[isleaiw1]

Voiceofjoe, on 15 May 2024 - 10:30 AM, said:

That’s a little unfair, the question was regarding how much they’d made this season.

I was just posting the "you do not always win, always practice safer gambling" balance that should be included on anywhere promoting gambling

[PontePete]

 isleaiw1, on 15 May 2024 - 10:03 AM, said:

Have you deducted what you lost on other games and in previous seasons....?

My guess is the bookies can

We used to own a casino, can always remember some rich dude bragging about how much he had won that year.... and then the GM showing me his lifetime returns at their casino, which were very different to his recollections!

#safergambling

No because that wasn’t the question, but if I had then the deduction would have been largely nine tenths of fu** all as I very rarely bet tbh, and betting on town adds to the stress of what’s riding on the result if doing it on a game by game basis, so I avoid that.

It is definitely the first time I’ve ever bet on town getting promoted and the decision to throw £400 on it was made at the end of a long hot sunny day in Rhodes last summer and fuelled by copius amounts of sauce.

In fact if I remember correctly it was the night we battered Matlock and I got a bit giddy!

Finishing 2nd or 3rd paid £425 back and were we ever going to finish lower than 3rd? Christ we finished 3rd the season before when Wrexham and County blew everyone else away. It was buying money.

This post has been edited by PontePete: 16 May 2024 - 07:40 AM

[warfey is a spireite]

Can't see anywhere a,ll this10/1 or anything like Pete

[Mr Mercury]

 warfey is a spireite, on 16 May 2024 - 03:28 PM, said:

Can't see anywhere a,ll this10/1 or anything like Pete

That was a cpl of weeks ago on skybet and on Monday at WH

[isleaiw1]

PontePete, on 16 May 2024 - 07:35 AM, said:

No because that wasn’t the question, but if I had then the deduction would have been largely nine tenths of fu** all as I very rarely bet tbh, and betting on town adds to the stress of what’s riding on the result if doing it on a game by game basis, so I avoid that.

It is definitely the first time I’ve ever bet on town getting promoted and the decision to throw £400 on it was made at the end of a long hot sunny day in Rhodes last summer and fuelled by copius amounts of sauce.

In fact if I remember correctly it was the night we battered Matlock and I got a bit giddy!

Finishing 2nd or 3rd paid £425 back and were we ever going to finish lower than 3rd? Christ we finished 3rd the season before when Wrexham and County blew everyone else away. It was buying money.

I'm sure they say something about not gambling when drunk or chasing losses... but glad it turned out well! And of course there was always a chance we wouldnt finish 3rd, say if the Kirks had decided not to invest more, or Cookie had been poached, or a couple of the other teams had hit a mad winning run like last season....

Now how much on this season when on your jollies

[born in 1866]

 isleaiw1, on 16 May 2024 - 03:37 PM, said:

I'm sure they say something about not gambling when drunk or chasing losses... but glad it turned out well! And of course there was always a chance we wouldnt finish 3rd, say if the Kirks had decided not to invest more, or Cookie had been poached, or a couple of the other teams had hit a mad winning run like last season....

Now how much on this season when on your jollies

And of course there was always a chance we wouldnt finish 3rd, say if the Kirks had decided not to invest more, or Cookie had been poached, or a couple of the other teams had hit a mad winning run like last season. OR IF PUTIN FIRED A MISSILE AT THE SMH, OR MARTIANS INVADED OR MANDEVILLE CHOKED ON A KEBAB OR IF ALL THE TEAM WERE KIDNAPPED BY A GREEN MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE.
Stop digging that hole and just be happy for a Town Fan who raked in a few quid.

[isleaiw1]

born in 1866, on 16 May 2024 - 07:28 PM, said:

And of course there was always a chance we wouldnt finish 3rd, say if the Kirks had decided not to invest more, or Cookie had been poached, or a couple of the other teams had hit a mad winning run like last season. OR IF PUTIN FIRED A MISSILE AT THE SMH, OR MARTIANS INVADED OR MANDEVILLE CHOKED ON A KEBAB OR IF ALL THE TEAM WERE KIDNAPPED BY A GREEN MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE.
Stop digging that hole and just be happy for a Town Fan who raked in a few quid.

If it was guaranteed then the bookies wouldnt offer the odds, as they win overall...

I am glad Pete won, I've met him a few times, but I'm not a fan of gambling. If you'd had to borrow £5k when just married to pay off your brother in laws bailiffs (he was still living at home... and his initial was same as his Dad's so they were after family assets and father in law was too stubborn to pay) as a result of a gambling addiction, maybe you would be less positive about it. Something ironic about working for one of the UKs most prestigious casinos where people could lose £3m a year, difference being that they could afford it!

Have a good eve, no need to shout...

[born in 1866]

 isleaiw1, on 16 May 2024 - 09:21 PM, said:

If it was guaranteed then the bookies wouldnt offer the odds, as they win overall...

I am glad Pete won, I've met him a few times, but I'm not a fan of gambling. If you'd had to borrow £5k when just married to pay off your brother in laws bailiffs (he was still living at home... and his initial was same as his Dad's so they were after family assets and father in law was too stubborn to pay) as a result of a gambling addiction, maybe you would be less positive about it. Something ironic about working for one of the UKs most prestigious casinos where people could lose £3m a year, difference being that they could afford it!

Have a good eve, no need to shout...

Sorry to hear of your experiences but you can't blame a perfectly legal pass time that millions enjoy responsibly, wether it be horses, football, bingo, lottery or a raffle. A bit like condeming alcohol, another thing that millions enjoy responsibly, because someone doesn't know when to stop and becomes addicted.

[isleaiw1]

born in 1866, on 17 May 2024 - 12:38 PM, said:

Sorry to hear of your experiences but you can't blame a perfectly legal pass time that millions enjoy responsibly, wether it be horses, football, bingo, lottery or a raffle. A bit like condeming alcohol, another thing that millions enjoy responsibly, because someone doesn't know when to stop and becomes addicted.

Funny you should mention that, my wife was an alcoholic before she passed away. So yes, I believe there need to be good controls around availability, purchase by underage, price controls (the one thing I think Scotland have got right) and education.

Agreed both can be great when enjoyed responsibly but sadly because of the world we live in we have to manage to the lowest common denominator or else they will no doubt sue the govt / those that provide it / those that sell it at some stage in future.

It was the fags that killed my dad, I've got a full house! Funnily enough I dont gamble and I dont smoke (occasional punt on the lottery not withstanding where I dont expect to win!) but I do drink, and probably more than the medically approved amount...

Everything - gambling, alcohol etc - is so easily available these days, controls have to be much stronger. When my wife ran out she had to stop, these days get on line and get it whooshed by Tesco and carry on...