Off Topic A question for board users - Gambling

[Off The Line]

what would get said on that though? while we discuss our weekend bets, we can also discuss how we plan not be racist that weekend? it would only need 1 message surely, dont be racist.

Both are connected with football and neither should have their own thread imo. That was my point.

 

[brownbagtiger]

Um, is this now the thread for gambling, or talking about a thread for gambling?

 

[DMD]

Um, is this now the thread for gambling, or talking about a thread for gambling?

Whoops.

I've moved them now. The appropriate place is https://www.not606.com/threads/city-board-betting-thread.397721/page-7

 

[Off The Line]

It's as though people on this forum are being shepherded rather than moderated...
Enjoy all!

 

[dennisboothstash]

I wouldn’t look upon your poker as gambling as I don’t mine…
I’d say it was more of a contribution to Dennis’s standard of living.

Haha
Only just seen this.
Not sure my standard of living will be dramatically increased by last nights winnings, although it might mean I can buy an extra half pint somewhere!
Given it’s taken me this long to read the thread posts I probably don’t need a gambling thread

 

[Barchullona]

If there is an existing gambling area, I can’t really see the purpose of a second one on here. It won’t have any direct relevance to Hull City, will it? Which is primarily why we are here (well, that and chip spice and aquatic creatures).

And music on a Friday...And the abandoned projects in Hull city centre...

 

[FER ARK]

Haha
Only just seen this.
Not sure my standard of living will be dramatically increased by last nights winnings, although it might mean I can buy an extra half pint somewhere!
Given it’s taken me this long to read the thread posts I probably don’t need a gambling thread

 

[Barchullona]

I'm biased - a grandparent lost all their money on the horses and ended up living on a caravan park. I've felt the strong pull of "just one more flutter" and to be honest it scared me, it was such an overwhelming feeling. I think I could be susceptible to problem gambling if I got into it so I avoid it and all discussion of it.

That's just me - I have strong feelings and I'd prefer it wasn't here. However, if there was a way of me hiding the thread then I'd be happy with that compromise.

Which is why I don't gamble much. Addictive personality (the excuse for no self control). When I smoked I got through 50-60 a day but stopped overnight. Go 2 or 3 months without a drink then go out and have 8 or 9 pints and half a dozen rums in less than 3 hours. I have a feeling that I would end up chasing bad money with good to recoup losses if I got into it seriously.

 

[Heimdallr]

when i was younger looking back, i think i was close to being a addict of some sorts, i did some stupid stuff.

i once withdrew 500 quid on my credit card to back chelsea to beat sunderand @ 1/5 i basically wanted to buy 100 quid , they won with an 80th minute deflected goal- very lucky..... i did somethig similar with England against Northern Ireland and they lost , and let me be clear ive never been in a job i can afford to lose that much easily, luckily still lived at home without responsibilty i ruined my first holiday with my now wife as i lost 20 quid on the lunchtime game, so put 30 on an acca, it lost, i then was betting on italian games to win it back, i lost about 300 quid and spent all holiday on my phone making bets and watching live scores , looking back i recognise these as signs of getting addicted.
luckily and i say this without been smug or clever i just snapped out of it, i realised how stupid i was been and ive never done it since in about 10 years , i look back and laugh about it now but i appreciate others arent so fortunate and go down a darker path with it.
now i rarely bet over a fiver , in fact my favourite thing is i pick an acca , then dont place it , when one team inevitablty loses, i feel as though i have won whatever my stake would have been

I was in the first 'cohort' to play online poker, when most of the online companies were based in Malta and Gibraltar and the legality/funds security was a grey area.

I played through the night to avoid going to bed during a bad first marriage and at one stage had over quarter of million sterling in my account (from around a £150 starting pot) - it was the wild west times in the 1990s, before it professionalised, i wasn't that good. I even had a hands odds program up alongside, helping me play, it was that basic.

Over a destructive 3 months, I pissed it all away, doubling down on pot sizes continuously. It was almost as if something inside me wanted to lose it all to punish myself - I always think I got addicted to losing and the anguish/ depression from it that filled an emotional void, rather than addicted to gambling.

I emptied the account, got divorced and have never gambled again. What I could have done with that money now, but that's life. It's easy to say that I lost nothing really, in comparison to other gamblers and this is true, but it was idiotic of me. Some can drink a few whiskies every day with no problem but then a traumatic experience pushes them over the edge. Not really sure what my point is.