Quote Originally Posted by TheSituation559:
1) How long have you been gambling here?Ive been with the site for about 4 years but have been gambling on sports since 17 (26 now)
2) Are you in profits?
Right now I am probably up 3k if I had to guess. I've probably gambled winning and losing close to 500-600k lifetime. Hell on my cashback from heritage i've bet close to 85k since Jan 1st. This year I'm up 7k so far but lifetime probably about 3k up. Considering how much i've bet i'll take it.
3) Are you married / have children? If you do how do you cope with them as well as with your gambling?
Actually getting married in a couple of months. I'll admit it does get hard when i'm checking scores and she's pissed that I can't put the phone away lol but I don't make bets anymore if i'm going out. So my attention is on her but she knows if it's a big game we're staying in and watching the game.
4) Do you feel like you're in control of your gambling?
Yeah I feel like I do, I usually don't bet much from the end of football to start of football. Usually starting June - Sept I give it a rest but then i'm back on the grind. This is what I do and I enjoy doing it. I have a great job, I make over 100k a year. Worked my as.s off to get to where I am in life so I feel like I deserve to do this if I want to.
That's amazing you are up 3K lifetime...lol....I wish I could say that....Been gambling since I was like 12...maybe sooner with lotto scratch offs...lol..but I know those are a total waste now..probably started sports betting with those football parlay cards when I was 12-13...28 now...soon to be 29 on the 18th.....
Starting playing poker when I was 15-16...that's when I really became a gambler, grinder, rounder..whatever you wanna call it......still play on/off now...usually win more often now but not so much in years past but you live and you learn.......
If I'd had to put a number on it...I'd say I'm probably down 100,000 lifetime with all gambling (sports betting, casino (tables), poker, lotto numbers/win4) but who knows....it's really IRRELEVANT now anyways...and I could care less...I got over kmowing or wanting to know when I was like 16-17...you win some..you lose some.....Either way you are gonna spend the money..or save it and do something you enjoy doing...
Went to Vegas finally for my 1st time last year.....won 4500...mainly Blackjack, war and some roulette..I won 4 out of 4 on sports bets for between 200 and 400 each...wasn't really trying to spend my week researching, analyzing games handicapping in my hotel room lol.....didn't play much poker either because that requires more time and patience...lost a few hundred actually....had a blast though.....
Went back 6 months later and lost like 3,000.....Whatever....It is what is...I was actually down little over 4000 and made back 1100 the last day grinding out poker and a few solid shoes of blackjack.....and I was totally fine with it.....happens....still had a great time....
Money comes.....money goes no matter if you gamble or not.....that's just life.