Do you gamble ? [Archive]

Mithrandir

06-20-2006, 00:20

Same here Lehesu..

silly thing is I can spend well over €50,- just on liquer on a saturdaynight without regretting (well, the next day when I get the headache I do), but when I lose €5,- (in 10 games of €0,50) I can get really frustrated...

Justiciar

06-20-2006, 01:37

Apparently I have a poker face.. so maybe one day I'll put it to good use!

Kanamori

06-20-2006, 01:59

Only in combination with being screwed up, preferrably being drunk and high. Some of my friends and I do it for fun. The point is usually to brag about how much you lost though, and just to have fun not knowing what the heck is going on.:laugh4:

Redleg

06-20-2006, 02:53

Do I gamble - every day is a gamble.....

However I do place wagers down on several different things spread out through the year.

Twice a year I go to Louisana to do a little Riverboat gambling hitting the Blackjack and Craps tables. Craps has a strange alure for me, I know it will normally end up with me losing - but damn it I just want that "Yo Eleven"...

I also go about once every two monthes to play in a poker tournament - its a lot of fun for very low cost - normally on $50 and I have basically gotten it to pay for itself. ie I can normally place in the money.

And then once a year I try to go to the track to do a little betting on the horses.

All in all - I have made a few dollars gambling over the years - (however I am sure I have lost it back over the years also.)

solypsist

06-20-2006, 04:03

i gamble (with my life) every time i step on a plane.

discovery1

06-20-2006, 04:22

No, although I have made several abortive attempts to understand poker. Maybe one day I will, course then I will have to get good at it, being from Vegas and all.

But the rest of you, you should all at least twice a year come to the magnificent City of Sin and blow lots of cash. You won't regret it, especiall you Kuri. Why bet on the lottery when you can bet on Megabucks instead?

Divinus Arma

06-20-2006, 05:35

Craps in Vegas at the Casino Royale mid strip. Love it.

Play the pass line with odds, and you reduce the house edge to the best odds in all of Vegas. Comes to about a 0.54% house edge. Yep you heard right.

For every $100.00 you put down at the table, you will walk home with $99.46 statistaclly speaking, provided that you never spend the house's money. That means you get to play and drink all night virtually for free.

Once you win back your original playing money in house cash, then feel free to play the field, or the Big 6 Big 8 or hard numbers, but don't touch those until after you win your cash back on the basic passline with odds bet.

PLayed with $600 last time, came home ahead at $680. I would have had more, but I tipped the dealers $25 and played hard tens when ever the button was on it.

Final note: Know your shooters and Know if you are a shooter or not. If you crap out quick twice in a row as the shooter, then just skip the dice when they come your way. Nobody wins if you don't feel your luck as the shooter. Last time I went, I got burned twice up, so I just skipped it. Some random black dude came up and just tore the house to shreds every time he had those dice! I'll never forget this guy. Every time he rolled, he yelled in his gritty Louisina accent, "Comon dice, aaaaaah!!!" Bizarre, but what a shooter. :2thumbsup:

discovery1

06-20-2006, 05:51

You are a good man DA, even if I have never heard of the Casino Royale. Did you go anywhere else while in Vegas? 'The Wynn' has a great buffet.

Banquo's Ghost

06-20-2006, 07:04

I guess I'm a disgrace to my genetics, as possibly the only Irishman in history that has never gambled - not even on the gee-gees.

My mother taught me that if I had any spare money, I should invest it or donate it to charity. Yup, I'm that square. :shrug:

ajaxfetish

06-20-2006, 08:34

Only if you consider long-term mutual fund investment gambling.

Ajax

Tribesman

06-20-2006, 08:42

Rory Banquo and Ajax
Investments , both short and long term are gambling .

Ser Clegane

06-20-2006, 08:53

Investments , both short and long term are gambling .

As the last couple of weeks clearly prove :bigcry:

naut

06-20-2006, 09:03

A little bit of World Cup / Champios League betting with friends. Nothing really official.

Idaho

06-20-2006, 10:04

I play a lot of poker. I was going to go to the casino and play tonight but I am too tired. The missus said:

"Why not do something else?"
"Good idea" I said "I'll invite some of the regulars over to play cards"
"No, something other than poker"

"What is this 'other than poker' you speak of?" :inquisitive:

Ja'chyra

06-20-2006, 10:19

Not really, put a couple of £'s on the national and rarely play the fruit machines in the pub, that's about it.

AntiochusIII

06-20-2006, 10:30

As the last couple of weeks clearly prove :bigcry:Bad luck in the market?

I'm living in Las Vegas; I never gamble. Nor drink. Nor acquire the services of prostitutes. Nor visit half, nor even one-tenth, nor one-hundredth, of the hotels.

Go figure.

macsen rufus

06-20-2006, 10:46

I really don't see any attraction in gambling at all. I have a paper shredder, could just feed cash into that and get the same reward. Whatever turns you on, I guess.

When I have cash to burn there's a world full of hard liquor, loose women, and illicit drugs out there, not to mention adventure on the high seas (oh, and the mortgage and pension plan) :laugh4:

Tribesman

06-20-2006, 10:56

As the last couple of weeks clearly prove
Now is the time to buy then .

Banquo , do you not even play 25 ? Thats not really gambling , that is just a friendly social pastime , with lots of arguements thrown in for good measure .~;)

matteus the inbred

06-20-2006, 10:58

Play poker with me mates every few months. It's more an excuse for a beer and a curry and a bit of laugh, really. Got one this weekend, Texas Hold'em. My luck often runs good and I usually come away with the most money but that's certainly not fooling me into taking it seriously. I've got no illusions about my poker playing!

A.Saturnus

06-20-2006, 16:18

"The lottery is a tax for people who don't understand statistics" - proverb

I've invested in the stock market and I don't think it's gambling... though I lost dearly :embarassed:

Lemur

06-20-2006, 16:23

The lemur seems to have a talent for cards. Last time I was in a casino, I started playing blackjack with $100, and walked out with $2500. I've never come away from a for-money card game with a loss.

I should probably use this skill more often, but I'm worried my luck/skill won't hold out forever, so I gamble sparingly.

Devastatin Dave

06-20-2006, 16:30

I've done some slots a couple of times. Lost my money and didn't do it again. You can keep gambling, I'll find something else to do.

Redleg

06-20-2006, 16:34

The only wisdom I have learned about gambling is never drink heavy and gamble. You come out the loser everytime.

Anyone ever wonder why in Casino's the drinks are free........ (the drinks are really free in the end.)

Duke Malcolm

06-20-2006, 16:41

With the dawn of free periods in 6th Year at school, we regularly gamble in the canteen alongside our idle bets. We play poker from time to time, and Scubby Queen (which does not involve money, rather the well-being of ones knuckles...)

doc_bean

06-20-2006, 17:06

I don't gamble btw, since I'm too poor/cheap. I'd like to try my luck sometime, but I doubt I have the winner mentality, I always let other people win in games (cards or board games) because I want to 'try something really cool'. Maybe if I'd have money riding on it, I'd be a little more careful ?

As the last couple of weeks clearly prove :bigcry:

I've invested in the stock market and I don't think it's gambling... though I lost dearly

Hey, my family has a long term investment in US dollars FROM WHEN THE EURO WAS BELOW THE DOLLAR ~:mecry:

IMHO the stock market is definitely gambling, it's not much different from sports betting, you just try to pick the winners...

Avicenna

06-20-2006, 17:45

Nope. Why gamble when you know you'll lose?

Banquo's Ghost

06-20-2006, 18:31

Rory Banquo and Ajax
Investments , both short and long term are gambling .

You're right of course*. :embarassed:

However, I took the question and poll to be aimed at what we would normally consider gambling/gaming rather than all aspects of life that might be termed a 'gamble'.

In the wider sense, you could say I was an addictive gambler merely for risking our beloved road network! :scared:

(*I hope I didn't come across as 'holier than thou' in my original reply. I was taught to be careful with money and gambling in the usual sense was not a pastime I would have enjoyed because of that 'conditioning'. I have no issue with those who enjoy the activity).

DukeofSerbia

06-20-2006, 19:09

I occasionaly bet on football, basketball or/and ice-hockey.

doc_bean

06-20-2006, 19:15

In the wider sense, you could say I was an addictive gambler merely for risking our beloved road network! :scared:

Yes, but I should have specified gambling with *money*. Gambling with your life is something different.

Tribesman

06-20-2006, 19:37

In the wider sense, you could say I was an addictive gambler merely for risking our beloved road network!
Yep , what odds would you give that the driver behind you hasn't even got a license, about 4:1 :no: the odds on them being drunk ....I suppose that varies widely on the area and time of day .

IrishArmenian

06-21-2006, 02:02

Scubby Queen (which does not involve money, rather the well-being of ones knuckles...)
I knew it as, in English, bloody knuckles. I used to play cards a lot in school. My cousin and I got so much money for charging people to protect their money, because there was this kid that not many could take in a fit and he would steal their money. Then, when some kid thought that using money in the actual game instead of paying later was stupid, he brought chips and slips. After you won, you tallied up how much everyone owed you.
My favorite gambling of course, was when I was 12-15. I would pick some guy who thot we was great, bet him I could beat him up, and then punch them until they fell down. I would then ask him if he had enuff. If not, the I would sit over him and punch him while he was down. If he didn't pay after that, I searched him for his wallet and took a little more for my troubles. I had it down to a science. It ended when I turned 15 because that was the year when I was no longer small.

Tachikaze

06-21-2006, 06:50

I am about zero gain/loss at Las Vegas blackjack (two occasions).

I did my best gambling at the Del Mar horse racing track, also on two occasions. I think I made between $250 and $300 in one day.

The key was that I went to the paddock and watched the horses before the race. I chose a horse that was in a good mood. I don't care how good a horse is, if it doesn't want to run, it won't win.

The best gamble was on a horse that was 19-1. I chose it because it was the only horse that looked ready to go. The most exciting was when another horse I chose came from fourth in the outside of the last turn to win in a photo finish. I was next to the fence at the finish line when they came across. They had to delay the announcement to check the photos.

Banquo's Ghost

06-21-2006, 07:13

My favorite gambling of course, was when I was 12-15. I would pick some guy who thot we was great, bet him I could beat him up, and then punch them until they fell down. I would then ask him if he had enuff. If not, the I would sit over him and punch him while he was down. If he didn't pay after that, I searched him for his wallet and took a little more for my troubles. I had it down to a science. It ended when I turned 15 because that was the year when I was no longer small.

I think you'll find that's not gambling but extortion with menaces. I guess 15 is the age of criminal responsibilty in Armenia and you would have started facing jail?

:no:

Tribesman

06-21-2006, 17:02

I think you'll find that's not gambling but extortion with menaces.
Nope its a gamble , a gamble that the person you pick on is neither faster nor meaner than you are .
Now some people do wish to try and tilt the odds , by producing a blade for example , but that often means that the persons losses are far greater .

BTW Banquo , I cannot believe you don't play 25 , and as for gambling on the roads , you spent too long out foriegn , its bloody hard to adjust again innit .

Vladimir

06-21-2006, 17:46

Blackjack. I can always turn a profit. ~:pimp:

Banquo's Ghost

06-21-2006, 21:04

BTW Banquo , I cannot believe you don't play 25 , and as for gambling on the roads , you spent too long out foriegn , its bloody hard to adjust again innit .

No, it's true - never played 25, though I do like watching when the teams go at it. Shows you the power of conditioning! :sweatdrop:

And yes, I have been away too often - loonies you can find anywhere, but loonies and potholes is just for home! :jawdrop:

IrishArmenian

06-21-2006, 21:14

Nope its a gamble , a gamble that the person you pick on is neither faster nor meaner than you are .
Now some people do wish to try and tilt the odds , by producing a blade for example , but that often means that the persons losses are far greater .

See, there is the gamble. I stopped not because of facing jail, but because no one wants to pick a fight with a big guy. I was very small for my age up until that point.