The Perils Of Privatisation - Part X
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Gambling, What's The Best Thing That Can Happen?
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.......you win? err nope that's the worst thing that can happen. I've known several people who won a jackpot on a fruit machine or had a good night at the casino etc, and that started a destructive addiction. Having flirted with gambling on occasion I count myself lucky to just be the the occasional punter. Just ask yourself a question why do gambling opportunities exist? So the best thing that can happen early on is that you lose all your wages in 5 mins one week and never go there again.
.......you win? err nope that's the worst thing that can happen. I've known several people who won a jackpot on a fruit machine or had a good night at the casino etc, and that started a destructive addiction. Having flirted with gambling on occasion I count myself lucky to just be the the occasional punter. Just ask yourself a question why do gambling opportunities exist? So the best thing that can happen early on is that you lose all your wages in 5 mins one week and never go there again.
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Gambling is a funny old addiction, or at least it was/is to me. The horses were my choice for the buzz, although most forms of gambling gave me some sort of 'lift'. I didn't see any harm in it. For some reason I used to look upon those who used the slot machines as fools. You would never catch me doing that I thought, it's not proper gambling. That should have been a...
16:08 Wed 17th Mar 2021
It's a very serious problem. In the 'Olden' days one had to physically go to the betting shop/bingo/casino -now you can gamble away your Benefit money on your sofa -it's ridiculous all these adverts for online Bingo and free bets. These ads should be banned in the same way cigarette ones were, that would be a start.
One of my wife's friends git seriously into gambling on the net from home. She had cancer, and was very ill and just got pulled into it at home, she died. I felt so sorry for her husband who worked away a lot and with in a few weeks he'd lost his wife and then realised that she'd spent almost all the equity in their house. Poor guy was pretty suicidal himself when he realised he had nothing left.
//no that encourages more participation, that's when it becomes destructive//
I did read it, ttt. I just don't agree. It becomes destructive when people become addicted. And while I fully agree those people should get much more help than they do, I don't agree the answer is to ban everything that might cause a problem, like some kind of nanny state.
Realistically, if you have a point- we would ban all gambling, smoking, alcohol, sex, drugs, exercise.... and everything else that a minority get addicted to.
I think you need to support the people that do struggle, but not necessarily remove it from everyone else, who can keep it under control.
We have alcoholics, so should we ban alcohol?
I did read it, ttt. I just don't agree. It becomes destructive when people become addicted. And while I fully agree those people should get much more help than they do, I don't agree the answer is to ban everything that might cause a problem, like some kind of nanny state.
Realistically, if you have a point- we would ban all gambling, smoking, alcohol, sex, drugs, exercise.... and everything else that a minority get addicted to.
I think you need to support the people that do struggle, but not necessarily remove it from everyone else, who can keep it under control.
We have alcoholics, so should we ban alcohol?
If you have an addictive nature, almost anything you do can become an addiction; drink, drugs, gambling, womanising/manising (all things which can ruin your life and lose you everything you claim to hold dear). I cannot get my head around the fact that those gamblers who lose oodles of dosh believe they will ever get it back. Chasing one's losses is a sure-fire path to destruction.
pixie: " I don't agree the answer is to ban everything that might cause a problem, like some kind of nanny state.
Realistically, if you have a point- we would ban all gambling, smoking, alcohol, sex, drugs, exercise.... and everything else that a minority get addicted to. " - who said anything about banning anything?
Realistically, if you have a point- we would ban all gambling, smoking, alcohol, sex, drugs, exercise.... and everything else that a minority get addicted to. " - who said anything about banning anything?
why are there fruit machines in pubs? Because they make a profit. How do they make a profit? because they take in more money that they pay out. A regular fruit machine player cannot win on a fruit machine over all yet they play them all the time. Not only are they the most boring things in history they have the worst possible payout ratio!
TTT, when i was a steward of a local club, the two 'bandits' were emptied twice per week; Thursday and Saturday. For about a week after one (or both) of the jackpots had been won, there wouldn't be a great deal in either (£100 or so). However, the more the jackpot built up, the more we took out of it, sometimes clearing £500 from both. And, yes, we did have a few customers who believed they could outsmart the machine. 99 times out of 100, those customers went home with nothing but loose change in their pockets.
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