Two Stories… both brief
I used to sub-manage a pub and got a formal written warning from the brewery as some of the regulars complained that I would constantly be winning on the fruit machines and must have been fixing them. What I was actually doing was watching them play during the day and making a mental note if they were up or down generally. If they were significantly down I would put a couple of quid in and more often than not would win…. purely based on the odds of paying out.
The second story involves a free sign up bonus to an online casino. £10 free, no deposit. Played a bit, won a bit, lost a bit, down to last 50p. Doubled up on Blackjack a few times and then roulette. Moved onto the slots as I couldn’t withdraw the money until I’d played something like 500 times the £10. S0d it, just play at £10 a spin!..kept winning (well often). Upped it to £50 a spin. 😯 At one point I had over £3k in the bank, but it wasn’t really my money as it was the free bet stakes. Went down to about £900 all playing for what I thought was tokens.
Thought I’d check to see if I could withdraw. I could. Small print says can only with draw £50 of free bet winning, but only after I paid £10 into the account to activate a paypal withdrawal. Fine. One spin and a £70 win. Lets see how much I could withdraw. It let me withdraw over £900!! All paid and spent now! Now if only I’d withdrawn at £2k…. oh well. Was never my money… well it was..
They keep emailing me with all these extra new offers as a high stakes player etc.. bonus etc..
Ive resisted. Ive closed by account, changed the password to something random.. I’ll never go back… but it is tempting…..that’s why I changed all my details, I’m sure I could reactivate the account if I really wanted to, but trying to make it as difficult as possible. Its scary. If I’d know I was gambling that amount every 5 seconds I would have bottled it.
Never again.