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[Haz40 WANTED $1,166 Outlaw]

After posting comments couple of days ago about people trying to get free money out the bandit and ranting over stories regarding massive loses I can only apologise for my outburst. Yes there are always people with underhand tactics but I have misjudged this forum completely. I have come to realise the generosity compassion and willingness to help from people on here is truly remarkable. I have seen 25 quid lent to a complete stranger. Nearly 2k given from the bandit to an extremely genuine unfortunate player on wild swarm and in general people offering help support and advice to anyone who asks. As gamblers we all have horror stories as well as occasional wins and we should be able to share that on here without prejudice good or bad. So again I can only say sorry for the misjudgement I have made so please don’t feel uncomfortable posting loses as well as the big wins. I wish everyone a happy and profitable new year

[The Bandit WANTED $5,354 El Bandito]

There was value to what you were saying mate as the stories do come along but like most people pointed out, they are usually pretty easy to spot. We have a good little active community going on here at the moment and even those posting suspect stories deserve the chance to become part of it, we all do our bollocks in at some stage as that is just massively the nature of the game – getting it off our chest is always a good thing to be able to do pretty anonymously on a forum full of like minded people, we can all relate as ultimately, that is why we are all here to begin with haha.

 

 

[Xbobmad WANTED $729 Outlaw]

There’s also the money being raised for a donation to charity for Bruce the Cat ? we’re a decent bunch sometimes ?

https://www.gofundme.com/bruce-the-cat-lets-blow-the-bloody-doors-off

 

[andywilliams1187 WANTED $398 Blocked]

I think it helps that there is a good mix of different age groups and people in different stages of their gambling “journey”.

Some are on unbeatable runs.

Some have done their bollocks in – but this is dependent on circumstances. Some people can say “ive lost £100 and im broke”, but others (including myself) have lost a lot more over the years (houses, wives, family etc). I think the balance is good as it allows people to share their experiences and give helpful advice.

No matter what you do, you will always find someone who will try and take advantage; but after a couple of posts its easy to see who is genuine and who is attempting to gain sympathy or get free money.

Most of the advice on this forum (i believe) is from people who have “been there, done that, lost the lot” and it can be helpful to people. A few years ago when I was really in the shit, it would have been great to come on a forum like this (ended up using GA which really was helpful if I am honest).

The people who are here to try and blag a few handouts will soon move on when they don’t get them. But I dont think theres anything wrong with wanting to help people who have been active in the forum, have asked for advice and done what most of us have done at some point, which is put themselves in a really shit position in life. If the forum/community can help just one or two people I think its worth it. Plus some of the threads are quite entertaining!!

[Haz40 WANTED $1,166 Outlaw]

Xbobmad wrote:

There’s also the money being raised for a donation to charity for Bruce the Cat we’re a decent bunch sometimes

https://www.gofundme.com/bruce-the-cat-lets-blow-the-bloody-doors-off

 

I know it’s a great idea and have donated already. What a top bloke Andy is for all the work he has done he’s a bloody saint and also jan1991 for the original original thread to give something back to the bandit. I have read all the posts

[Kingpab WANTED $149 Outlaw]

The other night when I lost £100. I feel sick that I put my self in that position by going in a bookies. I needed to say out loud I’ve fuck up  And writing it out on here telling ppl made me feel better. Sometimes just saying stuff helps. It shouldn’t be seen as someone begging. See it as someone getting it off they chest

[andywilliams1187 WANTED $398 Blocked]

Nothing wrong with getting something of your chest mate – we all love a good rant and it does help. Im a lot calmer now than i used to be but a few years ago if I lost a few quid at the casino, instead of venting on a forum I would go home, empty the safe and go straight back as i thought the casino owed me. A good rant might have stopped me doing that.

[Kingpab WANTED $149 Outlaw]

That’s the good thing. Stopping in your tracks by saying something . Years ago I use to go in bookies and either walk out skint after clearing my wallet then my bank account because of fobt roulette.

Or walk out massively up , BUT then think I’m invincible and blow the lot in another bookies then again my bank account.

Either way I was always skint. Maybe loaded for one night at most. Terrible terrible things.

The other night I screwed up went in bookies with £100 then lost went to bank another £200 down to my last £20.. I’m shaking feeling sick, knowing I’m going to go bk to bank and end up destroyed.

But then I hit 0 twice bringing my up to 200. I did another spin £20 lost. Then right at that moment I thought about the stories I’ve read on this forum which includes mine own posts. It made me hit collect and walk £100 down.

I was proud I walked but absolutely gutted I’d put myself in this position, even a £100 lost has made things hard for me going into a new year.

I needed to say something to someone, I’ve always been a secret gamberler so dint want to vent to my mate and look daft. But you guys I can say how I felt, what I needed to say to feel better. And it worked I expected the loss and haven’t gone chasing like before ..

This forum has a lot going for it. I’m here everyday

[Kingpab WANTED $149 Outlaw]

Excepted the loss, not expected

[chipnroll WANTED $17 Blocked]

moneys all relative to whoes spending it a loss always feels terrible iv put my self in some real shit situations that i shouldnt have and also won alot on casinos only to be fucked about with verification and lost the lot it was my fault i didnt have the patience but dirty sly trick by two big name casinos somewhere new now had a nice run cashed out £1530 locked the withdrawals if id have lost this would of been in shit basically learn by ya mistakes lock the withdrawal and think carefully if i loose this money will it matter that much? and if its a yes TAKE IT!! you can always chuck a few quid in later once you have the money in your account or even withdraw most of it if you still want a punt.

[andywilliams1187 WANTED $398 Blocked]

One thing that really helps me is my Mrs. I was honest with her from the start and she tries hard to understand how a gamblers mind works. Im completely honest with her over what I win/loose on any session, but as long as she knows that the bills are paid every month and we are not in any financial trouble she is ok with it; she knows with poker I have winning and loosing sessions but at the end of the year I nearly always have a profit overall.

She still throws it back at me every now and again “You won’t take me here for a meal as you say its to expensive but will happily go and play poker tomorrow and take a couple of k with you…….your a tit” hahahaha

[ar argyl53 WANTED $419 Outlaw]

Please don’t apologise for the outburst. At the time you posted it, I took it a little personally having recently taken a big loss and written about it here. But that doesn’t mean you weren’t right to express what you thought at the time, it’s what we’re all here to do. It’s good when opinions grate, gets discussion flowing. And it’s not like there aren’t people hoping to take advantage of The Bandit’s random acts of charity, we all know there are, it’s just also important that members feel like they can talk about bad days and losses, addiction and struggles without prejudice as to their motivation because these things are fundamentally part of the gambling world.

I for example never thought I’d be one of those people going “oh god guys, I can’t pay my rent” – for ten years plus, I’ve always thrown away most of my disposable income on slots and there’ve been a few occasions where I knew I’d played more than I was comfortable with, but I never went overboard with it, never left myself in a position where the criticals and necessities for living weren’t fully paid up first. The events of last week frightened me (hence the immediate Gamstop sign up) because it really hit me how easy it was; I only lost control for barely ten minutes. Ten minutes in ten years and it was enough for me to lose more than I would normally lose in three months.

A few weeks ago, I was elatedly posting a screenshot of a full screen of the 2nd highest premium symbol on Book of Ra – £1600 off an 80p spin. I definitely do not fall in to the “woe is me, I never get any good luck gambling” crowd. I’ve had some stonking huge wins over the years (I played at low stakes, so they weren’t necessarily huge in terms of cash but as multipliers of my stake, they’re up there in the hall of fame) and a lot of excitement and entertainment.

Gambling in any form is a personal decision we all make which gives us the beautiful, the good, the bad and the ugly and I feel like all of those should have a place on the forum.

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