I am in two minds.

redlinesman · Post by **redlinesman** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:05 am

Any who have been in this game since £15 jp's and maybe £25 and done it properly like a job should be very, very well off. I don't know a great deal about the player fraternity but I'd be amazed if 10/20 people had not got a million quid cash/assets from this game. For those who were on the ball from say 10 years ago, it was around 50k a year back then and that figure has only gone up. When you bring in emptiers and the very best methods there's no danger that some have been on 100-150k per annum on a regular basis over the last 5 years. The figures are easy to work out, a million quid might have seemed outrageous pre £70 but I am certain that figure has now being reached by some and is attainable by others.

Obviously some players will have been more casual with regards to earnings & profit and no doubt many will have gambled plenty away.

Kind Regards, Sir Linesman

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:01 am

should it be presumed that you are a multi-millionaire then red?!

redlinesman · Post by **redlinesman** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:04 am

I wish! Or maybe I don't.......

Not talking in respect to myself here but just generally, if you do the maths and come up with the figures it makes total sense.

Kind Regards, Sir Linesman

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:05 am

Millionaires dont like spending money.
If you grafted hard for 10 years, not declaring winnings, ie. Free rent, council tax, self employed/working tax credit/dole, no girlfriends/no kids, no champagne, no high end maintenance, no flash cars, no flash clothes, no FOBT, no casinos, wait for the tesco kids to put the yellow stickers on their products, general penny pinching, then yeah, hove made your million.

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:14 am

Not just playing. You've got have more than one string to ya bow! Wheeler dealing properly etc

ob · Post by ob » Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:58 am

I doubt anyone is a millionaire from fruits, living costs eat up a lot of your money, then you've got recreation/shopping etc. I would imagine pepole have MADE a million plus but spent a majority of it.

badders2 · Post by **badders2** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:57 pm

most the top players talk bullshit most them are skint just blag they are

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:25 pm

I think you'll find most of em have got money mate. Plenty as well

redlinesman · Post by **redlinesman** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:53 am

Hi Gents,

Some interesting dismissive opinions but I have to disagree with them. When I first started playing there was a guy much older than me who had been in the game for many years even back then. In his first 18 months of playing in Arcades he had managed to buy a nice house outright to live in and in the preceding years he bought many more houses. He was buying cheapish houses every 10 months for cash and then he started getting mortgages with deposits and renting them out to pay the mortgage. He was going self cert, and it was a lot easier back then to do that kind of thing but he retired from fruits in the midst of £35 jp's and he must be worth a million on paper.

Even those who have bought nice cars and had some good holidays, that wouldn't even scrape the barrel of what potentially has been earned. The thing about fruit earnings is your earnings are what you save because everything is all in. I consider my petrol, food, clothing etc free because it all comes out of my fruit machine pot.

The best way to save is to set a standing order up that goes into a savings account for a set amount each month. I set a £4k per month one up during the era of shark raving mad/dna etc as I started getting schedules and I knew I would be guaranteed the money. In 2008 I set the amount to much higher as my earnings dramatically increased and I still believe in this notion today. Treat your savings like a bill and it makes you get out of bed and go to work.

These days I don't take as much interest in my finances as I should, I used a lot of my savings to buy a 2nd residence in central Paris which is to live in now, but will be hopefully sold at a good profit in the future. I get regular calls from my bank manager who proposes all sorts of different investment opportunities, but in truth I don't have the time to look into them in any detail. I think if you have plenty of money tucked away there are certainly things you can do to more or less secure your financial future, but good judgement is key or you might undo some of that hard work.

Kind Regards, Sir Linesman

bubbles · Post by **bubbles** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:21 am

lol classic redlinesman post! are you claiming to own the Eiffel Tower?!! i'm guessing the chief owns a nice little crib on the champs-elysees?! of course you have now made me wonder what your primary residence could be?

AMK · Post by **AMK** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:01 pm

£25k in a month? In Janurary!! Crazy.

Real Pro gamer · Post by **Real Pro gamer** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:47 pm

We don't need new players in the game, all this take about that is bullshit,the less players the better, we just need punters who enjoy a good gamble, we don't feed off the new blood coming though they just make it harder for everybody else by saturating the game!

Real Pro gamer · Post by **Real Pro gamer** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:00 am

a lot of so called top players are not far off skint, they are gamblers at heart as a majority of us either are or once was, thats why we started in this business - by gambling and then evolved into in to pro players,some people can control there addiction more than others.
99% of the time I don't gamble but if I ever find myself in that situation I have the will power to stop at a point were I know enough is enough, Ive learnt this the hard way.
I've known a lot of players over the years some good some bad, I've known good players who can hit skills for fun yet can't control their finances and are skint and I've known players who are mediocre on machines but saved almost every penny they've earned

Real Pro gamer · Post by **Real Pro gamer** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:05 am

Less players in the game the more money you'll make-FACT!

Ruler of The World · Post by **Ruler of The World** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:29 am

Agree 100% with Real Pro, Redlinesman, BUYING HOUSES FOR CASH???????????? I think I'll leave it at that.