Gambling addictions

[Beso]

When you have a tenner in your pocket and you walk past a bookies, has it become a problem when you feel like you and that tenner are that invincible that you go in and shove it in the machine?

[Cherie]

Not a bookies, a clothes shop maybe, but then I would get much for a tenner

[Beso]

Not a bookies, a clothes shop maybe, but then I would get much for a tenner

Anne summers?

[Cherie]

Anne summers?

Scratchy nylon..no thanks

[Beso]

Or if you put money on something like the golf just so you can have something to watch on a sunday night?

Im 20 deep already!

[Beso]

Scratchy nylon..no thanks

Im calling the machines that from now on...ladbrokes have all the silky feel to them..corals and william hill may cause friction burn

[Rogan Josh]

Not a bookies, a clothes shop maybe, but then I would get much for a tenner

Did you know Poundland are going to start selling clothes?

[Crimson Dynamo]

no i hate gambling (apart from GN and Cheltenham)

but i fully understand the issue

[Cherie]

Did you know Poundland are going to start selling clothes?

:oh: 10 jumpers for a tenner

[Beso]

:oh: 10 jumpers for a tenner

Thats lts plan for cheltenham.

[Beso]

no i hate gambling (apart from GN and Cheltenham)

but i fully understand the issue

I tripled the tenner today..but have lost a couple of times the urge came over me.

[ebandit]

...i guess i'm blessed.......no interest at all.............

Mark L

[Toy Soldier]

Do you need a "Staying in Control" leaflet :worry:. Will we call MOSES?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Do you need a "Staying in Control" leaflet :worry:. Will we call MOSES?

2/1 we need to call

[Beso]

Do you need a "Staying in Control" leaflet :worry:. Will we call MOSES?

I can afford the tenner, so no.

[Crimson Dynamo]

what are the likelihoods of a gambling addiction?

[Toy Soldier]

I can afford the tenner, so no.
Do you often find yourself experiencing mood swings whilst gambling? Have you ever had to borrow money from a friend to gamble, or to cover your day to day expenses because you have spent all of your own money on gambling?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Do you often find yourself experiencing mood swings whilst gambling? Have you ever had to borrow money from a friend to gamble, or to cover your day to day expenses because you have spent all of your own money on gambling?

stop reading off your sheet:nono:

[Beso]

Do you often find yourself experiencing mood swings whilst gambling? Have you ever had to borrow money from a friend to gamble, or to cover your day to day expenses because you have spent all of your own money on gambling?

Course i get mood swings when gambling....:joker:

Is that really a warning issue!! Omg.

But that feeling of invicibility..now thats a killer.

Dont get me wrong i wont miss what i bet, but i always walk in thinking the money is already won.

[Toy Soldier]

Course i get mood swings when gambling....:joker:

Is that really a warning issue!! Omg.

But that feeling of invicibility..now thats a killer.

Dont get me wrong i wont miss what i bet, but i always walk in thinking the money is already won.
Mood swings yes, but of course there's a difference between lobbing a little pen across the room, and putting your fist (or a chair :joker: ) through a machine screen.

Most important question really... Do you chase losses? If you lose money, can you accept the loss, or do you continue betting increasing amounts in the hopes of winning back what you've lost?

Number one sign of a gambling problem that one :omgno:.

[Northern Monkey]

I used to work with a lad who would regularly blow two hundred plus on the roulette machine on his dinner break.

[Northern Monkey]

Mood swings yes, but of course there's a difference between lobbing a little pen across the room, and putting your fist (or a chair :joker: ) through a machine screen.

Most important question really... Do you chase losses? If you lose money, can you accept the loss, or do you continue betting increasing amounts in the hopes of winning back what you've lost?

Number one sign of a gambling problem that one :omgno:.

I'm like that on the 2p machines at Butlins

[Beso]

Mood swings yes, but of course there's a difference between lobbing a little pen across the room, and putting your fist (or a chair :joker: ) through a machine screen.

Most important question really... Do you chase losses? If you lose money, can you accept the loss, or do you continue betting increasing amounts in the hopes of winning back what you've lost?


I
Number one sign of a gambling problem that one :omgno:.

I spend 20 on a saturday. And 2 a day on an each way treble...but get the urge to shove a quick tenner in a machine a lot. Usually i dont but i often do..i walk away if i lose..

Saying that mind. I do join any site i see offering no deposit bonuses for joining...which brings me onto another subject...those sites txting or phoning you trying to get you to deposit...is that not against regulations?

[Jack_]

I used to work with a lad who would regularly blow two hundred plus on the roulette machine on his dinner break.

Same except in a public toilet than on a roulette machine

[ebandit]

what are the likelihoods of a gambling addiction?

...........would ya wish to bet on it..................?

Mark L

[Beso]

Same except in a public toilet than on a roulette machine

Tell him i lost it all on the 2.45 at fontwell, i will be back same time monday.

[Northern Monkey]

Same except in a public toilet than on a roulette machine

:joker:

[thesheriff443]

I don't gamble, apart from an odd lotto ticket.
You never see a poor bookmaker.

[Wizard.]

I turned £200 into 500 then that into 900 on gambling but a streak of losses brought me to 600 so is that bad? Technically I lost 300 but made 400 so I don't see that as a bad thing?

[waterhog]

When you have a tenner in your pocket and you walk past a bookies, has it become a problem when you feel like you and that tenner are that invincible that you go in and shove it in the machine?


these machines are the crack cocain of the bookies - so addictive - stay well away is my advice.

better odds is to read some poetry - it will depress you much less then losing your last tenner. :cheer2:

[Northern Monkey]

I turned £200 into 500 then that into 900 on gambling but a streak of losses brought me to 600 so is that bad? Technically I lost 300 but made 400 so I don't see that as a bad thing?

That's not bad because you knew when to stop.All be it slightly late

[Marsh.]

I used to work with a lad who would regularly blow two hundred plus on the roulette machine on his dinner break.

I see this all of the time at work. People coming in on payday and leaving practically in tears as they've spent their wages in a matter of minutes.

[Wizard.]

That's not bad because you knew when to stop.All be it slightly late

Yeah I stopped when it stopped becoming fun losing money. As long as I left with more than I put in I'm happy but £300 more would have been nice.

[Marsh.]

When you have a tenner in your pocket and you walk past a bookies, has it become a problem when you feel like you and that tenner are that invincible that you go in and shove it in the machine?

That's not so much a problem. It's when your wages are going into that machine rather than a spare tenner from your pocket.

[Ashley.]

I don't gamble, I've never gambled and I've never felt like I've needed to gamble.

[Marsh.]

I don't gamble, I've never gambled and I've never felt like I've needed to gamble.

Wise woman. :clap1:

[ebandit]

...where i live high streets are run down....charity shops come and go the only constants

are a couple of bookies along each.................................

Mark L

[waterhog]

the odds are - more betting shop in run down areas - ps William left the village :shrug:

[Ronald.]

Mother in law has one - always up the bloody bingo! R.

[Crimson Dynamo]

when the fun stops

stop



and get a drink to help make the fun return

[Toy Soldier]

There's only one sensible way to play the machines in my opinion. Two hands of blackjack, all in, then STOP. If you win both, you quadruple your money. If you lose, you walk out. Original stake as much as you're willing to lose.

So if you have a spare £5, you might walk out with 0 or a cheeky £20. If you are feeling a bit flush and want to risk £50, you leave with 0 or a nice £200. £50 is the most you can risk this way as your second hand is then a £100 stake which is max stake.

[Marsh.]

I always love the people who come running up to the counter "I won that game then! The machine took £80 from me!" Course it did mate.

[Toy Soldier]

That's a (fairly well known already) house tip btw; classic blackjack has the lowest profit margin (therefore, best chance of actually winning) of ANY machines game, full stop. Big players will try to chat your ear off about their roulette patterns / systems but they are lying to themselves. Single hand of blackjack, 99.5% win margin.

On the same note, your best bet in roulette is simple 1/1 bets. Red or black, even or odd. All those chips you see people with scattered around the screen? It's BS. You have better odds betting on black twice in a row.

But again,

Lower chance than blackjack.

Blackjack.

[Marsh.]

Blackjack's literally the only thing I ever play. On demo that is, I never gamble.

The slots and stuff bore me. I find stuff like that tedious.

[Toy Soldier]

I always love the people who come running up to the counter "I won that game then! The machine took £80 from me!" Course it did mate.

It's their faces when you say "Oh I'll just check the log file..." :smug:

"Oh eyyy errr I might be wrong pal but... I thought I did win... maybe not though... could be wrong actually..."

[Marsh.]

It's their faces when you say "Oh I'll just check the log file..." :smug:

"Oh eyyy errr I might be wrong pal but... I thought I did win... maybe not though... could be wrong actually..."

:joker: The way they kind of expect you to go "Oh that's awful, here you go mate, here's your money back".

One guy was outraged he'd lost £80 on a high-lower bonus card he swore he'd won. The machine had robbed him. Then proceeded to stick another 20 in that same machine that'd "robbed" him. :laugh: