A friend of mine worked in a pub years ago, in the less salubrious part of town, generally frequented by people that had a lot of time on their hands during the day. Just round the corner was a snooker hall. One day somebody came in the pub saying that so-and-so (somebody known to everybody) had won the jackpot on the fruit machine. One hundred quid. My friend said at least 10 or a dozen people drank up and left the pub for the snooker hall. Somebody told him later that they'd gone round and one by one put whatever money they had left straight into the fruit machine. Of course they all lost. Now, it doesn't take a genius to work out that because a fruit machine pays out a hundred quid it doesn't mean it might pay another one out. Trouble is, I don't think there were many geniuses among them.
On line gambling.
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I go the races now and again have a flutter and a good day with a bunch of guys ...... spend about £50 on the horses when I go....... I can afford it and sometimes I win sometimes I lose.... dont bother with betting any other time..... some enjoyment for me
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There's a number of psychological profiles which appear to predispose individuals to addictions, including gambling. Oddly they aren't what most people would think fits. A fertile ground for whacky explanations.
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Dont gamble other than lottery but been vegas couple of times on holiday and won a thousand quid
Went to the horses once on a stag do all the regular punters in the group all discussing form etc couple of us won a few hundred quid , how did you win and we didnt you know nothing about horse.
We picked nice colours and unusual names was the answer.
Mate was addicted to roulette machines in bookies, normal working guy on about 35k a year at the time . He is a kick on the arse off crying one day he is £2500 down in a couple of hours kept on nipping out the pub to chase his money . As the afternoon went on he starts smiling by the end of the afternoon he had won it back and was a grand up he would spin 90 quid a time . Absolute mental for a normal working man to be able to bet that amount of money on a machine
Went to the horses once on a stag do all the regular punters in the group all discussing form etc couple of us won a few hundred quid , how did you win and we didnt you know nothing about horse.
We picked nice colours and unusual names was the answer.
Mate was addicted to roulette machines in bookies, normal working guy on about 35k a year at the time . He is a kick on the arse off crying one day he is £2500 down in a couple of hours kept on nipping out the pub to chase his money . As the afternoon went on he starts smiling by the end of the afternoon he had won it back and was a grand up he would spin 90 quid a time . Absolute mental for a normal working man to be able to bet that amount of money on a machine
Didn't see this first time around Mottie. Is that you on the right?Used to have the odd bet on the Grand National and sometimes get a lottery ticket but apart from that, the only time I gamble properly, or what I call gamble, in the last 10 years or so is when we've been on a cruise and gone in the ships casino. Just the roulette mainly but we may go in there say, 4 or 5 times on a 2 week cruise and buy twenty quids worth of chips. I won nearly £200 once and bravely called it a day but generally, my £20 is gone in less that 20 minutes and it does get a bit boring. Our first time in a proper casino was when we were coming home by boat from South Africa in 1982. I was losing on the Blackjack table and I gave Mrs Mottie my last couple of chips to try her luck and she only went and won £80 on the roulette table - a tidy sum back then and paid for a fair few drinks on that cruise.
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Lol No! That was Pete - a South African we met on the cruise He was going to London with his wife and we met up with them and showed them the sights. In those days I was a bit thinner than I am now. On the same cruise when they let me have a go at driving the ship….
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Same here, I bet (pun intended!) the bookies can't believe their luck being allowed to advertise on TV, when ads for tobacco and booze were banned years back.
What was the name of the pron film you were in?Lol No! That was Pete - a South African we met on the cruise He was going to London with his wife and we met up with them and showed them the sights. In those days I was a bit thinner than I am now. On the same cruise when they let me have a go at driving the ship….
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Where were you off to, the YMCA?Lol No! That was Pete - a South African we met on the cruise He was going to London with his wife and we met up with them and showed them the sights. In those days I was a bit thinner than I am now. On the same cruise when they let me have a go at driving the ship….
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I was on my way back.
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Back in 84 we stayed in the YMCA in Kuala Lumpur, you had to prove you were married to share a room, and no booze allowed, smuggled a half bottle of gin into our room, we had an early departure for a train, there was a geezer sleeping across the exit door on a camp bed and would not let us out until proof of payment was produced
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Bookies are not the only evil in the world.
Social media causes untold misery to countless young people. That should be very tightly regulated or preferably banned.
Social media causes untold misery to countless young people. That should be very tightly regulated or preferably banned.
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