Are you a gambler?

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:24 pm

Would you say you was a gambling person from playing fruits as a pro. I only ever play machines that are worth playing, well most of the time. But other people(friends/family) sometimes think I'm some kind of mad sweed head.

Are we gamblers???

redlinesman · Post by **redlinesman** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:34 pm

We are, but when you're taking a guranteed 200 out of a hopper how is that gambling. We are and we aren't if that makes any sense.

mr cheese · Post by **mr cheese** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:58 pm

We are full stop,We arent addicted gamblers though,Dont back horses or dogs dont play fobts in bookies well maybe the occasional L8,dont buy scratch cards or do the lottery dont play wallsy (well did at school)...Some people say am of to work,others am off round a few pubs,others am off to do a few fruits,I say am off for a gamble,We are all gamblers in some form or other...........

pickareel · Post by **pickareel** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:03 am

haha wallsy that brings back a few memories........

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:33 am

We had a drunken game of that round mine a few weeks back with nuggets, i cleaned up

I personally don't class it as gambling playing fruits, technically it is though.

barneybear · Post by **barneybear** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:13 am

Pitch ansd toss - play it with screwed up £20 notes on a night out

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:16 am

The good old days. Do you play the jingles rule.

mr cheese · Post by **mr cheese** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:58 pm

What about shakesy *heads or tails)

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:19 am

it depends how you view the concept of chance really doesn't it.

If someone did heads or tails 100 times for £10 a go, that's a gamble... but if someone did the same and said you get £100 if you win and i get £10 if i win, is that still a gamble?

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:45 pm

Drpepper wrote:it depends how you view the concept of chance really doesn't it.

If someone did heads or tails 100 times for £10 a go, that's a gamble... but if someone did the same and said you get £100 if you win and i get £10 if i win, is that still a gamble?

Yes it is still a gamble, but a good one to take. The reason it still is a gamble is that the outcome relies purely on randomness. Would you consider it not to be a gamble if the wrong side came up 100 times in a row ?

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:55 pm

well if you class something with a chance of 1 in 2^100 to be still a gamble, technically it is, but that's my point really... at what point is something for all intents and purposes no longer a gamble? There has to be a point where there is some sort of crossover... It's something my GF fails to see anyway.

If you were to use a binomial distribution, there's always be a degree of certainty or suchlike, so it should be the same here IMO.

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:24 pm

A gamble converges to a certainty when the chance of winning is > 0.5 and you gamble the same amount for an infinite number of goes.

LordOoze · Post by **LordOoze** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:39 pm

Used to play fruits for years then turned pro and stopped 'gambling' per se and stuck to the sure things - though in itself that can be a gamble....

Then the fobts turned up and I sadly have become more of a gambler...

Bad day + pissed off = sacks on roulette lol

Saying that I have made a point to stop playing fobts and casino after a recent good result, £950 in bookies from £50 and 2k in casino so time to stop with a high (?)...
Er 3 days and counting

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:12 pm

I work ridiculously hard with my business with the intention of having a 1000000+ turnover by 2013. The only way I tend to unwind is having a mindless punt on a fruit for hours.

I prefer the casino as there is less stinky tramps to bother you, and you rarely get barred for winning too much. I also get loads of comps which make the experience more enjoyable. It's a shame the decent casino restaurant is a thing of the past.

I also like the sport of side betting on which old lady will physically shake a feature out of a game first.