A stupid gamble on evil machines....

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Mmmm.....William Hill made history here a few days ago after being granted permission to open a betting shop in the village. I'd read this thread earlier so had a peek inside, sure enough, four bandits.
 


the walrus said:
I was a demon for fruit machines in my younger years but I haven't touched one for years and I don't miss it one bit. Very very rarely bet now and if I do it's only a couple quid on the football a couple times a year.
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Hate the flashy fuckers me. I'm still tempted every time I see one.
 
Skandhaless said:
Watch what youre doing old lad, wouldn't want to have to have a whip round for your season ticket next year ;)
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I appreciate your concern marra but not a chance. :)

In my youth I enjoyed a bet on the horses (Reduced to an occasional visit to Cartmel these days) hand on heart here though, I've never once played a bandit.
 
FC United of Manchester said:
It can grip people of all ages mate. Very close friend of mine, his 85 year old father used to like a walk to the bookies when there was racing on the telly and stick on a 50p Yankee. No harm it was his bit of fun. One night when we were in the boozer having a pint a lad came up to my mate and advised him to keep an eye on his old man as he'd seen him in there several times feeding the slots.
Mate sat his old man down for a chat and it emerged he had blown 80 grand in the machines in next to no time :(
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horrific that.

told a lad to stop today in corals, he was £800 down after being £2300 up. he didn't listen.

addictive personalities you can't fix it, id reckon from my observations of being a heavy gambler, the people who play the machines, 70-80% smoke.
 
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Beaker said:
Hate the flashy fuckers me. I'm still tempted every time I see one.
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I used to work in a bar with 3 fruitys in. All the bar staff used to keep a close eye on them. The chances of the customers winning were almost nil; as we had each machine sussed within a week of coming through the door & could monitor what was going in and out fairly accurately. If you ever feel tempted by them, just keep that in your mind ;)

I still occasionally crack like & can end up whacking £100+ quid into one, trying to get the top prize. Then i'll not touch one for months.
 
hypersonic said:
I used to work in a bar with 3 fruitys in. All the bar staff used to keep a close eye on them. The chances of the customers winning were almost nil; as we had each machine sussed within a week of coming through the door & could monitor what was going in and out fairly accurately. If you ever feel tempted by them, just keep that in your mind ;)

I still occasionally crack like & can end up whacking £100+ quid into one, trying to get the top prize. Then i'll not touch one for months.
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Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
 
Beaker said:
Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
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scary stuff mate. What makes it so addictive for you? the chance of a big win?
 
Beaker said:
Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
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Don't apologise. It's one of the great things about SMB. people can vent stuff that they couldn't to their family or friends.

keep at it. Could you replace the buzz with something else? something that has an element of danger but isn't going to kill you.
 
Beaker said:
Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
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Quite amazing how you never mentioned bingo.
 
Beaker said:
Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
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Only way I manage to control myself has been through discipline required to do my job. Had I not taught myself risk I'd be terrible.

The mask slipped on the mayweather fight on the weekend. I put a fat too large à bet on the draw.

I like your posts and their honesty on this.
 
Beaker said:
Logical reasoning like that goes out the window where I'm concerned sadly.

It's a terrifying thought for me that not only could I relapse one day. But that if I do, it won't just be a one off, there's a very real possibility of me ending up back at square one with the square foot of fuck all.

287 days without and I still get the urge to gamble every single day. The urge has never went away. I just got better at managing my urges.

It's scary. Gambling is everywhere.

Betting shops
The Lotto
Scratch cards
Postcode Lottery
Online Casinos
Fruit Machines
Amusement Arcades
On TV

There's even apps out there with gambling built into kids games. You don't gamble real money, but tokens earned in the games, but the further you get in the game the harder the tokens are to come by, so once you've gambled them all away, the inevitable option to purchase tokens via in app purchases appears.

I read the stories on here of people who are "in control" of their gambling, without a care in the world.
That was me once, the odd tenner here and there on the footy, until one day I spunked the thick end of 10 grand away in about 40 minutes.

If my now wife hadn't opened my bank statement by mistake one day then fuck knows where I'd be right now. Alone, homeless maybe even dead. I've no idea.

I apologise to anyone reading this for my rambling posts on the matter but it helps me to vent like this from time to time.
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You've probably done this but have you done all of the self-exclusion stuff? Are you able to tell your card companies to block gambling transactions?

It sounds like you've got a lot to lose if you fell off the wagon so I'm sure that'll keep you strong and keep you going.
 
cluffy said:
I agree.
They are rigged though.
Eg if you watched someone throw a ton into a fruit in spoons with no win and went on straight after you'd be guaranteed something decent. Not the case with the fbots in the bookies
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no you wouldn't, that's the classic misconception
 
Anth9ftm said:
i also worked at Ladbrokes opposite the clock in hebburn, there was one bloke who came in every day at 9am and he was kicked out at 9pm every night, he used to play two machines at once, i'd say he put anywhere between £1000-£2000 in per day, he was an owner of a few takeaways in shields and he came in that shop so his wife wouldnt find him. in the 6 months i was there i'd genuinly say i never saw him win more than 3-4,000 and he lost pretty much every day.
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Lad I went to school with, his Dad owned a Chinese takeaway across the road from a bookies in Ayr - bloke built his business over 30 years, lost it all inside 4 months on those machines.
He'd always had a dabble on the horses, but once he got on the FOBTs he was fucked.
 
Never really understood the obsession with casinos and that, it's all just chance, regardless of 'strategies'
 
Lambchops said:
We have herna bars here which are basically gambling bars with these machines all over - I don't use them but I've seen mates of mine disappear to them at half time in a match and do in 500quid in 15 min. That's nowt compared to what the Chinese lads hoy in mind
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one of my marras was doing 2k spins at aspers last week .
 
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