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jp_bl_68

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There are plenty of poker players here but I was wondering if any of you like to play any other games of chance. The reason I ask is I was thinking about getting back into backing horses. I've been to Brighton and Cheltenham a few times in the past and always won more than I lost.

So, any other gamblers here? What do you bet on and how do you do?
 
I go to the casino quite a lot.
Biggest win ratio, £660 after going in with £10. Bought me a nice shiny new computer.
We don't talk about the losses.

Used to play the horses a two years ago but it was either get into it more seriously or just get out of it totally so bailed.
 
I used to be into the horses. Used betting software to place the bets for me. Was great at first but as Ahleckz said, gets to the point were you either go hardcore (5K/10 of 'investment' in my case) or bail. I bailed after realising i didnt have the balls to let a bad bet go.

But if you do have the 'balls', then you can make a living off it. You may make 4k a month but 'only' come out with £1200 after losses.
 
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Ali195 said:
I used to be into the horses. Used betting software to place the bets for me. Was great at first but as Ahleckz said, gets to the point were you either go hardcore (5K/10 of 'investment' in my case) or bail. I bailed after realising i didnt have the 'balls' to let a bet go bad.
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How does it get to that point where it's all or nothing?
 
We used to have a great bonus chasing thread concentrating on blackjack

between us we won over £0.25 million
 
quarter of a million pounds

was poss quite a bit more in reality but there were prob some who didn't list what they made

I made about £14k

the opportunity to do it now has largely gone as T+Cs on the bonuses have been tightened up so much
 
I used to play fruit machines back in the days when the jackpot was £25. I was never brilliant at them but they were great fun. The £35 jackpot started to wean me off them, and now that they're £70, that's me, gone, kaput. They're now basically AWPs with club machine code.
 
Monserrat said:
I used to play fruit machines back in the days when the jackpot was £25. I was never brilliant at them but they were great fun. The £35 jackpot started to wean me off them, and now that they're £70, that's me, gone, kaput. They're now basically AWPs with club machine code.
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They have really put their foot in it with pub machines, no one seems to play on them these days

The speed they can get through £20 or more has just put everyone off
 
Rotty said:
quarter of a million pounds

was poss quite a bit more in reality but there were prob some who didn't list what they made

I made about £14k

the opportunity to do it now has largely gone as T+Cs on the bonuses have been tightened up so much
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I miss those bonus days. Blew all my winnings but lived like a king for 2 years.

Even got my family in on it, guaranteed they couldn't lose, any profit, split half with me. I did all the work. The hard part was convincing people there was no risk.
 
MiNxYyY said:
you bet aginst england? ;)
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No lol. I took advantage of the free bets Betclic and 888sport were offering. Basically deposit £20, place a bet, if you win you get your winnings, if you lose they will refund you.

I lost both bets, so had my £20 returned at both places.

Betclic deposited £20 into my bank account. 888sport also deposited £20 back into my account then later that day, they deposited another £20 and haven't asked for it back yet :)
 
I used to play on online casino's a lot and in a little over 2 years i made 40k. This money paid off a lot of debts and allowed me to do a lot as a student, i also retained a good chunk of this money which is now being invested into property.

Online casino's used to be brilliant for exploiting, these day they have really wised up :(
 
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