Account that will not let you go overdrawn

twickjungle

Hi,

My brother is a compulsive Gambler in which he is always goes overdrawn in the bookies using his debit card. Are there accounts that will not let reject your card if you have not enough funds in your account.

Many thanks.

innovate

You should go to gamcare for advice.

Gromitt

TSB will do this for you for £10/month. Attempting to go overdrawn with a debit card will then simply be refused.

It's called 'Control account'.

JuicyJesus

Gromitt wrote: »

TSB will do this for you for £10/month. Attempting to go overdrawn with a debit card will then simply be refused.

It's called 'Control account'.

Or get a basic bank account for free.

I second the suggestion to go to Gamcare at the same time though. Even if he won't go overdrawn with a basic account, he'll still be gambling all his money away. Best to end the habit while also learning some discipline.

opinions4u

A savings account.

Difficult to gamble online with!

twickjungle

Thankyou all and yes been talking to GamCare for along time and although this will not stop him Gambling but will benefit from limiting the amount he can get into debit.

JuicyJesus

twickjungle wrote: »

Thankyou all and yes been talking to GamCare for along time and although this will not stop him Gambling but will benefit from limiting the amount he can get into debit.

It may be worth him opening an account such as the HSBC Basic Bank Account which does not come with a debit card, only a cash card, and has a strict cash withdrawal limit of £200 a day. He would find it remarkably hard to gamble large sums using such an account.