Who keeps f***ing with me?

jimcoolding

Started gambling a couple of years back and got in bad debt. Started gmabling recently on "dead certs" and look whats happened. How can this be fair?

First bet:
50 Euro on
Munich to beat Borussia Mongegladbach - Munich win
Madrid to beat Gijon - Madrid lose. Mourinhos first home loss in 9 years!

Second bet:
100 Euro on
Midtyljiand to beat near bottom of the table Lingyand (Danish league) Midtjyljand have 16 shots compared to Lingyands 3, Midtyljand lose 1 - 0.

Third Bet:
150 Euro on
Roger Federe to beat Jurgen Melzer, a player he has never lost to. Federe loses 6-4 6-4.

Why me? I am now heading into financial trouble and am going to stick my remaining couple of grand on Tiperrary, Kilkenny and Cork under 21's. Please Please Please let it happen

callaway92

um, stop gambling?

abouttobebanned

How much do you know about danish soccer, or for that matter under 21's GAA. Your answer here will give you the answer to your question.

death1234567

Serves you right for betting against my beloved Lingyand. Lingyand 'til I die...

jimcoolding

abouttobebanned wrote: »

How much do you know about danish soccer, or for that matter under 21's GAA. Your answer here will give you the answer to your question.

I know that lyngby had lost their previous two games and were sat just outside the relegation zone. Midjtyljand had been on a poor run of form but were 4th and battling for third.


No nothing about gaa but according to alot of people they are dead certs.

jimcoolding

callaway92 wrote: »

um, stop gambling?

I'm only gambling to recoup my losses :mad:

Cavehill Red

jimcoolding wrote: »

Started gambling a couple of years back and got in bad debt. Started gmabling recently on "dead certs" and look whats happened. How can this be fair?

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Why me? I am now heading into financial trouble and am going to stick my remaining couple of grand on Tiperrary, Kilkenny and Cork under 21's. Please Please Please let it happen

Walk away NOW while you still have any money left. You've made two of the most basic gambling errors - betting on things you aren't an expert on and chasing your losses.
There is, as you've found, no such thing as a dead cert.
Remember, only 2% of gamblers are in profit long-term. The heavy likelihood for anyone starting gambling is that they'll be one of the other 98%. All those shops and fancy websites cost a fortune in overheads, yet the bookies are all posting hundreds of millions in profit annually.
If you are 'heading for financial trouble' further gambling will only exacerbate it. Even if your next bet comes off, psychologically you will convince yourself that your luck has turned and will continue gambling, eventually, inevitably, losing your money all over again.
Don't do this to yourself or to your financial well-being. Only gamble with money you can AFFORD to lose.
I recommend strongly that you reduce your bets to fivers and tenners until you become very knowledgeable in one gambling sector, or else walk away.
Actually, scratch that. Just walk away now.

Cavehill Red

jimcoolding wrote: »

I'm only gambling to recoup my losses :mad:

That money's gone. It's not coming back. You could throw more good money after the bad or walk away now with a costly lesson learnt.

I strongly recommend you do the latter.

Ordinary man

jimcoolding wrote: »

I'm only gambling to recoup my losses :mad:

That there is the motto of someone with a serious gambling addiction, run away from it as fast as you can and get help off G.A.

jimcoolding

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Walk away NOW while you still have any money left. You've made two of the most basic gambling errors - betting on things you aren't an expert on and chasing your losses.
There is, as you've found, no such thing as a dead cert.
Remember, only 2% of gamblers are in profit long-term. The heavy likelihood for anyone starting gambling is that they'll be one of the other 98%. All those shops and fancy websites cost a fortune in overheads, yet the bookies are all posting hundreds of millions in profit annually.
If you are 'heading for financial trouble' further gambling will only exacerbate it. Even if your next bet comes off, psychologically you will convince yourself that your luck has turned and will continue gambling, eventually, inevitably, losing your money all over again.
Don't do this to yourself or to your financial well-being. Only gamble with money you can AFFORD to lose.
I recommend strongly that you reduce your bets to fivers and tenners until you become very knowledgeable in one gambling sector, or else walk away.
Actually, scratch that. Just walk away now.

It's so hard though. LIke what are the chances that the day I restart gambling, Mourinho loses his home record, or that Federe loses to a guy he never lost to before?

I think someone is messing with me

Cavehill Red

jimcoolding wrote: »

It's so hard though. LIke what are the chances that the day I restart gambling, Mourinho loses his home record, or that Federe loses to a guy he never lost to before?

I think someone is messing with me

That's another psychological trick your head plays with you. That it's all about you. I recall my other half coming down in the middle of the night when I was shouting at the screen calling some Brazilian footie player all the bastards of the day for missing a peno.
I was, apparently, yelling 'Why are you doing this to me?' in the middle of the night.
Of course, rational analysis suggests that that Brazilian player has no idea I even exist, never mind that I had a bet on his game. He obviously wanted to score. He had his own motivations to win the game. I didn't come into them at all.
I think you're far in, here. I concur with the previous poster that you could do with some advice from perhaps a counsellor or GA. That's not an act of weakness on your part to do so - it's one of strength. You'd be taking control of your life and mental health and finances again.
Maybe have a read of this - http://skinflicks.blogspot.com/2007/03/gambling-is-mugs-game.html.
A mate of mine wrote it a few years ago, and he knows what he's talking about.

dotsflan

jimcoolding wrote: »

I know that lyngby had lost their previous two games and were sat just outside the relegation zone. Midjtyljand had been on a poor run of form but were 4th and battling for third.


No nothing about gaa but according to alot of people they are dead certs.

theres your problem right there! Its a bit like me telling you wicklow will win the all ireland hurling championship and you just lumping on! bookies love gamblers like you

cullen5998

Try and give up the gambling.
Maybe you do have bad luck but you wont lose money by not betting anyway.

UrbanSea

OP I actually thought it was a bit of a piss take at first but I'll tell you what.

Cut your losses. You say that you still have a few grand left. Consider yourself lucky. There are plenty of people who haven't a penny left from gambling.
Get out while you can.

jive

Quit now and cut your losses. Whats a few hundred euro? Nothing. You could end up down thousands and if everything goes perfectly for you the chances are you will only be up a few hundred.

OP cut your losses. Don't invest all your money in an underage GAA game (and in a treble with two NHL games no less!!!) regardless of what you've read or heard. Start with 20 euro and bet with 1 euro or less each time. If you don't make money betting that way then you won't make money betting with hundreds either. I live my gambling life by that rule. Start slow and build up. If you cannot build up a decent bank then what's the point in using big money? If you can't win with small money then you can't win with big money.

Cut your losses OP and bet seriously small stakes until you are capable of betting big money with money that you won by gambling. In fact given what you've said you seem to have a gambling problem so I would just cut your losses and walk away immediately.

ceadaoin.

jimcoolding wrote: »

Started gambling a couple of years back and got in bad debt. Started gmabling recently on "dead certs" and look whats happened. How can this be fair?


Why me? I am now heading into financial trouble and am going to stick my remaining couple of grand on Tiperrary, Kilkenny and Cork under 21's. Please Please Please let it happen

jimcoolding wrote: »

No nothing about gaa but according to alot of people they are dead certs.

jimcoolding wrote: »

I'm only gambling to recoup my losses :mad:

There is no such thing as a dead cert. If you're heading for financial trouble then why are you prepared to risk losing another couple of grand?

Stop chasing and close your betting accounts. It sounds like you have a problem, esp considering your previous history. Get out now while you're only a few hundred down before that becomes thousands

Fursttimer

If the banks went broke, I'm sure you can too.

I'm fairly sure this is a wind up but if not get yourself involved in betdash (well highlighted on here). You can deposit a small amount or play for free and gamble to your hearts content. I think every gambling addict on the island has signed up at this stage

Im Only 71Kg

no point in beating yourself up about it. looking at your bets that lost..they were in fact good bets. its just unfortunate they lost..many people had these backed and lost too. i recently had my entire account history with PP posted to me and i was astonished to find i was €900 in profit over since 2005-present day. if i was to add the amount of profit i actually lost id be up €2-3K. but im too stubborn (refusing to withdraw profit). I agree with another poster who mentioned betting on sports you dont follow that closely(it's an easy way to lose)..I have terrible record betting on tennis..and recently lost my entire bankroll betting on nadal/djokovic. I strongly suggest you request you acc. history and go through it highligting bets which made moeny for you over the years..and start again. It's painfull when you lose..but you have to detach yourself from emotion. It's easy for me..i have no financial commitments at present..so i can gamble as i wish. but if you do have commitments/family/other stuff i strongly suggest you take a break.

UrbanSea

I requested my account history today,overall profit and loss. Told I'll have it with me tonight.

Cartel Mike

Ladyluck.
Chances are she's not done with you yet . Her speciality is kicking you in the balls when your down.
She will eventually move on to some other poor sod....the tramp that she is.



Your were well unlucky on at least two of those bets.

Tell someone your woes who isn't gonna judge you . You just need luck. I lost 53 bets in a row recently , 15 of those were €50 bets , the rest were €10 bets. It can happen, as improbable and unlikley as that seems.

Don't watch events your betting on , it does no good.

Character building is the only positive you can take from this at present.

greendom

jimcoolding wrote: »

I think someone is messing with me

Maybe they are telling you to stop gambling

TanG411

You could always do much smaller bets on big accumulators. How about picking out 10 teams to win/draw over the weekend? Stick a euro on it.

If you win, depending on the odds, it could be between €150-500. If you lose, then you've only lost €1.

No point sticking on €100 to get back a tenner.

cullen5998

Cartel Mike wrote: »

Ladyluck.
Chances are she's not done with you yet . Her speciality is kicking you in the balls when your down.
She will eventually move on to some other poor sod....the tramp that she is.



Your were well unlucky on at least two of those bets.

Tell someone your woes who isn't gonna judge you . You just need luck. I lost 53 bets in a row recently , 15 of those were €50 bets , the rest were €10 bets. It can happen, as improbable and unlikley as that seems.

Don't watch events your betting on , it does no good.

Character building is the only positive you can take from this at present.

dont watch?

Its the only reason i bet!

Im Only 71Kg

TML91 wrote: »

You could always do much smaller bets on big accumulators. How about picking out 10 teams to win/draw over the weekend? Stick a euro on it.

If you win, depending on the odds, it could be between €150-500. If you lose, then you've only lost €1.

No point sticking on €100 to get back a tenner.

no this is not the way to go. single bets all the way. €5-€20 or €50-€100 what ever you feel is right. but singles are the way to make money. you are picking the correct bets. you cant win them all. you just have to remember that. never watch games which you are gambling on its far too stressfull..never bet more than 50% of you bankroll on any single bet. i think you should start over. give yourself a bankroll you can afford and try keep it going until the end of the year. good luck.

myflipflops

jimcoolding wrote: »

LIke what are the chances that the day I restart gambling, Mourinho loses his home record, ?

About 16/1.

It was about 5/1 that Real would not win.

PCPhoto

hope you didnt lump it on Cork U21 ... they failed !!

ValueSeeker

jimcoolding wrote: »

It's so hard though. LIke what are the chances that the day I restart gambling, Mourinho loses his home record, or that Federe loses to a guy he never lost to before?

I think someone is messing with me

If you're serious, it sounds like you're developing an addiction coupled with other psychological factors. And if you are and do get into serious trouble: Rutland Centre

komodosp

It's simple maths really. The fact the bookie is in business proves he's making money. If he's making it then the betters are losing it. You're not an expert in the sports you're betting on but he does have experts working for him, and if they tell him something's a dead cert, he won't be throwing away his money by taking bets on it. At least not for anything better than ridiculously short odds.