Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:25 pm
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:26 pm
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:27 pm
Aramore wrote:They reckon the drug dealers have got in on the FOBTs by betting their earnings to legitmise them.
They put 50 on red 50 on black and one on 0 and any losses they call taxes and then they have the betting slips to explain any large amounts of cash they're carrying around.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:46 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:51 pm
JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:57 pm
Aramore wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
I lost a tenner on one of those grabber machines once![]()
Never been inside a bookies since
Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:58 pm
JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:03 pm
Daya wrote:Not being thick - but these machines what are they exactly
Are you on about the roulette wheel type ones ?
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:04 pm
Aramore wrote:They reckon the drug dealers have got in on the FOBTs by betting their earnings to legitmise them.
They put 50 on red 50 on black and one on 0 and any losses they call taxes and then they have the betting slips to explain any large amounts of cash they're carrying around.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:05 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:07 pm
JAWS wrote:My advice to anyone reading this,stay off those machines in the bookies you'll never win and they'll eventually take everything you've got or can get your hands on.
Their called the crack cocaine of the high st for a reason.I've seen lots of lives ruined by them.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:08 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:10 pm
Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
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on serious note - polo keep it going fella and good luck beating the habit
* SERIOUS POST *
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:12 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
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on serious note - polo keep it going fella and good luck beating the habit
* SERIOUS POST *
Cheers mate.![]()
Ask Nanny Mcphail I prefer to laugh about it rather than wallow in self pity.
I finally done it this time though I think. Only cos my wife has confiscated all my bank cards and gives me pocket money
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:14 pm
Blue_Always wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
f**k, this was a few years ago on the 5o pence a go machines. Gambling Regulations must have changed since then.
A jackpot must be huge if it's 2o pound a spinThe fact I focus on the jackpot and not the ludicrous cost shows just how easily we can be sucked into the addiction. All people see is the possible fortune coming in.
Recently a smartly dressed guy approached me in the station asking for 50 pence towards buying some milk and othyer essentials for the weekend, I knew he wasn't a junkie so I asked why he needed it. said he blew everything on the bookies bandit.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:16 pm
Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
![]()
on serious note - polo keep it going fella and good luck beating the habit
* SERIOUS POST *
Cheers mate.![]()
Ask Nanny Mcphail I prefer to laugh about it rather than wallow in self pity.
I finally done it this time though I think. Only cos my wife has confiscated all my bank cards and gives me pocket money
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back on the Rob then !
* Disclaimer Non serious post *
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:19 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:Blue_Always wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
f**k, this was a few years ago on the 5o pence a go machines. Gambling Regulations must have changed since then.
A jackpot must be huge if it's 2o pound a spinThe fact I focus on the jackpot and not the ludicrous cost shows just how easily we can be sucked into the addiction. All people see is the possible fortune coming in.
Recently a smartly dressed guy approached me in the station asking for 50 pence towards buying some milk and othyer essentials for the weekend, I knew he wasn't a junkie so I asked why he needed it. said he blew everything on the bookies bandit.
£500 is the most you can win on them in one go but you could win that a couple of times in a few spins.
Most I have put in one was £2000 and I eventually got back up to £1800 so only a £200 loss.
Somethings not right when you celebrate losing £200 like youve just won the lottery
Other times not so fortunate and lost £1000 plus on a few occasions, and £500-£1000 more times than I care to remember.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:20 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:JB39. wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
I used to hate losing £1 on the 2p slot machines in the arcades in Porthcawl.
Cant beat the 2p penny falls. Used to bang them in Barry Butlins set the alarms off, get a chase from security.
![]()
on serious note - polo keep it going fella and good luck beating the habit
* SERIOUS POST *
Cheers mate.![]()
Ask Nanny Mcphail I prefer to laugh about it rather than wallow in self pity.
I finally done it this time though I think. Only cos my wife has confiscated all my bank cards and gives me pocket money
![]()
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back on the Rob then !
* Disclaimer Non serious post *
Oh thats another story Steve, I had a "Worral Thompsonr" addiction to pinching my lunch every day from the supermarkets, then getting mroe daring and walking out with a full trolley full.
Got caught pinching a cheese sandwich from Tesco though and banned from the store for 3 months![]()
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Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:35 pm
Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:Blue_Always wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
f**k, this was a few years ago on the 5o pence a go machines. Gambling Regulations must have changed since then.
A jackpot must be huge if it's 2o pound a spinThe fact I focus on the jackpot and not the ludicrous cost shows just how easily we can be sucked into the addiction. All people see is the possible fortune coming in.
Recently a smartly dressed guy approached me in the station asking for 50 pence towards buying some milk and othyer essentials for the weekend, I knew he wasn't a junkie so I asked why he needed it. said he blew everything on the bookies bandit.
£500 is the most you can win on them in one go but you could win that a couple of times in a few spins.
Most I have put in one was £2000 and I eventually got back up to £1800 so only a £200 loss.
Somethings not right when you celebrate losing £200 like youve just won the lottery
Other times not so fortunate and lost £1000 plus on a few occasions, and £500-£1000 more times than I care to remember.
Fooking hell, make me fill better now , in Vegas placed 800 bucks on number 2 on mo Jo stag do ( 100 bucks each ). Came straight in on the nose ..... Thought I was Charlie sheen and we wobbled out at 10 AM without a cab fare between us![]()
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Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:58 pm
Mario Polotelli wrote:Daya wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:Blue_Always wrote:Mario Polotelli wrote:£500 is small peanuts on the FOBT's. You could blow that in 2 minutes. 5 spins x £100.
f**k, this was a few years ago on the 5o pence a go machines. Gambling Regulations must have changed since then.
A jackpot must be huge if it's 2o pound a spinThe fact I focus on the jackpot and not the ludicrous cost shows just how easily we can be sucked into the addiction. All people see is the possible fortune coming in.
Recently a smartly dressed guy approached me in the station asking for 50 pence towards buying some milk and othyer essentials for the weekend, I knew he wasn't a junkie so I asked why he needed it. said he blew everything on the bookies bandit.
£500 is the most you can win on them in one go but you could win that a couple of times in a few spins.
Most I have put in one was £2000 and I eventually got back up to £1800 so only a £200 loss.
Somethings not right when you celebrate losing £200 like youve just won the lottery
Other times not so fortunate and lost £1000 plus on a few occasions, and £500-£1000 more times than I care to remember.
Fooking hell, make me fill better now , in Vegas placed 800 bucks on number 2 on mo Jo stag do ( 100 bucks each ). Came straight in on the nose ..... Thought I was Charlie sheen and we wobbled out at 10 AM without a cab fare between us![]()
* Serious post *![]()
My wife has banned me from going to Vegas, with good reason I must say.
Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:46 pm
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Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:27 am
jtc wrote::thumbup: pleased for you chris.good on you.smackerz tookro
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:59 am