Liveline: Thread with no name, Host with no shame

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191489#Comment_118191489

Saw one recently, started with the gutters, moved onto to Tarmac and somehow ended up sweeping chimney 😅

Atlantic Dawn

I regularly see pensioners blowing 10% or more of their pension in one go on de Lotto and scratchcards.

McDermotX

And these gambling heads drag you into their places with a gun to your head caller ?

No, you say.

So they raid your bank accounts then ?

No, you say.

2smiggy

no way in hell are any betting company coming on air

touts

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191479#Comment_118191479

Tony10? The chancer who is making a fortune on books, speaking engagements, training for schools etc while the 3 or 4 managers in An Post who got fired as a result of missing his fraudulent activities are in poverty on the dole? The bookies weren't the only scumbag in that story.

golondrinas

You can also spot the gamblers. Restless ,no concentration , I could go on. What effects me more is minimum pricing. Will the minimum bet go up to 100€ . Shows the bolloxology of it all.

2smiggy

I use betfair from time to time, they stopped the use of credit cards to deposit money

bmorrissey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191519#Comment_118191519

Thats the book indeed, and no im not saying hes a good person for what he done etc, but its a good look into the damage that was caused

Atlantic Dawn

PaddyPower should offer odds on whether D'Arcy will fook up the buttons or not on a given day.

Dempo1

I worked in Mullingar next to a bookies. I swear the same people in the bookies every day of the week, most spending the entire day in the bookies. I just don't get how people can afford it. All walks of life including, young and old.

Maybe a recovering gambling addict should keep as far away from gambling sites as far as possible, the way a recovering alcoholic is better off not hanging around drinking-focussed public houses.

Dempo1

We apologise for the error and will be giving everyone contacted a free €20 bet

piplip87

I think poor Joe must have lost a few Euro on the ponies at the weekend.

McDermotX

Ah. Grow up FFS

Get some white van drivers on

BPKS

I went to the pub to watch a game recently.

There was a table of young lads there. Anytime I glanced over at them during the game they were stuck on their phones, telling each other about scores in other games, the odds on how many corners the team would have, yellow cards, man of thee match and so on an so forth.

They probably saw about 10 minutes of the actual game, their attention was totally and utterly drawn to the bookies.

It's a massive problem that is only going to get worse.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191544#Comment_118191544

It's a shocking addiction and i know a few who've lost everything, including marriages and home's

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191505#Comment_118191505

He needs to totally avoid any sources of gambling, remove himself from websites, from any influence, if he’s serious about recovery. For an addict to continue to engage with the focus of their demons, it demonstrates they are still in the deep sh1t. Very difficult in Ireland for an alcoholic to avoid alcohol, but you have to actually seek out gambling as not everyone else around you is doing it.

Dan Jaman

So, Ladbrokes broke lad.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191506#Comment_118191506

Most alcoholics load up outside the pub environment.

2smiggy

'da roof under my head'

BPKS

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191539#Comment_118191539

I'd say it would be odds on everyday

piplip87

Does he have any tips for the Troytown on Sunday ? Would be great to know what one he fancies so I can stay away from it.

McDermotX

Ohhhhhhhh.......legal threat ?

avfc1874

I work too hard for my money. The thoughts of putting 100 euro or more on a bet would terrify me. 😒😰

Atlantic Dawn

RTE stops the childrens movie on a Saturday night for the Lotto, it's in no position to talk about gambling.

BPKS

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191544#Comment_118191544

Gambling ads on before during and after every match on TV. Listen of Off the Ball and its in association with some Bookies. Open up Twitter and you'll have gambling ads popping up on your feed.

BPKS

Joe you won the Lottery years ago. About €10 million from RTE since the millennium.

bmorrissey

Callum Robinsons top 5 goals

Atlantic Dawn

The dogs is another joke.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191564#Comment_118191564

My uncle lost his two horses, his own/wife/child’s house and his clients houses, everything. His wife stood by very well, bless her, although there were inevitably rows. The ripples through the family went on for years and years and years. My mother worked through the night to help pay her brother-in-law’s debts for the sake of the rest of the family, his son etc. The son grew up very abstemious with money, plenty of it but never spent a cent. No wonder, he had felt so insecure!

Incidentally my mother was actually fond of the bro-in-law that caused so much trouble. He was a nice basically decent guy, at heart, but the centre of such much grief.