While this title will seem extremely dramatic I want to clear one thing up… the likes of Steven (bandit) and Paul (Rocknrolla) maybe did save my life.
I want to start by stating I’m a 33 year old very healthy male. I have no health conditions apart from the fact I would gamble on two flies climbing off a sh*t. I have always considered myself to be quite intelligent and often unique.. that was until I realised I had a gambling problem.
I knew from the moment I lost a months wage in under 20 mins in a FOBT chasing zero and eleven that I wasn’t normal.. gambling addiction creeps up on you sadly. It starts out with hitting a number.. or rolling in a fantastic screen of wilds.. or a straight up jackpot off a minuscule stake.
I like many I presume, chased and chased my money for years thinking I’ll get it back eventually, not knowing that the bug had taken full grip of me. But chasing money in a bookies is like trying to grab a greased up penguin.. it ain’t gonna happen.
I can’t honestly remember the exact date I realised I was being a moron throwing money away because in all honesty I would throw it away tomorrow if I could get into a bookies or an online site.
Gambling is horrible.. I’ve stolen, borrowed, sold things and bought things to sell all in order to feed a crippling impulse. Gambling isn’t like drugs, alcohol or any other disease because you can hide ALL OF IT behind a fake smile and an overdraft.
Ive rambled on long enough to get my message across that I’m anti gambling. But one thing I will always respect and take great solace in is the way “Bandit” operates and goes about his videos.
Never once have I been asked to sing up to a dodgy link, log in to a questionable site, begged for a donation, bombarded with a mass of adverts or had my eyes insulted with disgusting click bait and gimmicky pictures.
Bandit has kept things the way he’s always done it and although his stakes have increased over the years.. nothing else has.
I know for a fact that watching him has helped me scratch an itch that will NEVER go away and although I will always be a gambling addict I take great comfort in knowing I have an escape in the form of someone else gambling. (We all get excited when he wins..)
Finally I want to say a massive thank you to Steven himself and whoever else helps run his accounts etc as they do more good than harm. I consider him a last remaining veteran of good in a community full of frauds, thief’s, villains and cretins.
Gamstop and bandit saved my life. No word of a lie!
