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Im just playing roulette atm and not doing too badly,but as a casino worker i should know better heh.
Anyway i dont personally see a problem with gambling no more than drinking and drugs so my bored moment is
-do you gamble?if so where/how and what are your thoughts on gambling?
Anyway i dont personally see a problem with gambling no more than drinking and drugs so my bored moment is
-do you gamble?if so where/how and what are your thoughts on gambling?
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Surely that means you gamble though?
Yup heh its weird how some people dont see fruit machines in pubs as gambling but i know people who can spunk more on those things than in a casino or betting shop
Personally I enjoy it. Never bet more than I can afford to lose.
I've never been in a casino myself but have wanted to experience it, my auntie goes all the time, my cousin, her son is one of those supervisor types, he's been all around the world doing that job.
and as for me i have never gambled, proper gambled i mean. Horse racing etc.
Have tried playing poker with my mates but it just ends up getting stupid when we get too drunk.
Well Rollerchick I'm sure you know the edge the house has, plus I'm sure as well as the happy people you see in your casino having a good time, those people for whom gambling is a way to have a good night out, you will also have noticed the people who come back night after night, the people who lose, nearly every night, those who chase there losses, those who lose their families, friends and self respect.
The worst thing that can happen to someone is that they have one bet and it wins, because then often you think this is easy, and you carry on betting, doesn't matter that by the end of the week you have lost more than you won originally, you think the betting shop, national lottery or casino only has my money on loan, but you never get it back, you just loan more money to the betting shop, national lottery or casino.
Whatever you bet on, (well apart from which raindrop reaches the bottom of the window first or a toss of a coin), the casino, betting shop, lottery operator, has an edge it's always in their favour, your never playing on a level field.
I thought I could beat the system once, lost a lot of money, in the end I realised I couldn't beat the system, the good thing is that I don't have a "gambling gene", I looked at the profit and loss and saw that whatever I did, I was always in the red, so I quit.
As for fruit machines, I've tried that 2-3 times when I was a teenager, took my wife to a casino, a few months ago, she ended up lossing $50, I was up $5 on the blackjack table, why very simply because she played every hand, while I knew when to quit.
My thoughts on gambling.... it's too easy to gamble, to lose more money than you can afford to and to screw you life and your families lives up, I accept that for some people it's fun, but for some of those people who are having fun today, they arn't going to still be having fun, one week, one month 6 months from now, they are going to be struggling to pay bills, lieing to their partners and contimplating suicide.
Me anbd my friends sometimes play a bit of poker, we dont normally play for much money though
i don't generally gamble myself cause i don't know when to stop and would lose all my money.
Where as I believe that the money you work hard for should be spent how you like. What's wrong with spending money to have fun?
Do you never go out on the town?
Well when you buy drinks you money goes down the pan and you get a hangover. Responsible? No it isn't, but it is fun.
she said that she loves them, not that she uses them :yes:
Though a gambling addiction would be far more preferable than an alcohol addiction.
Tell that to the many thousands of people who have lost their house, friends and family through gambling.
Tell what?
It won't kill you though and isn't physically addictive.
And how is it easier to become addicted to gambling?
In life you pay your money and take your choice
It wont kill you, the Samaritans will give you a different answer, they get calls every month from people so far in debt because of a gambling addiction that they see suicide as the only way out.
Gambling can be addictive, just as alcohol can, some people are a lot more likely to became addicted, there is a lot of research that suggests that there is a genetic reason for a gambling addiction just as there is for alcohol addiction.
Here's something you might like to read Skive.
http://www.addictionrecov.org/qandagam.htm
Plus you ask how is it easier to became addicted to gambling, well go in any cafe or pub every travelling fair or at the seaside,what do you see fruit machines and penny slots, look at the people playing these machines it's often kids or teenagers often people who arn't old enough to drink.
Take any sporting event on tv now, look at the ads, look at the perimeter advertising, look at the sponcers, there are a hell of a lot of bookmakers promoting there products at these events.
Gambling is now seen as sexy, it's not the old image of the old men smoking and drinking away in the local betting office, it's now something you can do
online, all you need is a credit or debit card.
The National Lottery and scratch cards, you can play at 16, and the ads say you can win millions, have you ever been behind a queue at a supermarket or corner shop, and seen pensioners or young mothers buying £10 of scarch cards, cards you know they can't really afford. It's government backed as well, so it must be good, but it's turning people into gamblers.
Casino's,what do you think of when you think casino's James Bond, beautifull girls Monte Carlo, thats the image they like to show, but most of the people who bet at casinos, are people who can't really afford to, or people chasing losses.
Bingo, a favorite amongst women, just a fun night out with the girls, but for some it too becames addictive.
Yes it is very easy to became addicted to gambling, and very easy to screw up your lfe.