I've been tempted by these online raffles when I see a car or bike I actually fancy. I thnk I have slightly addictive personality so I've steadfastly avoided them.....and it was a conversation with a fellow pilgrim on one of the most recent legs of the North Wales Pilgramage path. A friend of his recently won a BMW 1300 or 1250 GS which I mentioned here a few weeks ago....anyway, not for me I thought.
Mrs RP recently spent £15.00 on a set of tickets for a lovely Taylor guitar (retailing new at around £4k) - guess what she won it ! and is a lovely bit of kit which even as a non guitarist I can actually see what she loves in it....
Based on her luck I bought some tickets for a brand new BMW M5 Touring X Drive Competition -2.5 tons of V8 powered German high tech..I didn't win.....any experiences of winning anything ?
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I have a yearning for a Capri which keep popping up and have had a dabble. However there is no Capri on the drive yet.
I do know someone who won a Lambretta Scooter some time ago.
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I know someone who lives off gambling. He has no other income but does very well on the horses.
Unfortunately, he wont share his method.
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Statistically gambling is a mugs game. There are only two types of winner - the bookmaker and/or the charity for whose benefit a lottery is run. The punter nearly always loses.
There may be the odd 1% (probably less) who can consistently make a living from gambling - but it may equally be a claimed smokescreen to hide otherwise ill-gotten gains - drug dealing, online fraud, prostitution, benefit fraud etc etc.
There will, of course, always be "jackpot" winners - cars, houses, £££ - this has the capacity to change the gamblers life in a way that cautious saving in a building society never will - evidence that it is "better to travel in hope than arrive".
Last edited by: Terry on Sun 11 May 25 at 19:02
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>> Statistically gambling is a mugs game. There are only two types of winner - the
>> bookmaker and/or the charity for whose benefit a lottery is run. The punter nearly always
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As someone who likes a punt on the horses I am pleased that the bookies nearly always win. If they didn't, there would be none left in business and my harmless little pocket money hobby would be no more.
The occasional little success (This year £50 and £70 on a £2 double) does put a smile on my face, while being fully aware that putting the money in the building society each week would make me far more long term. But who the hell puts £2 a week in the building society?
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If you are a £2 better on horses then you don't have a gambling problem. But the enormous profits come mainly for.people who do,.whose lives are more or less blighted by it.
For those people it's a tax on what is really an illness.
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>> If you are a £2 better on horses then you don't have a gambling problem.
>> But the enormous profits come mainly for.people who do,
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Where do you get that info from?
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www.thalamos.co.uk/resources/gambling-addiction-related-medical-support-demand-surge
Provides some information.
There is a real problem with online gambling sites. They have algorithms that aggressively push offers to losers, especially big losers to effectively encourage them to lose more, including inviting them to special events - even after they have asked to be banned from the sites due to their additctions.
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>> www.thalamos.co.uk/resources/gambling-addiction-related-medical-support-demand-surge
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>> Provides some information.
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>> There is a real problem with online gambling sites. They have algorithms that aggressively push
>> offers to losers, especially big losers to effectively encourage them to lose more, including inviting
>> them to special events - even after they have asked to be banned from the
>> sites due to their additctions.
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So under two thousand people were treated for a gambling addiction in the UK. Quite a small number compared to the 7.5 million with an alcohol dependence -
alcoholrehabhelp.org/resources/uk/
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>> Based on her luck I bought some tickets for a brand new BMW M5 Touring
>> X Drive Competition -2.5 tons of V8 powered German high tech..I didn't win....
Never mind, at least you saved your spine and coccyx
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Very old joke (not very good joke) about a gambler retiring with no money put aside.
OAP Gambler "I put my money problems down to running 2 cars"
Neighbour "But you do not even have a driving licence!!"
OAP " One for the Bookie & one for the Bookie's wife"
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My only concession to gambling is premium bonds.It’s something to look forward to each month.
I think the government should heavily tax betting advertising.I use Sky sports and the amount of betting ads is enormous.
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Just opened today's emails to find a win of £15 from Postcode Lottery ! Should be paid directly into my Coutts account soon !
Ted
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As it happens, I am going to a wedding of one of the Coutts family later this year.
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I went to Coutts in the mid seventies in connection with my executorship of a settled estate of a wealthy relative in North Cheshire. I don't recall too much of the meeting nut I'm sure the staff wore frock coats and wing collars and we were given an excellent afternoon tea at the bank before coming home first class on the train. happy days !
The only relic of that family branch now is an ugly presentation jug covered in masonic symbols and dated 1829. Fairly crude pottery and damaged and glued many decades ago, it resides in my wardrobe. I keep thinking of restoration every time I watch the Antiques Roadshow ! I think the ancestor, James Dunkerley, was presented it by an agricultural lodge.
Ted
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Had a Coutts bank account when I was 17 and working for Royal Exchange Assurance. They were the Company’s bankers. All Coutts staff wore tailcoats. Statements arrived monthly in a stout envelope with a genuine wax seal. All cleared cheques were returned with the statement. Still got the embossed maroon cheque book cover.
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