Degenerate Gamblers

Master of Games · Post by **Master of Games** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:46 pm

Anyone know any like this? Decent enough players, maybe even people but every time they have a few quid they go on some mad gambling spree. Be it roulette in the bookies, casinos, horses, dogs, scratch cards, anything you class as gambling, they'll do that until they're skint or down to a tiny sum of money that isn't even enough to do their daily fruits. Constantly chasing losses from the past, can these people be helped? Are they diseased? Beyond saving? Can Gamblers Anonymous HELP THEM? No piss-take, this is a genuine serious topic. What can be done for people like this? We all started out as at least fruity addicts so its no laughing matter.

LordOoze · Post by **LordOoze** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:28 pm

<Raises hand>

Er I have been known to blow a good earning into the casino or bookies roulette lol.

Though I always keep a float for rainy days and have made a point to stop when I have done my utter nuts

Well ok I am not that bad, but I have done some good weeks straight in casino. Then I just don't go in for a couple of months

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:02 pm

Turks your man! Will put £30 in roulette, get it to £500, lose the lot and claim hes only lost £30! Also the weirdo just had a kid born on April 1st and called it lionel ritchie charalambous! Who can match that?

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:19 pm

Gambling addiction is nearly as bad as drugs or alcohol. You have to take one day at a time. I've never gone more than a month without falling off of the rails since I was about ten years old. Probably done the best part of £300k since then.

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:25 pm

You obvisouly post a lot harry but as a self confessed gambler why do you still moderate a site? This is not meant in a nasty way at all just merely a question!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:51 pm

It's in the blood ! Not as bad as I used to be but have mad day a about once a month. I'm self excluded from all the LBO's and casinos so have got out of the routine which really helps. Maybe age brings a bit of wisdom. One thing that has really helped is that fruits are extremely boring to play sine the £70 jp's, just go home and fire up the emulator.

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:00 pm

Do you work or just gamble? £70s have been massive for earnings but terrible for bringing it on top! Its strange but machines were/are the best thing for me as i dont chase losses! It suits me but maybe not others!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:09 pm

Work three jobs lol.

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:22 pm

harry2 wrote:Work three jobs lol.

Fair play! It would kill me doing that!

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:14 pm

Me too!

Im just an idiot with gambling reallly, but not what you'd call addicted.. Like before, there was a footy match on, so I went onto betfair, and put £20 worth of daft bets on.. None of them were even close to winning. Thankfully Ryan Moore made a £30 loss turn into an £8 loss, because of the last at windsor.. Ohh what on earth was the point!

I need to get out into the mountains more! No Computer, no betfair, no bandits!

Mr Move It · Post by **Mr Move It** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:51 am

I can spiral out of control too. I had numerous wins in Jan/Feb, which went to my head because I blew a lot of it during March. I'm still £79 up this year, logging my gains and losses in a spreadsheet. I'm usually fairly careful with money but March 2011 goes to show that it can be a problem for me. My average year is around £250 loss.

The main thing I'm glad I did was quit online scratchcards on Camelot's site. I joined up in late 2006. I didn't often make a raise, but £10 used to last. Come early 2009 and the scratchcard gameplay went down the drain, like the flick of a lightswitch. After a rather rash £45 spent on Camelot in the space of one day, I decided to kick it, excluding myself from the games. I now use Camelot only for 2 lottery draws per week.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:33 am

That doesn't strike me as addicted Mr Move it.
On the contrary you sound like someone in control, gambling within your budget and not chasing losses. It sounds like gambling is a fun pastime for you and not an addiction, which is what it is for the majority of people.

AMK · Post by **AMK** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:24 am

Just one more pound... Pllllleassssssse mum!! Lol I was terrible as a child, I blame the parents

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:17 am

Went to get the missus a KFC one Sunday. Big queue. Pops in to the bookie next door for a few minutes. 1/2 Hour later, £850 gone and the missus phoning me up starving. Not proud.

There must be a fair few on her not admitting they are addicts and pretending to be "in the know".

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:52 am

I've mentioned this before, but my my mate went to get some bread and bacon from the shops, he only took £10 with him and the bookies is next door to the Co-op, he thinks to himself i'll 'win' the money for the bacon and bread, typical gamblers mindset, he done the tenner, went home for more and ended up blowing a grand

ended up going home skint and hungry, and he is one of the cleverest people i know if you took gambling out the equation! Terrible addiction this.