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I don't Gamble a huge amount just the odd scratch card here and there.
To be fair £100 down in a year is barely nothing. I look at my Sky bet account and it tells you how much you have spent in a period and how much profit/loss etc. Fantastic App. I have spent roughly £240 this year and won £140, so a £100 loss like you. Think of it like £6/7 a month for a bit of fun. Nothing really.
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Just have to ask yourself why are there bookies at pretty much every parade of shops? Costs a fair amount of money to rent a shop, pat staff etc.
comment by The scenes (U22442)
posted 5 minutes ago
Just have to ask yourself why are there bookies at pretty much every parade of shops? Costs a fair amount of money to rent a shop, pat staff etc.
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Because they are the real winners
This year I have put £260 into my SkyBet account, and have £109 in it.
So I am £151 down.
In terms of stakes and returns, I have bet £1005.94 and had £768.94 returns, so £237 down over the year.
I pretty much just chuck any winnings back in, only withdraw if it is a significant amount and there haven't been any this year.
£20 a month isn't a big deal to me, tbh.
Yes it's a mugs game
Disgusting how it's constantly advertised
Even kids games have sounds and machines mimicking slots, all part of the brainwashing
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 2 minutes ago
This year I have put £260 into my SkyBet account, and have £109 in it.
So I am £151 down.
In terms of stakes and returns, I have bet £1005.94 and had £768.94 returns, so £237 down over the year.
I pretty much just chuck any winnings back in, only withdraw if it is a significant amount and there haven't been any this year.
£20 a month isn't a big deal to me, tbh.
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Same. I reckon I roughly do £5 a week. Sometimes I have a week off or 2. Roughly £20 a month I do, sometimes even less. Nothing really and hardly going to bust my bank. Bit of fun for me.
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I stopped gambling when we moved home. I’ve got a huge mortgage to pay, I need every penny!
You'll have the odd bigger win, but mostly small losses that you think meh.. only x amount gone.
Always chasing that next bigger win.. betting companies stay in business by tens of millions losing a couple of hundred a year.
Don,
I agree that the amounts you’re talking and going to harm you if you’re not on your arris.
But I was going down the road of gambling on every game which is a slippery slope.
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 2 minutes ago
Mugs game if you're no good at it or lose more than you can afford.
If you're good at it then it must be great. I know someone who's only income is gambling and he must pull in over 100k a year and his set up is impressive.
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Would love to know what the trick is.
Put in £5 a week and rarely down in a season. Think it's been once or twice. Last two seasons I've been up thousands. Started this season excellent winning a couple of grand but haven't picked up a win in about four weeks. Had three wins and a draw tonight. Bloody Cheltenham dominated the game but couldn't score.
Used to love going to the horses, but had my gambling money and never went over that - even on the bad days. Never been into chasing losses or thinking I am on a good run.
Part of me also hates the over saturation of the market and the damage online gambling is doing to people.
Stopped doing horses as I couldn't control myself like I can betting on football. It's more of a quick buzz with horses and feels like an addiction brewing.
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 1 minute ago
Put in £5 a week and rarely down in a season. Think it's been once or twice. Last two seasons I've been up thousands. Started this season excellent winning a couple of grand but haven't picked up a win in about four weeks. Had three wins and a draw tonight. Bloody Cheltenham dominated the game but couldn't score.
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Impressive, what type of bets do you tend to put on?
Definitely a mugs game and highly addictive for many people.
The worst thing ever invented. Definitely not worth it
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 33 seconds ago
Stopped doing horses as I couldn't control myself like I can betting on football. It's more of a quick buzz with horses and feels like an addiction brewing.
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U ever go to the dogs at Dunmore? Remember my da taking me a few times in the 80s. Would drop my ma and her mum off at her sisters and me and him would no round the corner for a couple of races
A "fun" thing to do if you are a light better is to start with a fiver, find a good bet odds-on. Win that then put the lot on another "safe" bet. Win that, and repeat. They reckon in about 15 bets you can be on a fortune.
Done it a few times, but never past 9 and £385. Lost that on PSG to score in-play bet where they had spent the first 20 minutes conceding then non stop attacking. Looked a certainty. Ended in a 1-0 loss. Fuming.
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posted on 29/12/20
I don't Gamble a huge amount just the odd scratch card here and there.
posted on 29/12/20
To be fair £100 down in a year is barely nothing. I look at my Sky bet account and it tells you how much you have spent in a period and how much profit/loss etc. Fantastic App. I have spent roughly £240 this year and won £140, so a £100 loss like you. Think of it like £6/7 a month for a bit of fun. Nothing really.
posted on 29/12/20
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posted on 29/12/20
Just have to ask yourself why are there bookies at pretty much every parade of shops? Costs a fair amount of money to rent a shop, pat staff etc.
posted on 29/12/20
comment by The scenes (U22442)
posted 5 minutes ago
Just have to ask yourself why are there bookies at pretty much every parade of shops? Costs a fair amount of money to rent a shop, pat staff etc.
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Because they are the real winners
posted on 29/12/20
This year I have put £260 into my SkyBet account, and have £109 in it.
So I am £151 down.
In terms of stakes and returns, I have bet £1005.94 and had £768.94 returns, so £237 down over the year.
I pretty much just chuck any winnings back in, only withdraw if it is a significant amount and there haven't been any this year.
£20 a month isn't a big deal to me, tbh.
posted on 29/12/20
Yes it's a mugs game
Disgusting how it's constantly advertised
Even kids games have sounds and machines mimicking slots, all part of the brainwashing
posted on 29/12/20
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 2 minutes ago
This year I have put £260 into my SkyBet account, and have £109 in it.
So I am £151 down.
In terms of stakes and returns, I have bet £1005.94 and had £768.94 returns, so £237 down over the year.
I pretty much just chuck any winnings back in, only withdraw if it is a significant amount and there haven't been any this year.
£20 a month isn't a big deal to me, tbh.
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Same. I reckon I roughly do £5 a week. Sometimes I have a week off or 2. Roughly £20 a month I do, sometimes even less. Nothing really and hardly going to bust my bank. Bit of fun for me.
posted on 29/12/20
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posted on 29/12/20
I stopped gambling when we moved home. I’ve got a huge mortgage to pay, I need every penny!
posted on 29/12/20
You'll have the odd bigger win, but mostly small losses that you think meh.. only x amount gone.
Always chasing that next bigger win.. betting companies stay in business by tens of millions losing a couple of hundred a year.
posted on 29/12/20
Don,
I agree that the amounts you’re talking and going to harm you if you’re not on your arris.
But I was going down the road of gambling on every game which is a slippery slope.
posted on 29/12/20
comment by GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 2 minutes ago
Mugs game if you're no good at it or lose more than you can afford.
If you're good at it then it must be great. I know someone who's only income is gambling and he must pull in over 100k a year and his set up is impressive.
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Would love to know what the trick is.
posted on 29/12/20
Put in £5 a week and rarely down in a season. Think it's been once or twice. Last two seasons I've been up thousands. Started this season excellent winning a couple of grand but haven't picked up a win in about four weeks. Had three wins and a draw tonight. Bloody Cheltenham dominated the game but couldn't score.
posted on 29/12/20
Used to love going to the horses, but had my gambling money and never went over that - even on the bad days. Never been into chasing losses or thinking I am on a good run.
posted on 29/12/20
Part of me also hates the over saturation of the market and the damage online gambling is doing to people.
posted on 29/12/20
Stopped doing horses as I couldn't control myself like I can betting on football. It's more of a quick buzz with horses and feels like an addiction brewing.
posted on 29/12/20
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 1 minute ago
Put in £5 a week and rarely down in a season. Think it's been once or twice. Last two seasons I've been up thousands. Started this season excellent winning a couple of grand but haven't picked up a win in about four weeks. Had three wins and a draw tonight. Bloody Cheltenham dominated the game but couldn't score.
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Impressive, what type of bets do you tend to put on?
posted on 29/12/20
Definitely a mugs game and highly addictive for many people.
posted on 29/12/20
The worst thing ever invented. Definitely not worth it
posted on 29/12/20
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 33 seconds ago
Stopped doing horses as I couldn't control myself like I can betting on football. It's more of a quick buzz with horses and feels like an addiction brewing.
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U ever go to the dogs at Dunmore? Remember my da taking me a few times in the 80s. Would drop my ma and her mum off at her sisters and me and him would no round the corner for a couple of races
posted on 29/12/20
A "fun" thing to do if you are a light better is to start with a fiver, find a good bet odds-on. Win that then put the lot on another "safe" bet. Win that, and repeat. They reckon in about 15 bets you can be on a fortune.
Done it a few times, but never past 9 and £385. Lost that on PSG to score in-play bet where they had spent the first 20 minutes conceding then non stop attacking. Looked a certainty. Ended in a 1-0 loss. Fuming.
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