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Jul 16, 02
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In regards to gambling and the side effects
There is a thread about gambling in habitual habits and some of you play, some of you don't and some of you wonder what if.
I just wanted to pass some insight from someone who has been through the good, bad and ugly. The saddest thing I have ever seen in regards to gambling is on welfare Wednesday. I was playing poker at the GCC on Broadway when I noticed that on certain Wednesdays the casino gets really busy. One day I took a break and walked around and realized a lot of these people I haven't noticed before and were rather scruffy. Turns out that these are people on welfare playing with their cheque money trying to mare a little extra so they can get by a little better. I felt sick when I see a few of their faces when they lose all their welfare money trying to make a little more. THey are wondering what they are going to do now that they have no funds. I can't say anything because no one forced them to play. You make a decision in life and you live with the consequences. Gambling is a VERY bad sickness that many people do not admit to having. I have seen people lose houses, families and even disappear due to debts owed to gangs/triads. I gamble, and I also voted against the resort casino project they had a few years ago. The casinos we have now slowly destroy people, a bigger one won't help the gambling problem we have now. My advice to you kids is to stop when you are young. If you haven't started then don't. I would never teach anyone to play a casino game. I don't want to be the one responsible for what happens later on in their life. If you play long enough, the casino will always win in the end. I personally have lost more than $200,000 in the last 10 years on those tables. $60,000 last year to baccarat alone. I guess life has a pretty expensive tuition. I can only imagine how different my life could be if I had those funds to use a bit more wisely. If you want a fortune cookie let me know. 
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Jul 16, 02
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i bought doggie fortune cookies in victoria, thanks anyways...
i buy scratch and win tickets whenever i find a buck or 2 in my couch... i usually win $2, buy more, then lose it... but i had fun scratching, so ... that's the closest i'll get to gambling... unless it involves taking clothes off...
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Jul 16, 02
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blackjack is the devil..
lost so much $$ in vegas.. well ive won some too.. problem is when youre winning, you play cuz you wanna win more when youre losing.. you play cuz you wanna break even.. its EVIL but oh so fun...
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Jul 18, 02
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If you've got to gamble... Cream.
That means you decide how much money you are willing to lose, say $50. Put the $50 in one pocket. Leave the rest in your car. Any winnings you make, put in the other pocket, dont touch it. When the original $50 runs dry, leave. If you have winnings, keep 'em. Even if it's $200, or $2000. Keep it and walk. Spend it on something else. Odds are the longer you gamble, the more chances you have of walking out with nothing. Thats how casinos make money. The odds are against you. Shitty thing about gambling though, is that $50 can last as little as 10 minutes.
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Jul 19, 02
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good stuff winston, I dont mind playing some card games, but yeah I always lose at cell fone blackjack. gambling has never really been a big deal in my family, you know dad takes $50 to the casino once in a blue moon, thats about it. casinos are like the midway @ playland... fun but not worth ur money.
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Jul 21, 02
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Gambling is scary shit! And I know I would end up fucked up in the gutter scrounging for change if I ever let myself go down that road...
So instead I started putting my money into the stock market. Cause that's no "gamble"... you KNOW you're going to loose it!
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Jul 21, 02
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Oh and I have heard many horror stories similar to MC Hammered's, but that still knocked me on my chair to hear an actual figure as to how much he had lost. To think about $200Large! Shit! I haven't even declared half that much to revenue canda in my life!
And the place I'm working right now - full of gamblers and a number of drug addicts and alcoholics. Some rough gambling stories being told over the last few weeks there. brutal. keep your coin in yer pocket. and your pockets in your pants.
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Jul 23, 02
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i could never be a gambler cause i don't know all the strange rules to a casino. the dealers and other players get mad at me for shit im not sure of.
i have a friend who is addicted to gambling. we will be sittin around the house and he'll tell the wife "we're gonna go say hi to my mom. Ollie hasn't seen my mom in a while." then when were in the car he's like "Ok were just going to the casino for a while first don't tell the old woman." he has lost tens of thousands of dollars in the last few months.
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Jul 25, 02
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sporadic positive reinforcements are the worse...
for example, if you experiment with a pidgeon and reward it every once in a while for doing a specific deed, it will keep on doing it in the hopes of being rewarded. I think instead of looking towards the amount of money you win, try concentrating on the amount of money you lose... the first time I went to a casino, I lost $20. I told myself I'd never gamble again. --Joanne :P
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Jul 31, 02
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but can win lots of money!!
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Jul 31, 02
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who cares?
you can win!!!
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Jul 31, 02
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That's what people hope.
The most I have won in a Canadian casino is $17,000. Let's say I got really lucky that day. In the US I picked up $22,000 once. But overall I'm in the losing side as I stated. The only thing close to gambling I can live off of is poker.
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Jul 31, 02
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of course you're on the losing side
you don't have the gambling gift.
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Jul 31, 02
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basically, I look at it this way...
there's a very small chance that you're gonna win anything even WORTH the time and effort you spend in a casino... plus, it can be highly addictive.... because winning just means more gambling... a losing streak can cost you your fucking house... in my opinion, why bother? --Joanne :P
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Jul 31, 02
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why bother?
cause you can win!!!
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