Do you gamble periodically?

I bought the very first Lottery ticket way back in November 1992... I still have that Ticket it says ''Nuumber 1'' on it...

I bought a couple more over the years, and won Ā£10 and Ā£70... then that was enough for me.

When I see people queuing at the kiosk to buy scratch cards, and walking 2 feet before they must scratch it off.. I'm saddened..

Sometimes I've been behind people who are spending Ā£50 on scratch cards. They're like children in a sweet shop.. ''2 yellow ones, 3 red dragons''... ''4 Blue smarties'' 5 green skulls'' ( I'm making these names up) but that's how they go on.. choosing their preferred designs and colours.. ...wasting loads of money every week in the vain hope of winning something back
 
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I used to run the office NFL pool way back when but that is the closest I have come to gambling. I used to have to go to CES in Vegas every year and while everyone was off gambling , I sat and people watched in the casino's. I'm a very boring companion when it comes to trips to Vegas.
 
MarkinPhx said:
I used to run the office NFL pool way back when but that is the closest I have come to gambling. I used to have to go to CES in Vegas every year and while everyone was off gambling , I sat and people watched in the casino's. I'm a very boring companion when it comes to trips to Vegas.
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That would be me, in Vegas. I would enjoy the inexpensive meals, and maybe shell out big bucks to see a headliner.
 
My wife and I enjoy the casinos. We usually go to a nearby casino every 4 to 6 weeks. We used to go to Las Vegas every Fall, but haven't been there since Covid hit. I buy a lottery ticket once or twice a week....most of that money goes to the state education funding, so I just look at that as a voluntary tax. On an annual basis, our win/loss statements show we blow far less money than we would by taking a short cruise, etc. Plus, we get free hotel rooms and meals, so we have some fun without stressing our budget.
 
I have, but stopped. I'm an old stick in the mud these days boring as hell. I quit watching Baseball and football because they injected gambling (Draft Kings) and the like. My older brothers were degenerate gamblers and tried to make me into a horse handicapper. I made more money at the track from their uncertain last-minute bets I would pick up losing tickets and shove them in my pocket so it looked like I placed their bet for them.

This brings me to the Kentucky Derby, I hate the derby everyone is a professional horse handicapper on Derby Day if they could see these damn junkies ready to steal the pennies off of their dead Grannies eyes to make one more bet, maybe then they wouldn't be so quick to gamble.
 
Never buy lottery tickets or gamble at casinos, but I do place bets on sporting events.
Mostly the NFL, Premier League and I have my choice locked in for the 'Derby'.
Might sit down for a friendly game of Poker.

Never lose a lot or make a lot, just something I'm allowed to do.

 
hollydolly said:
No...I was married to a compulsive Gambler... it was horrendous... put me off gambling completely..
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My ex was also a gambling addict. The addiction took her from being the person, whom I could trust my with my life, to someone, who was a lying, deceitful human being that would walk over my dying body to get to a casino. Personally, I'm too cheap to gamble. Some how, I don't equate loosing money as "entertainment".
 
fuzzybuddy said:
My ex was also a gambling addict. The addiction took her from being the person, whom I could trust my with my life, to someone, who was a lying, deceitful human being that would walk over my dying body to get to a casino. Personally, I'm too cheap to gamble. Some how, I don't equate loosing money as "entertainment".
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Exactly my experience ^^^^...funnily enough despite the fact that money was always gambled away before it reached our home, which was hard, .. I found the lying to be the most difficult thing to deal with..
 
For a short time, I used to buy scratchers for entertainment. I had a budget for how much I was willing to spend on it. I kept a spreadsheet to keep track of how much money I was spending and how much money I won. I was mostly in the black. I got bored after a while but as entertainment goes, it was pretty cheap for the time spent.
 
I've only gambled a couple of times when I was in Vegas. A few bucks in the slots is all. Never bought a lottery ticket as it's usually one in a million (or 100 million) and I pay enough taxes already without adding even more.

I've know a couple of friends who gamble frequently; in fact they spend most of their $$ gambling. It can become an addiction that knows no boundaries. As has been noted by others already the lying & decipt that goes hand & hand with hard core gamblers is the worst of it. When you can't trust the person closest to you; you've lost everything!
 
When my eldest son came up to stay with me a couple of weeks ago, I bought him 5 scratchies for $5.00. When he scratched them $5.00 prizemoney came up and he said I could get 5 more if I wanted to. I went back to the paper shop I bought them from and got my money refunded. That's how much faith I have in winning.
 

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