Most money you've ever seen wasted in a flash!

lucky frank lives · 02-06-2013 06:46AM

12k on a car that i knew was banjaxed but couldnt bring it back out of pride

ArseBurger · 02-06-2013 06:52AM

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Who are you to judge how other people spend their own money?

Creasy_bear · 02-06-2013 07:21AM

My mate playing 10,000 to enter the World Series in Vegas. Then last less than one hour.

mikemac1 · 02-06-2013 07:26AM

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

montyrebel · 02-06-2013 10:25AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

ooohhh Matron :P

bnt · 02-06-2013 10:49AM

Depends on what you mean by "wasted". Money spent in Lost Wages is not flushed down the toilet, it goes in to the pockets of the casino(s) and then in to the economy of Nevada ... where some of it is wasted.

Is it a waste to have the Luxor hotel shining a massive spotlight - equivalent to over 42 billion candles at full power - straight up in to the night sky? Possibly. According to a Wikipedia source, it costs $51 per hour to run, half of that on electricity. The xenon bulbs cost far more, but that money also goes towards someone's wages. How about a Blackjack croupier who gets to put her kids through college, thanks to her casino job?

Las Vegas isn't a hole in the ground, it's an economy in and of itself. :cool:

kiffer · 02-06-2013 10:59AM

discus wrote: »

A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!

Ahhhh Las Vegas... you could have just stopped there.
Steps to survive a trip to Las Vegas.
1. Ration cash... I am willing to lose this much money today, this much money for food boose and "miscellaneous" expenses
2. Credit card stays in the room at night.
3. When you end up off the strip you cannot hail a cab by flagging one down... that African American gent in the beat up car is not an "independent taxi driver"... do not get in his car.
4. Bet the minimum on black, if you lose double your bet, repeat until you win, then go back to the minimum, you will over time make a small profit and also get free drinks... unless you have to keep doubling so many times that you hit the table limit or run out of cash...
5. If you find yourself paying for something by credit card and they take a tumb print then you have probably ignored rule 2, and also are too drunk to sign your name... by morning your card will be completely maxxed out.
6. Craps makes no sense, you will lose hundreds of dollars before you figure it out...

AndyMc · 02-06-2013 11:11AM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

Turn it into an emulation machine. that little box can do more than play ****ty party games with a little effort.

zaph. · 02-06-2013 11:17AM

jill_valentine wrote: »

I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."

I would have told the kids they could either share the PS3 or have a Xbox each

they'd be happy to share then

crazy cabbage · 02-06-2013 12:24PM

kiffer wrote: »

4. Bet the minimum on black, if you lose double your bet, repeat until you win, then go back to the minimum, you will over time make a small profit and also get free drinks... unless you have to keep doubling so many times that you hit the table limit or run out of cash...

That would work if there wasn't a green space or if there wasn't a table maxium. If you keep doubling you bet you will reach table maxium very quickly. Only need 5 (that is a guess) suscisive losses which is highly probable is your playing for a while.
That is why they have a table maxium. Everything you have earned using this system would be wiped out instantaly.

edit. I should really read posts fully before replying :L

Birneybau · 02-06-2013 01:01PM

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

Are you Neil and is your mate Jay?

kiffer · 02-06-2013 01:10PM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

That would work if there wasn't a green space or if there wasn't a table maxium. If you keep doubling you bet you will reach table maxium very quickly. Only need 5 (that is a guess) suscisive losses which is highly probable is your playing for a while.
That is why they have a table maxium. Everything you have earned using this system would be wiped out instantaly.

edit. I should really read posts fully before replying :L

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

michellie · 02-06-2013 01:15PM

rox5 wrote: »

Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...

This is not the reason why this country is ****ed!

The Gride · 02-06-2013 01:24PM

€1200 on a turbo for my car and later turned out their was nothing wrong with the old one.

john_cappa · 02-06-2013 02:16PM

kiffer wrote: »

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

The system does not work and cannot work. All casinos are set with min/maxes to prevent this. I mean all casinos.

Even if it did work the return is tiny and the risk huge.

It is not fun and boring as hell.

Going to Vegas in 9 days for third time! A massive waste of 10g for me and the wife but not a single **** will be given!

crazy cabbage · 02-06-2013 03:40PM

kiffer wrote: »

Yeah, zero and double zero throw it a bit...
But it's the closest you can come to a working system... apparently the point of gambling is fun.
The safe play isn't really exciting so what you do is you use it to build back up from losses or to build up a bit of cash that you don't mind losing because it wasn't money you brought in... say you bring in 50 quid, build it up to 150 over the course of an hour... then you start making riskier bets that could make you a lot more money untill you end up losing everything...

The closest you can come to a working system is counting cards in your head, which despite the fact you might get the **** bet out of you if you are caught, isn't actully illegal.

Also it is actully really easy to learn how to do. Ment to be completly different in a casino type enviroment but the basics are easy. Just need to be able to add and subtract quickly

April O Neill · 02-06-2013 03:46PM

Ciaran_B wrote: »

"I'm not sharing with Kaitlyn."

My thoughts exactly.

john_cappa · 02-06-2013 03:49PM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

The closest you can come to a working system is counting cards in your head, which despite the fact you might get the **** bet out of you if you are caught, isn't actully illegal.

But again largely impossible due to te number of decks casinos use per game and even if it is single deck or even two decks they usually pay 6:5 which wipes out 1% advantage the player gains over te casino.

crazy cabbage · 02-06-2013 04:10PM

john_cappa wrote: »

But again largely impossible due to te number of decks casinos use per game

Does that not just mean that when the odds go in your favour they go more in your favour so to speek but when the deck is against you it is 'more' against you

john_cappa wrote: »

and even if it is single deck or even two decks they usually pay 6:5 which wipes out 1% advantage the player gains over te casino.

Am not sure what 6:5 means? Care to enlighten me?
Does the 1% advantage not come from the fact that if you are delt a bj that you get a return of double your stake but if the delear gets a bj they just get there money back.

All presuming that you can play perfect strategy to begin with of course

somefeen · 02-06-2013 04:14PM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Does that not just mean that when the odds go in your favour they go more in your favour so to speek but when the deck is against you it is 'more' against you

Am not sure what 6:5 means? Care to enlighten me?
Does the 1% advantage not come from the fact that if you are delt a bj that you get a return of double your stake but if the delear gets a bj they just get there money back.

All presuming that you can play perfect strategy to begin with of course

I read bj as blowjob. I was even more confused

crazy cabbage · 02-06-2013 04:18PM

somefeen wrote: »

I read bj as blowjob. I was even more confused

That didn't even cross my mind. My innocence is ruined :pac:

ps: bj means BlackJack

666irishguy · 02-06-2013 04:22PM

Me and a friend of mine went looking at guitars in what I think was a massive three story HMV store in London with a cool guitar shop in the basement level a good few years ago. We were wondering around looking at the collection of guitars and we spot some kind of a black Les Paul Custom. My friend gets talking to the shop assistant, he asks if he can play it. He plays it, looks at me with this kind of puzzled grin and says to the assistant that he will take it. Worked out at something like 3500 euros with the exchange rate. Still has it. Even though I wouldn't consider it a waste as he has gotten great joy from it. I was shocked at how quickly he decided to dent his savings (practically wiped them out). I know for certain he had not planned the buying of it as we got a bit held up waiting around for someone and that's how we ended up wandering into the HMV. Those were the Celtic Tiger days.

1ZRed · 02-06-2013 04:28PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Nintendo Wii

I got a few hours out of it but it's mainly been sitting under the TV doing nothing for the last few years.

Not been turned on in at least 6 months

Did you also get fooled into getting a wii fit? That was great for about 3 hours.

Never again nintendo

john_cappa · 02-06-2013 04:29PM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Does that not just mean that when the odds go in your favour they go more in your favour so to speek but when the deck is against you it is 'more' against you

Am not sure what 6:5 means? Care to enlighten me?
Does the 1% advantage not come from the fact that if you are delt a bj that you get a return of double your stake but if the delear gets a bj they just get there money back.

All presuming that you can play perfect strategy to begin with of course

Black doesn't return double your stake. It pays 3:2 in most casinos so if you bet 5 you get back 7.50 plus your 5.

Single deck bj will usually have rules to favour the house more so will only pay 6:5 for black jack so if you bet 5 you win 6 plus your 5 stake.

The more decks are used the less the count matters. If you had a plus 10 count in a single deck game your advantage would be huge (but if they pay 6:5 it's eliminated). If a 6 deck bj table had a count 10 then you have close to no real advantage as the true count is 10 divided by the number of decks in play. Or 10/6.

AnonoBoy · 02-06-2013 04:31PM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Also it is actully really easy to learn how to do. Ment to be completly different in a casino type enviroment but the basics are easy. Just need to be able to add and subtract quickly

Yeah and have a load of money bankrolling you before you can turn that small advantage into profit.

john_cappa · 02-06-2013 04:38PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Yeah and have a load of money bankrolling you before you can turn that small advantage into profit.

Not really. Smaller bankroll will lead to a smaller profit.

Casinos welcome wanna be counters lol!

garv123 · 02-06-2013 04:52PM

people spending money on drink is the reason why the country is ****ed? :pac::pac:

dave3004 · 02-06-2013 05:09PM

spent 15k on surgery. My ankle is still not right

carzony · 02-06-2013 07:08PM

My first car insurance a few years ago, Axa quoted me 3 grand and from what I had heard from my mates and stuff I thought it sounded like a nice, cheap quote. I paid cash there and then only to realise I should have shopped around as arons insurance would have insured me for 2 thousand :mad: Still angry over that......

montyrebel · 02-06-2013 09:11PM

dave3004 wrote: »

spent 15k on surgery. My ankle is still not right

must be the left one then so :P:D

Most money you've ever seen wasted in a flash!

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