Gambling

uch · 29-03-2014 03:12AM #1

Does anyone else get that feeling when they place a bet, that you can't possibly lose ? But you still do. Fuk the feeling

AH92 · 29-03-2014 03:15AM

That's how I lost 300 quid yesterday.... started with 50 squid a week back and was on a good streak! Seen a potential guaranteed bet went against my never place more than 50 percent rule as I got too greedy and kapooof.

Tin Foil Hat · 29-03-2014 03:17AM

uch wrote: »

Does anyone else get that feeling when they place a bet, that you can't possibly lose ?

Nah! No-one except for Paddy Power.

131spanner · 29-03-2014 03:19AM

I remember how stupid I felt after losing €40 on the "three card trick", run by reputable gentlemen at the Ploughing Championships :rolleyes:

In the grand scheme of things it was a pretty small loss, but it kind of turned me off betting and I haven't really put money on anything since

Mr. Incognito · 29-03-2014 03:19AM

If you tell someone they have won a tenner but can gamble it to double their money on a fifty fifty they generally will.

However if you tell someone they can buy a fifty fifty chance to win twenty bucks for a tenner they will tell you that you get lost. However tell them you will refund the tenner too and they throw money at you.

Moral. People are stupid. Gambling is rigged. Even if you win they ban you.

Basin DePlayce · 29-03-2014 03:21AM

Every week I feel like im going to win the Euromillions, some times I even buy a ticket

hfallada · 29-03-2014 03:21AM

It's weird how no one sees the lotto or scratch cards as gambling in Ireland. You will see old women spending €5 a day on scratch cards for the craic. Not seeing anything wrong with it. But the fact that it normalised through nice advertising and that you don't have to go to a stinky bookies makes it completely acceptable

Tin Foil Hat · 29-03-2014 03:28AM

hfallada wrote: »

It's weird how no one sees the lotto or scratch cards as gambling in Ireland. You will see old women spending €5 a day on scratch cards for the craic. Not seeing anything wrong with it. But the fact that it normalised through nice advertising and that you don't have to go to a stinky bookies makes it completely acceptable

You've never seen a gambler, have you?

dobman88 · 29-03-2014 03:37AM

uch wrote: »

Does anyone else get that feeling when they place a bet, that you can't possibly lose ? But you still do. Fuk the feeling

I like to gamble, it's good entertainment for me but anyone with the attitude of "this can't lose" shouldn't gamble. You're losing before you start. Of course ANY bet can lose.

The Backwards Man · 29-03-2014 04:16AM

Gambling is all about kicks.

When you win, you kick yourself you hadn't more on it.

When you lose, you kick yourself you hadn't less on it.

cruais · 29-03-2014 04:30AM

House ALWAYS wins. ...

*pity I don't keep reminding myself that.

Sunglasses Ron · 29-03-2014 04:38AM

hfallada wrote: »

you don't have to go to a stinky bookies makes it completely acceptable

Bookies are all soft carpet and air freshener these days. They look like the reception at a Travelodge.

I miss the dank of it all. Newspaper pages pinned to the walls, smoke in the air, crappy old TVs. Those dumps had character :pac:

J. Marston · 29-03-2014 04:43AM

Tiny stakes, huge accumulators. Can't go wrong.

Except when you lose. Which will be often.

amkin25 · 29-03-2014 04:50AM

well speaking of gambling anyone got any decent bets for tomorrow football horses anything that might win lol

sunilbj · 29-03-2014 05:05AM

where that the match

amkin25 · 29-03-2014 05:06AM

villa to beat united 7/1 easy money

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-03-2014 05:16AM

No I always get the opposite feeling, like I'm flushing the money down the toilet. I used to bet on football a bit in college and went to a few greyhound meets with people I knew who were into it. The odd time I might still have a flutter, jump on the bandwagon for the Grand National or a big boxing match.

I just never took to it as a regular thing, it's not in me, I picked up nearly every other vice like a duck to water but not gambling. :pac:

Duffman K · 29-03-2014 03:00PM

Sometimes having even just a small bet on say a football match for example, makes watching it a lot more exciting.

Things like betting on football matches or horse races are usually grand in moderation, IMO betting on greyhounds is too unpredictable and is just a tax on stupidity.

Gambling is grand for a bit of fun, but when you're placing bets every day and trying to make an income from it that's when the problem starts. Most people who gamble will lose, otherwise bookies wouldn't be so profitable.

mfergus · 29-03-2014 03:05PM

Lost 200 on a game of poker the other night... had aa, got the full house (3 aces 2 Queens).
Lost to 4 of a kind Queens. Sickened

There's no such thing as a sure bet! I'm glad that all I had was 200. If I could I would have put my house on that one!

murpho999 · 29-03-2014 03:13PM

Look at all the ads on TV for Paddy Power, Bet 365, Ladbrokes etc.

I think gambling is the next social problem that is not really been looked at now but will be in the future.

ArtyM · 29-03-2014 03:14PM

amkin25 wrote: »

villa to beat united 7/1 easy money

Its looking like easy money for the bookie.

Cork Lass · 29-03-2014 03:32PM

mfergus wrote: »

Lost 200 on a game of poker the other night... had aa, got the full house (3 aces 2 Queens).
Lost to 4 of a kind Queens. Sickened

There's no such thing as a sure bet! I'm glad that all I had was 200. If I could I would have put my house on that one!

How could that be. You had 2 queens and lost to 4 of a kind (queens).
I'm confused.

The One Who Knocks · 29-03-2014 03:36PM

Cork Lass wrote: »

How could that be. You had 2 queens and lost to 4 of a kind (queens).
I'm confused.

No he had AA, the two queens were on the table and the other person obviously had the other two.

Spunge · 29-03-2014 04:30PM

Never bet more than you are willing to lose.

biko · 29-03-2014 04:50PM

Gambling has destroyed many families.

Wanna bet?

The_Kew_Tour · 29-03-2014 04:58PM

Gambling is a huge problem.

I know guys who who put the keys of the house on the table on one card, as their children and wife were asleep at home.

You can only drink so much, but you can risk losing far greater in less then 20 seconds on a bet.

Aidric · 29-03-2014 05:06PM

Always go with your gut instinct and never chase your losses. It should at least keep you at break even point.

dxhound2005 · 29-03-2014 05:23PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Gambling is a huge problem.

I know guys who who put the keys of the house on the table on one card, as their children and wife were asleep at home.

You can only drink so much, but you can risk losing far greater in less then 20 seconds on a bet.

That sounds extraordinary. If they were in a casino they couldn't wager with a set of keys. If it was a private card game how would the other party go about taking possession of the house?

And you know of multiple cases. I lead a sheltered life. Of course they stood to win the value of their house as well. How many won and how many were made homeless?

BetterThanThou · 29-03-2014 05:28PM

Not big on gambling, very rarely will I put a bet on that I'm confident will win, as usually the odds make the bet not worth putting on. However, sometimes I see the odds are like 40/1, yet I think they have an outside chance, and I'll put a few euro on it, but never more than a fiver, and I'm never expecting they'll win.

29-03-2014 05:31PM

Played in the casino with a few friends in Galway a few times but would never take more than €10-20 with me. Soon as I was up €5 or so I'd think it was time to get some food and head home. Of the three of us who would head down, on lad would keep going and going trying to win any loses back. Wasn't uncommon for him to lose €50 in 10 minutes and then have to borrow money for a take away.

When they were moving house they pulled out the TV cabinet and piled high was 6 months worth of losing bets belonging to the lad who felt that the only way was up. Must have been at least 300 crumpled up slips and from talking to him he reckoned he'd lost over €2,000 gambling I'm soccer and horses.

Awhile back I was doing a course and there was a guy who would complain that he didn't have the price of lunch. He'd borrow money but would always lay it back. Asked him one day where his money went and his answer was simple, "casinos". He owes money all over galway and on nights out he'd disappear for an hour and then appear again minus a few hundred euro. During the course he'd often run down to place a few bets during lunch and then spend all day looking at his phone and planning the next bet

bockeys jollocks · 29-03-2014 05:31PM

The biggest joke is the feckin' animated gambling that you see in the bookies, and people actually put money on it!? The thick low brow morons that bet on that deserve to have their money taken.

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