Fruit Machine Chat

Why do we all use this term? I took a 2k loss last wk since then i have made 480,Still down 1520 from previous week but if i hadnt spent it i would be up 480,So in theory i will never claw it back,or am i just waffling....

I think most people talk about things like this on a day to day basis. All losses from the previous day are magically forgotten about.
The people who bet on horses seem to be worst for it. A guy I know sulkenly says "I lost £xxx today" but the next day when he ends up being £20 in profit he acts like he won the lottery then when someone points out yesterdays loss and combines it with todays win and says "That means you're still £xxx down" They get the reply of "That was yesterday, it doesn't matter now."

I guess it's a funny psychological thing really. I'd hazard that well over 50% of the people on this board are down 'overall', but the good days patch over the bad ones. That's the whole hook with gambling, I suppose.

Matt Vinyl wrote:I guess it's a funny psychological thing really. I'd hazard that well over 50% of the people on this board are down 'overall', but the good days patch over the bad ones. That's the whole hook with gambling, I suppose.

Not the great cannonball kid

He must of saved thousands over the years not buying drinks in spoons!!

You can't afford to adopt the 'Chase Mentality' in life.

Otherwise i'd be going home everyday thinking; "Right thats another couple of hundred i've made back, now i'm only £84632653367637536736 down on roulette.

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is that a giant turd in your avitar ?

u just would not go out thinking i need yesterdays money back its better to go out with a clean slate every day.

All them 50ps add up.

lol, very funny post this one...