Your worst experience betting / gambling

Lost £100 quid with a straight flush online Poker cash game.

My cards 4 & 5 hearts

Board 6, 7, 8 and two random cards

Other guy 9 & 10 hearts.
 
fbloke said:
Back in the days when Casino's were for gamblers and not for the wider public (it was far enjoyable then as well BTW) I had many a nice night eating fine food, drinking fine wine and enjoying a Montecristo Nr 2.

I rarely gambled much as i rarely had that much I could afford to lose (Montecristo's arent cheap you know) and I was always there for the atmos and the feeling that it was something more than a night in the pub or at the dogs (not anymore in most places sadly).

On one occasion though I was in a fine mood, good company and hob-nobbing with a few well known Mancunians and had a bit of early fortune on the corners at roulette.

I was soon about a ton up, not much even then back in the 80's but I was enjoying myself as the company was good and the whole ambience was spot on.

I decided to try a few numbers and remembering a system I saw someone else using I picked 7, 12, 28, 29, 35 - they are a group of numbers on the wheel close to 0.

I was putting 50p on each number, playing my winnings, so the bet was £2.50 per spin - nothing huge there.

If a number comes up you get £18 back and that happened quite a lot.

As I was playing a colour (you would pick up 36 coloured chips each time) I was soon asking for some of the payout in cash as well.

It wasnt that long before I was over £200 up on the night. So lets have a bit more fun, £1 per number - the bet now paid out £36 when it came in - (I was also moving my set of numbers following the pattern of where the ball was landing, trying to get ahead of the dealer if you will.)

5,24,10,23,8 were next and I soon got used to the phrase 'can I have a pony with that'.

So now I was on something of an extraordinary run of luck and was simply popping any new 'ponies' into my suit pocket.

25,17,34,6,27 and it continued coming on far more than not.

I even took a few spins rest when the dealer changed and noticed the pattern of he next one was pretty regular as well.

Back to 7,12,27,28,29 more luck.

Within an hour I was having to use another suit pocket for a mixture of ponies and fiver chips!

I counted what I had in front of me and I had £450 in ponies on the table plus another £30 odd quid in my colour.

God knows what I had in the pockets but I knew I was enjoying myself. I reckoned on being about £800, possibly £900 in 'in the pocket' profit. Good times.

I took £350 of the cash chips from the table and dropped them in my suit pocket with a guestimate putting me a grand up on the night, sweet as a nut.

And now this is where fbloke either grew some massive bollocks or became silly depending on your own perspective.

It was pony time on the numbers, £125 a spin so I had perhaps 2 decent spins and then I would have used the colour up, taxi and in bed by 2am.

Nope, the first one landed £900 on one spin. Fuck me solid.

I got paid in plaque chips, just like James fucking Bond!

Now all night I had been leaving any winning chip in place, just for luck.

And for the first time the number doubled. Another £900.

Then the fecker came in again. Another £900.

I am sat there like some top gambler with a cool as a cucumber look of 'oh this is just normal for me' or so I thought.

Anyway after about an hour of some luck, some not I decided to call it quits. My luck was runnind out and I decided that I wouldnt break one of the plaques. They were now in the pocket of my suit as well.

Cashing out at a casino after a big win (well any win TBH) is a lovely sensation, pure bliss. In fact it is one of the few things that lives up to the image portrayed in the movies.

So as I empty my bulging pockets I cannot believe what I have done. More and more chips, £500, £250, £100, enough ponies to choke a donkey.

To watch the hands of the cashier as she sorted, stacked and counted the lot was mind numbing.

£14,550 was the total I got paid out that night.

I dabble every now and then and normally end up in profit but the next best win has been a couple of grand, but I rarely get more than a few hundred quid up at best now.

But its not the same anymore, smoke free (i am a non smoker but used to dabble with cigars as they go well with whisky and casinos) and clinical I am just glad I did it when Casino's were as I always imagined them.

Sorry for the long post but I enjoyed recalling that :-)
...and that's your worst betting experience?<br /><br />-- Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:46 pm --<br /><br />
blue b4 the moon said:
Lost £100 quid with a straight flush online Poker cash game.

My cards 4 & 5 hearts

Board 6, 7, 8 and two random cards

Other guy 9 & 10 hearts.
Surely you could see the odds of that before you bet?
 
Had City to beat the Rags 3-1 Fowler 1st goal - Then SWP (remember him when he was good!!) scored No.4 and it cost me £390.00!! Proper bitter sweet moment that was.
 
Markt85 said:
Big G said:
Monaco - £10k on black :-(

seriously ? and why ?

Last day there, wasting time and just spending what I had left from the trip, I had budgeted and spent alot less so had about £100 left over,
Nipped in, had a beer and a bite so bye bye £30 odd , sat at the wheel and got lucky and giggled.
 
ages ago, I used my dad's credit card (allowed) as I was underage (17) at the time, collected £700 quid worth in an account over the course of 8 months of betting on football. I then went to withdraw all the money, told my Dad I was (he give me £700 in cash)...but then he tells me cancelled that credit card last week! which meant I would have to order for a £700 cheque, betting site (PaddyPower) basically because of susbstational size, asked for I.D and what not, I couldn't give it to them, stupidly without thinking about situation that did happen, put all my details down, except age of birth 18...so in reality, nothing I could send to them would add up which meant I lost out on £700 and 8 months of hard earned betting.

Moral of the story is to get a better Dad.
 
Not a betting man myself but I experienced this with my Brother throughout the day of the event and witnessing everything unfold.....

in the 2005/06 season I think Everton Vs Chelsea

My Bro was desperate for cash and was adamant that Chelsea were gonna beat Everton at Goodison, so adamant he convinced my Mum to lend him £1000 to bet on this game.... including the £750 he put on it, the odds were good and he'd get a decent return to pay for whatever it was (travelling or something)

Anyway SWP gave away a penalty :( and it ended 1-1

Losing £1750

Never did he forgive Shaun for that ever again (haha)
 
Note to anyone...Do not sign up for a live betting service involving your phone contract.

I used to use BetNow. Literally any game i watched, id have a bet for £3. I had the occasional big win, but didn't half get a shock some months when i got my phone bill.
 

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