[38andstillruiningmylife]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I understand what you mean. It’s rather vulgar talking about losing huge amounts – almost like showing off. Sorry if anyone thinks i’m giving it the Billy Big Bo**ocks.

I was simply stating that I wish I could go back to the good old days when losing £300/day was a luxury. In reality it doesn’t matter if you lose £10 or £10,000. You’re still losing and it’s still money which is hard to come by. If you’re a millionaire and you lose £100,000 in one day it will hurt, but you’ll think I still have plenty of money left – until you’re down to your last £100. Losing that last £100 will hurt more than anything else especially if the cupboards are empty.

I have had moments in life when i’ve had, say for instance, £30 in my pocket, no food, no electric and nothing else to sell. I’ve then lost the £30 in the bookies and literally wanted to top myself. Losing that amount has hurt more than when I’ve had £10,000 in the bank and lost £2500.

Alas, I can’t exclude from the Greek bookies as I fear that asking such a question would result in the staff looking at me as if i’d just taken a **** in their shop. The majority of Greeks gamble only small amounts and i’ve already had enough dirty looks for betting on every dog race like a demented fool. I’ll be in Greece for approximately eight months.

I just need to be strong this time and draw a line under all this foolishness. I want to turn 40 and be in a position to live a normal healthy life.

Thanks for the reply, Charles. I shall look for your story and have a thorough read.

[38andstillruiningmylife]

Hi Maverick,

Good to speak to you. Ages since I’ve watched Top Gun! I dread being the old guy in the bookies passing on my useless wisdom to the next generation of compulsive gamblers.

Been gambling since 15 and I’ve seen it all. From the good old days of bookies being open from 11am to 6pm when I could only gamble £300 a day, to today when it may as well be open 24/7 and I can lose as much as I have in my bank accounts. Shocking. I’ve been in a branch of Coral and watched the fallout of a guy who’s bunged £12,000 into a roulette machine. Bear in mind i think you can only win £4000.

I used to use the same bookies as ********* and I would regularly watch him put £2500 into a roulette machine every 30 minutes.

It is a total and utter mugs game and only 1% of gamblers will ever enjoy a HUGE life changing win. What’s the point in winning 10k when you’ve lost 30?

Hopefully I can stick to this and enter middle age with a future. Do you have a diary that I could read?

Regards
Tony

**Hi Tony, in fairness to the person concerned I have edited out the name you mentioned. I think we can all relate to your post. Charles.

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