I ran into a good friend of mine yesterday, I hadn't seen him for a few weeks and i'd heard that he may be ill, so I was understandably happy to see him, but he did indeed look unwell, and I was concerned. I suggested we grab something to eat, to which he agreed zealously, but on the way we were about to pass a BetFred, and he stopped me saying he couldn't go any further and sheepishly said he'd see me later, before striding away briskly in the opposite direction.
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I was bemused.
Was he feeling sick?
Did he owe someone in the betting shop money, and couldn't pay?
The mind was boggling.....
Granted, he didn't look in great shape, but there was something else that struck me, I couldn't put my finger on it, but he looked...................
Skint.
Something was clearly not right, so I jogged after him and asked him if he was okay. He looked straight at me, and having composed himself hit me with some truly devastating news, that he had been diagnosed with Roulette.
Needless to say I was stunned by this, and instinctively consoled him. Then he went on to explain;
"I'd been feeling a bit skint recently, and decided to go to the doctors about it. He examined my pockets and wallet and sent me to a specialist for further tests, because he was concerned. The specialist rang me last week to ask me to come in. By this time I was worried, because i'd lost my dad to Roulette when I was 12, and was acutely aware that it could strike me down at any time. When I got there I was sat down face to face with the specialist. I knew what was coming, he had tier written all over his face. He proceeded to tell me that extensive tests on my bank accounts has shown up several over the counter switch transactions in numerous chain Betting Shops, and that he was very sorry, but I had Roulette, the news I had always feared."
I asked him how he was coping, and he went on;
"This might sound strange, but to begin with the news just didn't sink in, I didn't feel upset, just........well.......resigned to it I suppose. I guess there is no right or wrong way to take such news, you just deal with it in your own way. The specialist explained that it wasn't a particularly aggressive form of the disease, certainly not the sort that tore through my fathers wealth, and that it was totally treatable. This gave me something to fight for, and I felt a surge of self-belief. But later I became emotional, after all, what If I couldn't beat this terrible affliction? My thoughts turned to my family, what if I was too skint to buy gifts for my wife? What if I missed my children growing up because I was sat shaking in front of a Global Draw in Corals, chasing voisins de zero, with a mixture of crack addicts and Somalians feeding off my misery as I threaded note after note into the terminal? "
I totally empathised with what he was saying, after all Roulette has blighted most peoples lives one way or another. He has a long gruelling journey ahead of him, but if anyone can beat this terrible disease, he can.
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I've done plenty enough through bookies roulette in my time. Only had a casino dabble once (Edinburgh) as i live in an area which is low on casinos and have no inclination to go out driving to get a fix at my nearest!
Best? £2100 up in an afternoon. Worst? £700 down in about 4 minutes, with 7 £100 spins losing in a row. You have to go through something like that to know what feeling truly sick is like. Empty, horrid feelings :x
It's hard to put a finger on exactly why that wretched game is so addictive when you know you are so likely not to win anything.
Just the buzz of those big wins keeps you going back for more....
Best? £2100 up in an afternoon. Worst? £700 down in about 4 minutes, with 7 £100 spins losing in a row. You have to go through something like that to know what feeling truly sick is like. Empty, horrid feelings :x
It's hard to put a finger on exactly why that wretched game is so addictive when you know you are so likely not to win anything.
Just the buzz of those big wins keeps you going back for more....
"Sixty percent of the time, it works, every time!"
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Speek to a few members on here and they will tell you £700 down in nothing, try 20k lolMattb wrote:I've done plenty enough through bookies roulette in my time. Only had a casino dabble once (Edinburgh) as i live in an area which is low on casinos and have no inclination to go out driving to get a fix at my nearest!
Best? £2100 up in an afternoon. Worst? £700 down in about 4 minutes, with 7 £100 spins losing in a row. You have to go through something like that to know what feeling truly sick is like. Empty, horrid feelings :x
It's hard to put a finger on exactly why that wretched game is so addictive when you know you are so likely not to win anything.
Just the buzz of those big wins keeps you going back for more....
Yep, i'm well aware it's piss all compared to some peoples! 
I'm not a complete addict and don't spank every last penny i've got through one for the sake of it, i just sometimes get carried away after a nice win (like many others i'd assume) and don't value the money enough, and have often frittered it away stupidly.
I'm usually well behaved enough most of the time though
I'm not a complete addict and don't spank every last penny i've got through one for the sake of it, i just sometimes get carried away after a nice win (like many others i'd assume) and don't value the money enough, and have often frittered it away stupidly.
I'm usually well behaved enough most of the time though
"Sixty percent of the time, it works, every time!"
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" I HAVE ROULETTE ".. better than scabies i guess.. but hey.. at least he stopped dead and turned around... more than most would do... 
" wrote: I dont wear trackies neithersmart G-star jeans, lacoste t shirt and ted baker jacket all worth about £1.98 for the lot?
" wrote:Harder?? you must be joking im doing 300 viagra a day no fuss. SICKKKKK RAISEEEEEE M8
Are they the ten pin cylindrical on those? Just need a couple of somalians and crack heads to bugger about in the shop and with a.....sorry where were we?
Yes, beautiful post McStreak, beautiful. I see this is a clinical thread, so I have a clinical question.
I have always been a fit, healthy slotter full of vitality. I keep my peachy complexion, peachy, by spending at least ten hours a day in pubs, bingo halls and arcades. My skin has adapted to the electromagnetic spectrum of emissions given off by fruit machine bulbs and I can manufacture enough vitamin D off these bulbs alone to prevent scurvy and keep my skin healthy. In all seriosnissosissisity (TM), I realise that roulette is broadly diagnosed into two forms. Chronic roulette and acute (benign) roulette.
Several months back, distressed at losing a couple of very good hits early on in my route and wanting to check something on a bookies terminal, I wandered in and had rather a funny turn. Afterwards I felt delirious and when I checked my wallet over £1000 was missing! Naturally I phoned NHS Direct straight away and they said I may have been struck down with an acute form of roulette. A nurse came on the phone and said "Time for your injection" "oh cheeky" and "I'll start at the bottom and work my way up". I asked for another nurse to come on the phone. This nurse said I needed to go home, have a good strong hot cup of tea and pull myself together. She said I had strains of emotional immaturity and social insecurity inside of me that had over taken my system and caused an acute attack of roulette during a depressive phase. I was given an appointment to check in at the local hospital and the psychiatrist informed me that the roulette was benign but that I should check my head regularly for lumps of roulette on the temples and if in doubt inform a specialist straight away.
To this day my head has remained roulette free, I have no familiaral history of roulette but recognise that my personality profile type lends itself to compulsive chronic roulette. I understand the underlying dangers and seriously hope this thread helps people to stay on track.
My question to myself and anyone else IS am I able to stay free of roulette?>
Yes, beautiful post McStreak, beautiful. I see this is a clinical thread, so I have a clinical question.
I have always been a fit, healthy slotter full of vitality. I keep my peachy complexion, peachy, by spending at least ten hours a day in pubs, bingo halls and arcades. My skin has adapted to the electromagnetic spectrum of emissions given off by fruit machine bulbs and I can manufacture enough vitamin D off these bulbs alone to prevent scurvy and keep my skin healthy. In all seriosnissosissisity (TM), I realise that roulette is broadly diagnosed into two forms. Chronic roulette and acute (benign) roulette.
Several months back, distressed at losing a couple of very good hits early on in my route and wanting to check something on a bookies terminal, I wandered in and had rather a funny turn. Afterwards I felt delirious and when I checked my wallet over £1000 was missing! Naturally I phoned NHS Direct straight away and they said I may have been struck down with an acute form of roulette. A nurse came on the phone and said "Time for your injection" "oh cheeky" and "I'll start at the bottom and work my way up". I asked for another nurse to come on the phone. This nurse said I needed to go home, have a good strong hot cup of tea and pull myself together. She said I had strains of emotional immaturity and social insecurity inside of me that had over taken my system and caused an acute attack of roulette during a depressive phase. I was given an appointment to check in at the local hospital and the psychiatrist informed me that the roulette was benign but that I should check my head regularly for lumps of roulette on the temples and if in doubt inform a specialist straight away.
To this day my head has remained roulette free, I have no familiaral history of roulette but recognise that my personality profile type lends itself to compulsive chronic roulette. I understand the underlying dangers and seriously hope this thread helps people to stay on track.
My question to myself and anyone else IS am I able to stay free of roulette?>
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i wondered wtf was going on when i saw the thread title by Maestro McStreak,i naturally thought 'my god he's got the lurgy' and although i was relieved to find out he was still in tip top condition i do feel very sorry for the mate the post is about, and indeed harry too 
i don't really have any devils wheel based anecdotes from personal experience ,but i know a lad from where i used to live who was a half decent poker player,he even won a seat in a satellite tourney to one of the e.p.t locations somewhere in the med,can't remember where or whether he even cashed in it but he used to make regular money from poker anyway.he used to get stuck right into fobts often,and once lost several thousand in a couple of hours.
it makes you wonder how people who normally possess high levels of discipline ,such as him or indeed any pro slotters out there,manage to slip up and get sucked in on roulette
i think i'm very lucky with this because it just does'nt do a sodding thing for me ,maybe i have a mutated gene that makes me immune .
i'd gladly donate to the vaccine.
i don't really have any devils wheel based anecdotes from personal experience ,but i know a lad from where i used to live who was a half decent poker player,he even won a seat in a satellite tourney to one of the e.p.t locations somewhere in the med,can't remember where or whether he even cashed in it but he used to make regular money from poker anyway.he used to get stuck right into fobts often,and once lost several thousand in a couple of hours.
it makes you wonder how people who normally possess high levels of discipline ,such as him or indeed any pro slotters out there,manage to slip up and get sucked in on roulette
i think i'm very lucky with this because it just does'nt do a sodding thing for me ,maybe i have a mutated gene that makes me immune .
i'd gladly donate to the vaccine.
for shame - as any midshipman knows, scurvy is directly attributable to vitamin C deficiency.
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
I remember going into a casino for the first and only time years ago with a few friends and regret it to this day.
I lost around £170 and two of my mates lost well over £300.
Anyway, I got home in the early hours having left them there and went straight to sleep. Woke mid-morning on the Saturday feeling good for a few moments then BANG! It hit me like a size 10 Doc Marten straight in the nuts, as I remembered just what I'd done.
As I sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands, I swore I'd never go in one of those places again and never have.
I lost around £170 and two of my mates lost well over £300.
Anyway, I got home in the early hours having left them there and went straight to sleep. Woke mid-morning on the Saturday feeling good for a few moments then BANG! It hit me like a size 10 Doc Marten straight in the nuts, as I remembered just what I'd done.
As I sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands, I swore I'd never go in one of those places again and never have.
well you shouldnt be to downhearted as that is a very cheap lesson, I would gladly take that any day!jesterman wrote:I remember going into a casino for the first and only time years ago with a few friends and regret it to this day.
I lost around £170 and two of my mates lost well over £300.
Anyway, I got home in the early hours having left them there and went straight to sleep. Woke mid-morning on the Saturday feeling good for a few moments then BANG! It hit me like a size 10 Doc Marten straight in the nuts, as I remembered just what I'd done.
As I sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands, I swore I'd never go in one of those places again and never have.
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There was me thinking you were guarenteed to win first time to get you hookedjesterman wrote:I remember going into a casino for the first and only time years ago with a few friends and regret it to this day.
I lost around £170 and two of my mates lost well over £300.
Anyway, I got home in the early hours having left them there and went straight to sleep. Woke mid-morning on the Saturday feeling good for a few moments then BANG! It hit me like a size 10 Doc Marten straight in the nuts, as I remembered just what I'd done.
As I sat on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands, I swore I'd never go in one of those places again and never have.
First time I went to a real casino I won just over £200 and thought I was untouchable and had a system that couldn't fail