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Tal
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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August 02, 2013, 12:49:49 PM »
I said to myself I wasn't going to post ITT again, but ↑ that post needs reinforcement.
If you feel like you can't have total control over your gambling - in whatever context - you need to take affirmative action.
We joke about people being "degens" and "spunking off" this and that, but it can be a very serious problem, which anyone who has been around gambling for a few years has seen time and time again.
Great news is, from what has been posted here, there are people willing and able to help. If you want to post about what's going on here, you will find out that there are plenty of genuine and helpful people out there.
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Tal
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August 02, 2013, 12:50:52 PM »
Sigh @ my arrow tekkers now on a different page.
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aaron1867
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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I'm not sure if people realise, but I know the machines are a loss maker for me and the weird thing is that I know that before I step on them.
Most weeks I am going on the bookies machines & I will lose probably £100-£200 each week on them. Luckily for me I have been average more than that on punting on horses, etc, etc, but there is no way I am trying to excuse it. I don't want to use the machines at all, the losses are frustrating and whilst I do not expect to win all the time, it's just huge losses. I'd rather make £400 a week total, than £200 after spinning my crackers off on the machine!
Thankfully for me, it's not a situation where it's massively affecting my finances like others, but still completely annoying. The most amusing thing here is that I would not even entertain a roulette table in a casino, but yet I will in a bookies!
But I haven't been on these machines since I posted, which is something
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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Quote from: aaron1867 on August 02, 2013, 01:02:09 PM
I'm not sure if people realise, but I know the machines are a loss maker for me and the weird thing is that I know that before I step on them.
Most weeks I am going on the bookies machines & I will lose probably £100-£200 each week on them. Luckily for me I have been average more than that on punting on horses, etc, etc, but there is no way I am trying to excuse it. I don't want to use the machines at all, the losses are frustrating and whilst I do not expect to win all the time, it's just huge losses. I'd rather make £400 a week total, than £200 after spinning my crackers off on the machine!
Thankfully for me, it's not a situation where it's massively affecting my finances like others, but still completely annoying. The most amusing thing here is that I would not even entertain a roulette table in a casino, but yet I will in a bookies!
But I haven't been on these machines since I posted, which is something
I'm sure many on here have issues with other aspects of gambling but dont air them.
I like a punt on the spinning game but know there are times when I get obsessed either chasing losses or trying to spin up a decent win and blow it.
It could be a good thing that now you've shared your problem it makes you think more about it
Hope you've stopped for good.
Best wishes with this.
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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Quote from: aaron1867 on August 02, 2013, 01:02:09 PM
I'm not sure if people realise, but I know the machines are a loss maker for me and the weird thing is that I know that before I step on them.
Most weeks I am going on the bookies machines & I will lose probably £100-£200 each week on them. Luckily for me I have been average more than that on punting on horses, etc, etc, but there is no way I am trying to excuse it. I don't want to use the machines at all, the losses are frustrating and whilst I do not expect to win all the time, it's just huge losses. I'd rather make £400 a week total, than £200 after spinning my crackers off on the machine!
Thankfully for me, it's not a situation where it's massively affecting my finances like others, but still completely annoying. The most amusing thing here is that I would not even entertain a roulette table in a casino, but yet I will in a bookies!
But I haven't been on these machines since I posted, which is something
Well done!
You have recognised a leak in your gambling, now stick with it and keep off them. You will notice a huge difference in your roll in a few months.
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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August 02, 2013, 04:07:34 PM »
Whilst I think the advice given above is laudable I think that one of the problems with advice on a forum like this is that it is never going to give you the advice that you really need which, frankly, is to stop gambling altogether. Trying to pick or choose which forms of gambling you do is almost completely pointless and I think you are probably deluding yourself about your long term ability to make money at every form of gambling you do. That is harsh but it is probably right. Gambling has never been a problem for me but other things have been and a complete abstinence approach is almost always best. There are solid reasons why NA groups insist on abstinence from alcohol etc too because with a true addiction it is very difficult to resist. From your posts you are already suggesting you find yourself powerless to resist the machines so popping into the betting shop for a bet on the horses is just putting yourself in harms way. If you are serious about this then I would also suggest that as interesting as it is for all of us a poker forum might not be the right place to seek help.
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August 02, 2013, 04:22:31 PM »
Booze, drugs, aldutery and gambling are all fkn great.
Don't believe the do gooders. Find your level and learn from your mistakes. When you get all 4 of the above in a 12 hour session and wake up with no money or clothes then re-evaluate.
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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Aaron just needed to post somewhere that he is crushing horsey betting IMO.
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Quote from: celtic on August 02, 2013, 04:24:27 PM
Aaron just needed to post somewhere that he is crushing horsey betting IMO.
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Tal
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August 02, 2013, 04:30:22 PM »
Just confirm for us that this is real horses and not the virtual ones.
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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Quote from: Jamier-Host on August 02, 2013, 06:12:49 AM
Quote from: aaron1867 on July 31, 2013, 05:55:12 PM
Quote from: Cf on July 31, 2013, 05:54:40 PM
I should clarify that "no" isn't quite the right word there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely
if you want more info.
For the record the odds are
1 in 1267650600228229401496703205376
But still a possibility of course.
Jesus so good!
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Quote from: TightEnd on December 16, 2013, 12:59:59 AM
Worst playcalling I have ever seen. Bunch of fucking jokers . Run the bloody ball. 18 rushes all game? You have to be kidding me. Fuck off lol
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Re: Self ban on games online bookies & machines inside bookies
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There is nothing virtual about a winner Tal!
Copyright Derek Thompson 2006
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August 02, 2013, 04:33:31 PM »
Quote from: Tal on August 02, 2013, 04:30:22 PM
Just confirm for us that this is real horses and not the virtual ones.
There's nothing virtual about a winner!
And betting to 141% over round reminds us what a great industry this once was.
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aaron1867
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August 02, 2013, 04:33:52 PM »
Tal, I crushed you all at Ascot!
However this week has been rather ridic and is my first losing week out of 7. However not sure if I'm embarrassed by this thread or not at the moment...
Ps - thanks for solutions and best wishes also to get sorted
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Quote from: horseplayer on August 02, 2013, 04:32:24 PM
There is nothing virtual about a winner Tal!
Copyright Derek Thompson 2006
Did you hear his commentary last night? I was cringing.
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