GboroRam Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Where are the best ones in England ? Notts. The posh ones have their tattoos spelled correctly and everything. Could cost over a tenner though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Notts. The posh ones have their tattoos spelled correctly and everything. Could cost over a tenner though. Sounds lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 GA lets you recognise the choices you make, and helps you develop decision/choice making processes. You never stop being a compulsive gambler - you never get it under control. It's always there, but GA gave me the means to control my own choices. Oh my gawd......and you worked in Air Traffic Control. :-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 From someone that is trying to make it in poker and backs horses every day, it's an interesting topic. I have sympathy as I feel I was close to being an addict when I was 15-16 and used to play fruit machines regularly as well as other stupid forms of gambling like blackjack and roulette. Feel sort of lucky I got over this stage at a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I'm curious about Bris's "if you went to Las Vegas, would you go in the casino's" Why would a recovering gambler go to Las Vegas? Is it me? Can't think of anything worse either way really. If your not a gambler when you go you'll bloody be one when you leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Oh my gawd......and you worked in Air Traffic Control. :-0 Nobody died on his shift, so end of scary moment. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Well done, Mafia, and thanks for sharing your story. My dad always told me gambling was bad so I've never had the opportunity until I left home for Uni two years ago, and I've dabbled with the idea a few times, but it's stories like these that put me off. I don't have a particularly addictive personality, but I won't allow myself to gamble or bet on anything because I don't know what I'd be like. If I'm honest about the negative sides of my personality, I love to be proved right, and I love to hold slightly off-beat and obscure views and defend them to other people. I could see myself very quickly putting silly amounts of money on stupid bets to do with the football, thinking I know more than the book-makers. I put a quid on the horse at the Grand National, and that's my only bet to my name. I might put another quid on next year - but that would be it. I can't see myself being a big gambler in Casinos though, because I find Casino's so fooking boring. A couple of times a group of lads have cut a night short to go to a Casino. There they all were starting at a green felt board and a bloke throwing a little white ball into spinning wheel in the hope of winning twenty quid. Tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 To quote Duracell - 'thinking I know more than the bookmakers'. Keep that thought in mind hun, cos he'll always, but always, win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 To quote Duracell - 'thinking I know more than the bookmakers'. Keep that thought in mind hun, cos he'll always, but always, win. Bookmakers win against the mugs and block those who win. They dont always win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I can remember coming away from the Greyhound Stadium once with my pockets absolutely rammed with money after winning on the tote. I was quite fascinated by the professional punters who studied the form. they were miserable gits who would never smile or chat but they convinced me you could make money if you knew what you were doing. Maybe some do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'm curious about Bris's "if you went to Las Vegas, would you go in the casino's" Why would a recovering gambler go to Las Vegas? Is it me?Funnily enough it's a question I get asked often! The question I get asked most is....... Can you have a go on the lottery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 You never know... Someone who likes to travel and does abit of south west US would probably do Gran Canyon, Vegas, San Diego Los Angeles and San Francisco... I've never been to Vegas but would love to go... Just to see it all - not to gamble. I once thought I could make more money from football betting than what my job could give me.. But after a few months and a shed load of mathematics involved, I was wrong as EKR says, those that win get banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I wonder whether punters lose because they become over excited and go for for the spectacular risky wins. If someone offered you a savings account with an immediate 14% interest return would you take it. Well.....man city to beat sunderland at home gives the same return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Just read the blogs, wow well done to you and the people that stood by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Just read the blogs, wow well done to you and the people that stood by you. Thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Just read the blogs, wow well done to you and the people that stood by you. Yep we'll done to those that stood by him, it's not easy for family, friends and loved ones either. Everything changes for them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I'll never forhet at one of the first meetings I went to and a guy told about how he'd thrown himself against a wall and dragged his face down the side of it, basically made himself look battered - then told his family he'd been mugged and had his wallet pinched in a bid to hide the fact that he'd gambled it away. That's how desperate you can get. Scary. His wife sat with him looking both lost and determined to help at the same time. I really felt for them but they were together at that moment. I focussed on that. The sheer humility shown in a GA meet is not something I've come across since, it really shows the best in people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralRam Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 It is going to be, but I don't blame the gambling industry, after all it's people livelihoods who work within it. I blame myself for getting addicted. I think of myself as lucky as there wasn't as much going around then as there is now. So easy to bet on anything anywhere anytime. The gambling industry actually do a lot of good in regulating themselves etc. There's two main problems with gambling these days in my mind - Internet gaming (Just for the sheer amount you can stake on a single spin) FOBT in bookies (No limits of these machines being used). Bookies need a membership like casinos imo. That way a gambler who realises they have a problem can block themselves when they encounter a big loss. It's too easy to just chuck a ton of money in these machines within minutes. After programming these games and seeing the source code, some games it's actually easier to win the lottery than the £500 jackpot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKentRam Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 You never know... Someone who likes to travel and does abit of south west US would probably do Gran Canyon, Vegas, San Diego Los Angeles and San Francisco... I've never been to Vegas but would love to go... Just to see it all - not to gamble. I once thought I could make more money from football betting than what my job could give me.. But after a few months and a shed load of mathematics involved, I was wrong as EKR says, those that win get banned. Well those who win are on Betfair, not betting with bookmakers. You can still go under the radar with bookmakers if you really spread your bets out and have a lot of accounts, but even that could come to an end at any point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Them fruit machines in the bookies are a nightmare I'm told. Always located by the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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