Gambling....

[tinkerbell23]

Im rubbish at it lol....

Made a Wm Hill account have spent £10 on footie/dogs/horses and have made £1.80 woooooooh!!

Im rubbish!

X

[Psybbo]

Tinks, go easy, in fact, don't bet at all. It can become addictive and costly. Online betting is too easily accessed, sibs x

[Gavmacp]

Tinks I know you have a little time on your hand at present but is this the best way to spend it?

[tinkerbell23]

Och its just £1 a time honestly! Dont worry!!!

Mr tinks puts a coupon on now & again so i do £1 or two and today i know is a big race.

But dont worry i wont be addicted i have a wedding to pay for lol!!!!!!!!! Just a flutter xx

[tinkerbell23]

My grandad follows trainers he always bets horses.

Im crap never win lol. X

[steg]

Hopefully you got £8.20 of entertainment out of it

[paulllambert]

I was just going to ask a question on here, along the lines of " how do BIG gamblers cope with anxiety?" I've just won £400 on the first two races at Cheltenham. Yippee, well done me, BUT they say on TV a punter has had £60,000 on this horse, £50,000 on that horse. I know my heart couldn't take it after what it's been through this past hour.

[tinkerbell23]

Oh god id never ever gamble that amount even if i had it!!!!!!! X

[Sycamore3House]

I too have a WH account. I put £10 on it about every 3 months. I do not do the lottery but have a bet each weekend plus cheltenham week and the aintree festival.
I put a bet on this morning for 20p for 4 races. 3 have won. 1 to go. Will only win £2.70 but that is a good return for 20p. Also done a lucky 15 costing £3.00 2 horses placed with one to go. Probably get my money back.
But when the racing is on the telly it is better than watching 6 balls come out of a machine.

[AlwaysConfused]

I originally put £10 on my ladbrokes account about a year ago. I'm down to about 50p balance. Won some, lost more, but I do have fun with small (sometimes silly) bets.

[Sycamore3House]

I enjoy watching National Hunt racing live when possible if not C4. (not flat to me boring) today has been another display of the best in this field.
I have a bet every week for ridiculous amounts that is not going to make me rich. I do go out quite often on Sunday's for lunch with the winnings though.
What always annoys me is people who do the lottery (and put far more on that each week than I do on racing) do not seem to think they are gambling.

[paulllambert]

The hot favourite has just fallen at the last hurdle, when well clear. The commentator said, in the build up, that someone had put £120,000 on to win £ 100,000. Now, I like a bet, but surely that's a case of more money than sense.

[Sycamore3House]

Bets like that are unbelievable. But the money involved in the sport is amazing. Good & unexpected pay day bonus for Paul Townsend the winning jockey.

[woofgang]

what about the poor bloody horse?

[tinkerbell23]

Heres me gambling my £1 haha!

£120,000- my god!!! X

[Svejk]

///what about the poor bloody horse? ///

It's fine.

[tinkerbell23]

The horse walked away ok didnt it? I didnt watch on TV i just flicked by the channel x

[Psybbo]

Thanks Svejk, lovely little horse, Annie Power. I'm glad she's ok

[Hopkirk]

If you want to make money out of gambling you need to be a bookmaker.

[paulllambert]

I think the bookies got out of a jail at the precise moment the animal hit the deck, as three "good things" had already won. Jammy devils.

[Ken4155]

paullambert; your stake must have been a fairly hefty one if you won £400. If you took SP, you would have had to stake £100.