer un límite de dinero.Free translation: Before starting, always set a limit on money.
Decida de antemano lo que desea gastar durante su sesión de juego.Free translation: Decide in advance what you wish to spend during your gaming session.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Establecer un presupuesto antes de jugar y respetarlo.Free translation: Set a budget before playing and respect it.
Recomendamos establecer un presupuesto máximo antes de ingresar al casino y respetar ese límite independientemente del resultado.Free translation: We recommend setting a maximum budget before entering the casino and respecting that limit regardless of the result.
A time limit
Asegurarse de establecer un período de tiempo limitado.Free translation: Make sure to set a limited period of time.
Establecer un tiempo límite para jugar y retirarse cuando se cumplió.Free translation: Set a time limit for playing and leave when it has been reached.
PONERSE UN TIEMPO LIMITE PARA JUGAR Y RESPETARLO.Free translation: SET A TIME LIMIT FOR PLAYING AND RESPECT IT.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
A named route home
REMISES • +54 11 3642-2358 Servicios desde y hacia el CasinoFree translation: REMISES • +54 11 3642-2358 Services to and from the Casino
Credits become a ticket
Un ticket puede ser generado en una máquina de juego a través de un impresora interna, por petición del jugador para canjear sus créditos.Free translation: A ticket may be generated at a gaming machine through an internal printer, at the player's request, to cash out their credits.
Los tickets pueden ser ingresados en cualquier máquina de juego que esté conectada al sistema de validación, con la condición que no se acredite ningún crédito hasta verificar a través del sistema la validez del ticket. El canje de los tickets está permitido también en áreas de Cajas.Free translation: Tickets may be inserted into any gaming machine connected to the validation system, on the condition that no credit is awarded until the validity of the ticket has been verified through the system. Tickets may also be cashed in at Cashier areas.
Do not try to get a loss back
No caer en la trampa de intentar recuperar las pérdidas.Free translation: Do not fall into the trap of trying to recover your losses.
No intentar recuperar lo perdido; aceptarlo como el costo del entretenimiento.Free translation: Do not try to recover what you have lost; accept it as the cost of entertainment.
No intentar recuperar pérdidas con más apuestas.Free translation: Do not try to recover losses with more bets.
Two pockets
Fije un objetivo predeterminado para sus ganancias, guárdese algo, y apueste solo la cantidad restante.Free translation: Set a predetermined target for your winnings, keep something aside, and bet only the remaining amount.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Fije un objetivo de ganancias y apueste solo el resto.Free translation: Set a winnings target and bet only the rest.
Instituto de Asistencia Social de Formosa · IAS Formosa — Juego Responsable · read
The warning signs
¿Creés que tenés un problema con el juego?Free translation: Do you think you have a problem with gambling?
¿Alguna vez quisiste dejar de jugar pero no pudiste hacerlo?Free translation: Have you ever wanted to stop gambling but could not?
Cuando jugás, ¿volvés la mayoría del tiempo para recuperar lo perdido?Free translation: When you gamble, do you go back most of the time to win back what you lost?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Intentas reducir, controlar o dejar de jugar sin éxito.Free translation: You try to cut down, control or stop gambling without success.
Perdes dinero jugando e intentas, constantemente, recuperarlo reiterando la actividad.Free translation: You lose money gambling and constantly try to recover it by repeating the activity.
Te endeudas constantemente por el juego o solicitas préstamos para continuar jugando.Free translation: You constantly go into debt because of gambling or ask for loans to keep playing.
Programa de Juego Responsable del IPLyC S.E. (Misiones) · Síntomas de la ludopatía · read
One casino printing its province’s line
Prevención y Asistencia al Juego Compulsivo: 0800-444-4000.Free translation: Prevención y Asistencia al Juego Compulsivo (Prevention and Assistance for Compulsive Gambling): 0800-444-4000.
Do not try to get a loss back
No caer en la trampa de intentar recuperar las pérdidas.Free translation: Do not fall into the trap of trying to recover your losses.
No intentar recuperar lo perdido; aceptarlo como el costo del entretenimiento.Free translation: Do not try to recover what you have lost; accept it as the cost of entertainment.
No intentar recuperar pérdidas con más apuestas.Free translation: Do not try to recover losses with more bets.
A time limit, and leaving when it is reached
Asegurarse de establecer un período de tiempo limitado.Free translation: Make sure to set a limited period of time.
Establecer un tiempo límite para jugar y retirarse cuando se cumplió.Free translation: Set a time limit for playing and leave when it has been reached.
PONERSE UN TIEMPO LIMITE PARA JUGAR Y RESPETARLO.Free translation: SET A TIME LIMIT FOR PLAYING AND RESPECT IT.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Going back to get it back is a warning sign
No caer en la trampa de intentar recuperar las pérdidas.Free translation: Do not fall into the trap of trying to recover your losses.
Cuando jugás, ¿volvés la mayoría del tiempo para recuperar lo perdido?Free translation: When you gamble, do you go back most of the time to win back what you lost?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Two pockets
Fije un objetivo predeterminado para sus ganancias, guárdese algo, y apueste solo la cantidad restante.Free translation: Set a predetermined target for your winnings, keep something aside, and bet only the remaining amount.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Fije un objetivo de ganancias y apueste solo el resto.Free translation: Set a winnings target and bet only the rest.
Instituto de Asistencia Social de Formosa · IAS Formosa — Juego Responsable · read
Leave while it is going well
Tras varias oportunidades de perder, retírese.Free translation: After several chances of losing, leave.
Páselo bien y deje de jugar mientras aun le vaya bien.Free translation: Have a good time and stop playing while you are still doing well.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Deje de jugar mientras aún le vaya bien.Free translation: Stop playing while you are still doing well.
Instituto de Asistencia Social de Formosa · IAS Formosa — Juego Responsable · read
Clocks in the gaming room
Art. 11.- Concientización. Las Salas de Juego definidas en el artículo 3°, inciso f) de la Ley 538 (texto consolidado por Ley 6017) deben instalar en lugares visibles relojes con el horario oficial, de acuerdo a la reglamentación que dicte la Autoridad de Aplicación.Free translation: Art. 11.- Awareness. The Gaming Rooms defined in article 3, subsection f) of Law 538 (consolidated text by Law 6017) must install clocks showing the official time in visible places, in accordance with the regulations issued by the Enforcement Authority.
Frequent breaks
Tomar descansos frecuentes para reevaluar y mantener la perspectiva.Free translation: Take frequent breaks to reassess and keep perspective.
TOMARSE DESCANSOS FRECUENTES AL APOSTAR.Free translation: TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS WHEN BETTING.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Tomar descansos frecuentes;Free translation: Take frequent breaks;
No cash machines near the room
Art. 9.- Prohibición de cajeros automáticos y casas de empeño. Se prohíbe el funcionamiento de cajeros automáticos y/o máquinas expendedoras de dinero como asimismo la implementación de espacios donde se realicen empréstitos o transacciones de idéntica naturaleza mediante entrega de bienes, cheques, documentos u otros valores, o que actúen como casas de empeño en el interior y dentro de un radio de doscientos (200) metros de las Salas de Juego definidas en el artículo 3°, inciso f) de la Ley 538 (texto consolidado por Ley 6017).Free translation: Art. 9.- Prohibition of automated teller machines and pawnshops. The operation of automated teller machines and/or cash-dispensing machines is prohibited, as is the setting up of spaces where loans or transactions of the same nature are carried out through the handing over of goods, cheques, documents or other valuables, or that act as pawnshops, inside and within a radius of two hundred (200) metres of the Gaming Halls defined in article 3°, subsection f) of Law 538 (consolidated text by Law 6017).
Leave the cards at home
Dejar la tarjeta de débito y/o crédito en casa para respetar el límite establecido.Free translation: Leave your debit and/or credit card at home so as to respect the limit you have set.
NO USAR TARJETA DE DÉBITO Y/O CRÉDITO PARA EXTRAER MAS DINERO DE LO QUE SE PENSABA INVERTIR EN EL JUEGO.Free translation: DO NOT USE A DEBIT AND/OR CREDIT CARD TO WITHDRAW MORE MONEY THAN YOU HAD PLANNED TO SPEND ON GAMBLING.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Colour chips stay with their table
FICHAS DE COLOR. Se utilizan únicamente para realizar las apuestas a los números en las mesas de ruleta. Se adquieren o canjean en la mesa donde se va a realizar la apuesta, y únicamente se pueden utilizar en dicha mesa. Están identificadas con el número de la mesa a la cual pertenecen, o en su defecto, por un dibujo distintivo, el cual será diferente para cada una de las mesas. Su valor será el de la apuesta mínima para la mesa a la que pertenece, salvo en el caso de que el cliente que las utilice decida darles un valor mayor, que en ningún caso podrá ser mayor al de la apuesta máxima de dicha mesa. En ningún caso, podrán ser canjeadas por efectivo.Free translation: COLOR CHIPS. They are used only to place bets on numbers at the roulette tables. They are bought or exchanged at the table where the bet is to be placed, and can only be used at that table. They are identified by the number of the table to which they belong or, failing that, by a distinctive design, which will be different for each table. Their value will be the minimum bet of the table to which they belong, unless the customer using them decides to give them a higher value, which in no case may be higher than the maximum bet of that table. In no case may they be exchanged for cash.
En la mesa encontrará dos tipos de fichas: fichas de Color y fichas de Chances.Free translation: At the table you will find two types of chips: Color chips and Chance chips.
Entre las de “Color” hay de distintos colores y valores.Free translation: Among the “Color” chips there are different colors and values.
IAFAS Entre Ríos · Ruleta / Juegos Tradicionales de Casinos (DOC-H8-GCA-CSJ-004 V00) · read
1.6.2 Al Apostador le será permitido jugar un color y/o valor por bola en la mesa que le fuera canjeado.Free translation: 1.6.2 The Bettor shall be permitted to play one color and/or value per ball at the table where they were exchanged.
A colour left behind
La Banca podrá disponer del color, habiéndose retirado el Apostador de la mesa sin informar al Pagador su continuidad de juego en la misma o, transcurrido una bola sin jugarFree translation: The Bank may dispose of the color if the Bettor has left the table without informing the Payer that they will continue playing there, or if one ball has passed without playing.
Section Capítulo 1, Ruleta Americana: de las fichas, las anomalías, las apuestas y el apostador (1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.9)
Bought at the tables, cashed at the cash desks
FICHAS DE VALOR. Son las que se utilizan para realizar las apuestas y efectuar el pago de los premios de todos los juegos de Casino. Únicamente se pueden adquirir en las mesas de juego. Se canjean por efectivo en las cajas de las salas de Casino habilitadas para tal fin.Free translation: VALUE CHIPS. These are the chips used to place bets and to pay the prizes in all Casino games. They can only be bought at the gaming tables. They are exchanged for cash at the cashier's desks of the Casino rooms authorized for that purpose.
Where a ticket becomes money
Un ticket puede ser generado en una máquina de juego a través de un impresora interna, por petición del jugador para canjear sus créditos.Free translation: A ticket may be generated at a gaming machine through an internal printer, at the player's request, to cash out their credits.
Los tickets pueden ser ingresados en cualquier máquina de juego que esté conectada al sistema de validación, con la condición que no se acredite ningún crédito hasta verificar a través del sistema la validez del ticket. El canje de los tickets está permitido también en áreas de Cajas.Free translation: Tickets may be inserted into any gaming machine connected to the validation system, on the condition that no credit is awarded until the validity of the ticket has been verified through the system. Tickets may also be cashed in at Cashier areas.
Si el límite establecido por la Sala , se alcanza en una sola partida cuando se utiliza una impresora de vales, entonces el vale no podrá ser reembolsado en ningún lugar que no sea a través de la interacción humana (no podrá ser canjeado en otra máquina por créditos o en un una máquina automática de canjeo de tickets kiosco de autoservicio).Free translation: If the limit set by the Room is reached in a single game when a voucher printer is used, then the voucher may not be redeemed anywhere other than through human interaction (it may not be exchanged at another machine for credits or at an automatic ticket redemption machine or self-service kiosk).
Alcohol and drugs
No beber ni consumir drogas durante el juego, ya que puede generar problemas para tomar decisiones sensatas.Free translation: Do not drink or use drugs while gambling, as this can cause problems in making sensible decisions.
No jugar bajo efectos del alcohol u otras sustancias.Free translation: Do not gamble under the influence of alcohol or other substances.
Where to turn, nationwide
También podés pedir asistencia gratuita y anónima al Sedronar desde cualquier lugar del país llamando al 141 o completando el formulario en líneaFree translation: You can also ask for free and anonymous assistance from Sedronar from anywhere in the country by calling 141 or by completing the online form
Si buscás asistencia por juego compulsivo, varias provincias y la CABA cuentan con sitios web en los que te brindan información y ayuda.Free translation: If you are looking for help with compulsive gambling, several provinces and the CABA have websites where they provide information and help.
A self-test is not a diagnosis
No se trata de un diagnóstico sino de aportar un elemento de utilidad para conocer tus comportamientos de juego.Free translation: It is not a diagnosis but a useful element for getting to know your gambling behaviors.
Sólo profesionales de la salud mental pueden dar un diagnóstico certero acerca de un posible problema con el juego.Free translation: Only mental health professionals can give an accurate diagnosis of a possible gambling problem.
El cuestionario solo tiene valor orientador y no implica un diagnóstico de enfermedad. Este último solo podrá ser efectuado por un profesional de la salud mental.Free translation: The questionnaire has guidance value only and does not imply a diagnosis of illness. The latter may only be made by a mental health professional.
Lotería de Río Negro · Autoevaluación sobre Juego Problemático · read
When to ask for help
Si responde afirmativamente a varias de estas preguntas, considere buscar asesoramiento.Free translation: If you answer yes to several of these questions, consider seeking advice.
Instituto de Asistencia Social de Formosa · IAS Formosa — Juego Responsable · read
Si te sientes identificado con algunas de las siguientes preguntas te sugerimos que nos llames.Free translation: If you identify with some of the following questions, we suggest that you call us.
El juego problemático puede desarrollarse gradualmente. Reconocer las señales a tiempo es fundamental para pedir ayuda.Free translation: Problem gambling can develop gradually. Recognizing the signs in time is essential to ask for help.
Si respondés SÍ a dos o más preguntas, te recomendamos buscar orientación profesional:Free translation: If you answer YES to two or more questions, we recommend that you seek professional guidance:
Going back to get it back
Cuando jugás, ¿volvés la mayoría del tiempo para recuperar lo perdido?Free translation: When you gamble, do you go back most of the time to win back what you lost?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Perdes dinero jugando e intentas, constantemente, recuperarlo reiterando la actividad.Free translation: You lose money gambling and constantly try to recover it by repeating the activity.
Programa de Juego Responsable del IPLyC S.E. (Misiones) · Síntomas de la ludopatía · read
A money limit before you start
Antes de empezar, siempre establecer un límite de dinero.Free translation: Before starting, always set a limit on money.
Decida de antemano lo que desea gastar durante su sesión de juego.Free translation: Decide in advance what you wish to spend during your gaming session.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Establecer un presupuesto antes de jugar y respetarlo.Free translation: Set a budget before playing and respect it.
Recomendamos establecer un presupuesto máximo antes de ingresar al casino y respetar ese límite independientemente del resultado.Free translation: We recommend setting a maximum budget before entering the casino and respecting that limit regardless of the result.
Leave the cards at home
Dejar la tarjeta de débito y/o crédito en casa para respetar el límite establecido.Free translation: Leave your debit and/or credit card at home so as to respect the limit you have set.
NO USAR TARJETA DE DÉBITO Y/O CRÉDITO PARA EXTRAER MAS DINERO DE LO QUE SE PENSABA INVERTIR EN EL JUEGO.Free translation: DO NOT USE A DEBIT AND/OR CREDIT CARD TO WITHDRAW MORE MONEY THAN YOU HAD PLANNED TO SPEND ON GAMBLING.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Frequent breaks
Tomar descansos frecuentes para reevaluar y mantener la perspectiva.Free translation: Take frequent breaks to reassess and keep perspective.
TOMARSE DESCANSOS FRECUENTES AL APOSTAR.Free translation: TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS WHEN BETTING.
Instituto Provincial de Regulación de Apuestas (IPRA) · IPRA — Programa Juego Responsable · read
Tomar descansos frecuentes;Free translation: Take frequent breaks;
Whose money
Utilizar solo el dinero sobrante; no el destinado a gastos cotidianos.Free translation: Use only spare money; not money meant for everyday expenses.
No pedir dinero prestado para jugar.Free translation: Do not borrow money to gamble.
Jugá solo el dinero asignado a la diversión.Free translation: Play only with the money set aside for fun.
No comprometas dinero destinado a otros objetivosFree translation: Do not commit money meant for other goals
No pidas dinero prestado para jugar.Free translation: Do not borrow money to gamble.
Sign one
Cuando jugás, ¿volvés la mayoría del tiempo para recuperar lo perdido?Free translation: When you gamble, do you go back most of the time to win back what you lost?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Perdes dinero jugando e intentas, constantemente, recuperarlo reiterando la actividad.Free translation: You lose money gambling and constantly try to recover it by repeating the activity.
Programa de Juego Responsable del IPLyC S.E. (Misiones) · Síntomas de la ludopatía · read
Sign two
¿Alguna vez quisiste dejar de jugar pero no pudiste hacerlo?Free translation: Have you ever wanted to stop gambling but could not?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Intentas reducir, controlar o dejar de jugar sin éxito.Free translation: You try to cut down, control or stop gambling without success.
Programa de Juego Responsable del IPLyC S.E. (Misiones) · Síntomas de la ludopatía · read
Ha efectuado reiterados esfuerzos no exitosos para controlar, interrumpir o detener el juego.Free translation: You have made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, interrupt or stop gambling.
Lotería Chaqueña · Lotería Chaqueña — Autoexclusión: plazo y requisitos · read
Sign three
¿Pediste un préstamo de dinero de alguien y luego no pudiste devolverlo a causa del juego?Free translation: Have you borrowed money from someone and then been unable to pay it back because of gambling?
IPLyC Buenos Aires · Juego Compulsivo: Programa de Prevención y Asistencia · read
Te endeudas constantemente por el juego o solicitas préstamos para continuar jugando.Free translation: You constantly go into debt because of gambling or ask for loans to keep playing.
Programa de Juego Responsable del IPLyC S.E. (Misiones) · Síntomas de la ludopatía · read
Pedir dinero prestado para jugar.Free translation: Borrowing money to gamble.