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[Haz40 WANTED $1,166 Outlaw]

When your losing if it’s in the bookies , arcade,  casino there’s always a lurker. Your there ramming 20’s in fobt with some idiot watching you lose every spin then says ” are you winning mate?” You feel like saying didn’t you just see me print off that imaginary ticket for 3k. No you didn’t cos it didn’t fuckin happen. When bandit lost the 7k in the bookies you can only imagine what he’d of said if someone asked him. Countless times I’ve had 5 bonuses , scatters, leps on rainbow riches, even 5 scrolls and someone says ” wow that’s gonna be jackpot ” and it pays about £100 quid. Or chasing a gold pot when they started at 250 and it’s on 500 and someone says ” have you won it yet pal?” I bet there’s one in every town who is well known for it. So share any stories about the lurkers you have encountered during your gambling days.

[1p 1pstaker WANTED $25 Outlaw]

It is one of the main reasons that betting shops have stopped being a good place to go. People hovering around the FOBT’s, trying to tell you what to bet on, and then without fail “I told you that number was coming, sort us out a couple of quid” . Dunno about one in every town, these ponces are 10 a shop in my area!!!

[blacko1974 WANTED $248 Spectator]

Yeah the lurkers are everywhere across the country pestering people who want a quiet shot at the FOBts. Gets on my tits when i’m playing roulette and they call out the number as soon as it starts spinning, I know a lot of people can tell but shut the fuck up and let the punter see for himself. Then you get the scroungers who are right behind you when your collecting money, always a fucking sob story. When I win a wedge ( which aint often ) I slip the girl behind the counter a few quid then I give money to the old guys who pass racing info to me.

[Jamie1872 WANTED $6 Outlaw]

Had it a few times but they usually hover about just over your shoulder but its off putting especially ones who watch your balance or bet amount. There was an old guy who would do his bets then basically annoy everyone at the machines with hanging over their shoulders making ohhh noises and comments along the lines of your doing £2 a spin, thats my number and that was close etc I didnt mind it but it did get annoying when you were losing or had a good valance and he is broadcasting it.

[fo forgotoldpassword WANTED $3 Outlaw]

So annoying these people, being a few ton deep and they’re over the shoulder saying nice win mate when you get a £80 win or something  – always have to tell them to piss off else they’ll literally just sit there watching constantly. Funny how people like this are in every bookies!

[Green2711 WANTED $492 Outlaw]

Used to be my pet hate when going into a bookies that, your trying to enjoy a session and some lanky streak of piss comes up to you wearing a 20 year old lacoste tracksuit with stains all over it, stinking of piss, breath like a badgers arsehole and the stereotypical baseball cap then proceeds to try get chummy with you and being an overall Captain Hindsight….you know 0 hits “you should have covered 0 mate” “Fuck me, d’ya think, Einstein?” then they ask you to spot them a few quid so they can have a few spins. Fuck off ya cretin!

Part of the reason I don’t play FoBT’s anymore!

[Anonymous WANTED $483 Inactive]

Not being racist or owt….

But the lurkers are usually asian!

[StuartK91 WANTED $27 Outlaw]

A guy i know comes for a pint every saturday to play the fruity and does not flinch unless its 125 or above (250 jackpot).. anyway he went out for a smoke one day, didnt leave any credit in and i put a pound in, long story short i accepted his £50 offer and he got a mega streak for £235, best dollar i’ve ever spent.

[St Steller WANTED $34 Outlaw]

One cheeky bastard actually stopped the game i was playing and tried to tell me to play Roulette and use his numbers.

[Mickeyvondickey WANTED $181 Outlaw]

Ever had to do a runner to the bank to get more cash? The fuckers have pounced while the chair seat is still warm from my arse!

[k6 k6kaysix WANTED $51 Outlaw]

They don’t generally seem that interested unless you’re on roulette to be honest

Scariest encounter I ever had looking back was in that Crystal Rooms arcade in London on Leicester Square, a couple of guys started striking up random conversation about what I was playing and so on, a short white later felt a discreet hand try entering my coat pocket so they were obviously trying to nick my cash, told the staff who were TOTALLY disinterested!

In the end I just kept bouncing around machines until they gave up, they wouldn’t have got anywhere as all my cash was in the inside pockets anyway but these days they would have probably just knifed me haha!

[Eightblack WANTED $446 Outlaw]

I used to frequent a Ladbrokes and there was this dude in his mid forties in there always dressed in full on chav wear (matching cheap tracksuit, dirty fake englad cap, old lonsdale trainers etc) and he’d only ever place tiny bets on the horses and loiter around the fobts waiting for you to get a win  so he could shuffle over and suggest you cash out and buy some fake baccy off him while you have the money ? I’m sure he had a deal with the bookies as they never told him to leave

[St Steller WANTED $34 Outlaw]

Just Basics wrote:

Not being racist or owt….

But the lurkers are usually asian!

I have mixed race people in our family, so i’m not being racist either, just telling how it is. Used to use a bookies that was filled all day and every day by groups  of asylum seekers. Wtf did they get money to be in the bookies that amount of time? – staff told me they were there all the time. Sad to say, but the Africans made the place unberable to visit with their constant, almost hysterical racket with every spin of the wheel. Simply couldn’t put up with it anymore so i stopped going there.

[Jamie1872 WANTED $6 Outlaw]

The bookies outside and around Glasgow Central Station are murder for the ones who hang about the machines essentially trying to use your money to play their game their no quick to say zero lost heres your stake back since i suggested you cover it but if you win its i should get few quid for that tip.

My mums partner drives the hackneys and he says that their a few that go in lose their cash go out n beg for more  then straight back in the bookies. I have seen it it in Renfrew a man and a women doing the same. I feel sorry for them but been told that they have a house and gambiling just got a hold of them so thats why you see them begging sometimes. I havent seen them in ages right enough so hopfully they got help.

My mums partner thinks that the Glasgow one is a bit of a con by a few of them since they see them clean looking and heading away for the night. But if you are begging just to gamble you must  be spending your money on it as well to stage your skint.

[Kingpab WANTED $149 Outlaw]

The Africans alway lurk. Cheeky fuckers even try to ask for winnings if they say a number when you are betting.

 

Scary guys as well over your shoulder saying I choose that number, you should pay me.

I walk past at different times of day  don’t go in any bookies anymore but they are always there.

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