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re: I don’t understand gambling
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:59 am to burger bearcat
Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:59 am to burger bearcat
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I can never understand people who go to a river boat every week to dump their weekly earnings into a slot machine.
Tunica is the single most depressing thing I have ever seen. In 10 minutes, I watched a woman lose more 100s on blackjack than she had teeth in her head
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 7:59 am to When in Rome
I think the big companies are probably doing better overall, even with less brick and mortar action. There have to be dozens of people going bankrupt every day in states where you can play online. You can see it right in front of when you play live-dealer games, people are burning hundreds of bucks on hands at one time from home. I found that the real live table games like that were too slow for me and I would rather play quicker electronic games, even though the algorithm or whatever is probably rigged to frick you. I lost big on table/electronic games a few times and lucked out that I made up for it on some big sports bets. At least with sports gaming, you're kind of just playing the people on the other side of the line.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 8:21 am
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:01 am to burger bearcat
It’s a lack of hope. It is the complete antithesis of believing in yourself.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:01 am to burger bearcat
Do you not understand it or do you not agree with it? Those are two different discussions.
Bc it’s pretty simple to understand.
Bc it’s pretty simple to understand.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:01 am to burger bearcat
A fool and his money are soon parted
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:02 am to SlowFlowPro
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This particular one paid me thousands of dollars back in the day
Gamblers always tell you how much they won. They never tell you how much they lost.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:02 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:horse racing got it right the first time…you are playing the field not the house
At least with sports gaming, you're kind of just playing the people on the other side of the line.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:03 am to sumtimeitbeslikedat
A fool and his money are soon a good party.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:03 am to CocomoLSU
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Do they? I admittedly don't visit a casino often, but when I do most people at the slots tend to be older and always look absolutely miserable as they push the button as fast as they can.
I believe the poster’s sarcasm zipped right over your head.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:03 am to Bunk Moreland
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At least with sports gaming, you're kind of just playing the people on the other side of the line.
Not to mention that sports gambling is a slow burn. The slots are basically throwing your money in an incinerator
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:03 am to cgrand
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you are playing the field not the house
at a lot of tracks you're playing the jockeys
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:04 am to burger bearcat
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Yes, it can be a fun thing to go and play blackjack or roulette maybe once a year or so, going in knowing the plan is to lose a set amount of money,
I’m not sure how losing money is fun to anyone. I also will never understand the casino gambler. The odds are never in their favor, yet they will still hand it over. If I asked anyone, “Hey, want to play poker? I get 5 cards and you get 4.” They’d respond with a hell no…but somehow can’t wait to play it in a casino.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:08 am to chryso
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They never tell you how much they lost.
“I’m Bout even”= “I’ve lost my arse”
“I’ve lost my arse”=“mortgage payment is gonna be a little late this month”
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:13 am to burger bearcat
I understand the appeal sports gambling or games of skill (poker, blackjack etc.). It is the people buying lottery tickets every week and scratch offs that confuses me. That is literally pissing money down the drain.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:16 am to When in Rome
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am curious if casinos have taken a hit since the smartphone and social media came out.
Do you see any casinos in Vegas, Atlantic City or the thousands in other locations across the U.S. closing down due to lack of business???
That answers your question.
I've known some people who were horribly addicted to gambling and lost just about everything they ever accumulated in their lifetime, IF they ever did accumulate much.
The saddest was a couple so addicted to Bingo, of all things, that they lost their house, cars, savings, etc. The guy was a plant worker, got hurt on the job, collected a tidy sum of money in the lawsuit and pissed it all away at Bingo halls with his wife over a 3 year period.
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:20 am to chryso
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Gamblers always tell you how much they won. They never tell you how much they lost.
I agree, I was a poker player. Not a gambler though
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:26 am to burger bearcat
Did you take the Wolves +8.5 last night?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:29 am to burger bearcat
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Unless you are in 0.1% bracket that knows what you are doing, I can never understand people who go to a river boat every week to dump their weekly earnings into a slot machine.
What does someone need to know about what they do with slot machines?
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:31 am to burger bearcat
It’s my main form of entertainment, mainly poker and 20 bucks in the machines here and there. But I am very much in control and stick with a budget and am a good enough poker player that I’m probably around even in the long run.
But the people who pull out hundreds and feed them into the machines every two minutes are sad sad people
But the people who pull out hundreds and feed them into the machines every two minutes are sad sad people
Posted on 5/29/25 at 8:31 am to burger bearcat
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into a slot machine
This. I’ve got friends who are more and more attached to playing $20 anytime they see a machine when out. Escalated from sports betting.
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