[Icare dixit]

Who likes to gamble?

I don't and I wouldn't. My life is risky enough as it is.

I guess I just want to understand why one would do it.

I do like card games.

When I was 7, I used to play BINGO with my grandma at her senior citizen's center. It cost $0.10 to play a game... and there were like 30 old ladies there. So, if you won, you'd win like $3.

I kept beating all the old ladies at BINGO. (I guess I got lucky.) Then someone's b*tchy grandma got her old-lady panties in a knot because she never won a single game, so she b*tched to the BINGO guy that I "was engaging in underage gambling". I wasn't allowed to play anymore.

I think I had a lifetime earnings of like $30 over the span of 1 year.

[Icare dixit]

Originally Posted by bluebicycle

When I was 7, I used to play BINGO with my grandma at her senior citizen's center. It cost $0.10 to play a game... and there were like 30 old ladies there. So, if you won, you'd win like $3.

I kept beating all the old ladies at BINGO. (I guess I got lucky.) Then someone's b*tchy grandma got her old-lady panties in a knot because she never won a single game, so she b*tched to the BINGO guy that I "was engaging in underage gambling". I wasn't allowed to play anymore.

I think I had a lifetime earnings of like $30 over the span of 1 year.

That's so funny!

You could almost retire with those winnings. Hope you didn't serve time.

[st0psign]

I play cards with friends some times but its never more than 20 to get in, and when I'm out I'm out. don't do casinos or anything organized like that. I don't get all that.

Originally Posted by Icare dixit

That's so funny!

You could almost retire with those winnings. Hope you didn't serve time.

She was so stupid. I think she lost like $1 max? Maybe she was pissed because she took a massive sh*t in her Depends and no one was there to wipe her ass.

I did retire with my winnings, though. I was able to afford lots and lots of candy bars.

I ultimately decided to go back into the workforce... because I used up my retirement funds too fast. No jail time.

[hopeless2015]

I have a gambling addiction, has caused me a LOT of problems. I was so out of control at one point I would go on my lunch hour to gamble, I would sneak to play, I would lose my money and not be able to pay bills

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[annmaria]

I would gamble pretty bad, but got some control over it when I had children. But if I gamble today I would play hard and most likely get myself into to trouble. If I get very stressed out I can go on a spree. Gambling sucks and ruins your life.

[pirilin]

I was a gambler. Wasted a 1/2 a mill in two years. Two businesses and a marriage.
With children. Busted more than one piggy bank to gamble. They fell down, I said.
One day too late I realized I didn't wanted to win. But to lose. Pseudo masochism.

I'm a player now. Will never play against the casinos again.
I play poker and baccarat against other players. Casino gets a percentage. That's it.
It's the same thrill, only no remorse. And once in a while, your pockets are full of money.
A Bball game here, a horse there. Not excessive. Don't need it to support a family either.

Gambling is the worst of all drugs. And I know drugs.
The gambler is always well dressed. Lots of jewelry (fresh out of the pawn shop),
Manicure, power haircut and French perfume.
Who is going to help someone like that?
The junkie is dirty, smelly, living in filth. He has a change for help. Not the gambler.
Typing this brings painful memories. I hope my pain does some good.

[Isaiah712]

I play fantasy football and the leagues have an entry fee (a pretty small one), so I guess that qualifies as gambling. I tend to win though, so its low risk to me and keeps my mind off other things for a time.

The first time I went legally gambling, I hit 150.00 on a machine. I cashed out and spent it in the gift shop. I prefer shopping to gambling. Playing the nickle slots can be fun, I just don't like to lose money, so if the payback isn't good, I go to my room and watch a movie and order room service. My mom loves to gamble and my father doesn't. Guess I take after my dad on this one.

I'm not into gambling at all. I work way too hard for what little money I have is how I see it.

In elementary school, I bet 5 cents on a football game. I recently bet with my BF over a tv show actor question. I KNEW I was right. But he disagreed just to lure me into betting on it. Kind of weird, but whatever. He had to do the dishes for a month.

But gamble money? No thanks.