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best advice ever is this:
dont EVER back any team just to win, dosent matter who theyre playing, theres a few every single week..ie certs, who'll let u down, and ive noticed this over a period of around 7 years now. Try the 1 goal plus thread on this forum, if u can start with say £100 u may be able to constantly withdraw after only 10 winning bets, keep doing that til uve recovered at least some of what uve lost best wishes, weve all been in somewhat similar positions as urself, me inc. |
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forget about the money
can you face losing your partner? |
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Tony Broke 15 Jan 09:46
best advice ever is this: dont EVER back any team just to win, dosent matter who theyre playing, theres a few every single week..ie certs, who'll let u down, and ive noticed this over a period of around 7 years now. Try the 1 goal plus thread on this forum, if u can start with say £100 u may be able to constantly withdraw after only 10 winning bets, keep doing that til uve recovered at least some of what uve lost best wishes, weve all been in somewhat similar positions as urself, me inc. It took you 7 years to realize that even very short favourites sometimes lose ? |
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Not read the whole thread but it appears that you dont know what you are doing ie you have no advantage over the majority of other punters and certainly no edge over those that do know what they are doing. There seems absolutely no reason why you should win. Given which, you may want to reduce stake sizes. All the best
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eddie, no! just trying to point out that in 7 yrs of being on here it never surprises me to see shorties not win, the original poster was sometimes backing teams to win, thats all.
And im pretty certain almost everyone has at some time, thought that some teams have been the original 'free' money bet... |
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Reading the last few comments and in fact reading the whole thread again it seems to be the most sensible thing is for me to stop.
I feel that even if I tried to win about £6 - £10 per day I'd be risking about £50 quid per day to do this ie. laying correct score or laying away teams priced 5's or above. These seem to be 8/10 winners imo but a couple in a row and I'm back to square one. I also feel that whilst watching that match go on I'd be having a look at snooker/darts/tennis etc. and the downward spiral continues. My partner (who knows me better than most) predicts this also and says it will be ok for about a month and then I'd up end with a bday day which will wipe it all out. I have a good job and am happy in life but I just feel that watching sport especially when my team isn't playing holds no interest. I enjoy the thrill of a gamble but obviously hate it when I lose (the bigger the loss the worse I feel - stands to reason really). I'm 85% convinced that option 4 (to give up totally) is the right thing to do but I just wonder if I really kept my discipline and even set a losing limit on BF whether I could enjoy a 'fun gamble' without the big losses. They have hit me hard and have really given me a wake up call. |
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Barry while your mindset is like it is and your after a buzz, you have to stop. I lost thousands in my early years, I was an addictive gambler in every sense, I lost everything, never owned anything and would even have to walk to work as I had gambled my bus fare. Then the buzz left me, I no longer got a thrill from it, just massive downs. So I stopped like that, I then saved up for a car, went on holidays, got a house, had money in the bank for the first time in my life and more important was debt free, that buzz was bigger then any I ever got from gambling.
I bet now and for decent stakes to my income, but only on sports I know about and watch regular, mainly my username above or follow people I respect on their sports, I have no interest if it is on TV or not, the only thing I care about is making money and I do pretty well. I not perfect, but I no longer bet for the sake of it. I also get no lows anymore as when I place a bet I know long term I will do well and the bet was placed for the right reasons. When I enter the bookies now and see people running around trying to get dog bets on or filling up the machines, I pity them and realise that could still be me. Been there mate and if you get a buzz out of gambling and it is not just now and again, you have to stop, you will never ever win long term and will have far more lows than highs, find something that really gives you a buzz, I did a bit of voluntry work to fill my days up and that give me far more than screaming at a tv all day. If I ever get that addiction back and feel the need to bet for the sake of it, I would have to stop, I could never go back to that life. Best way is don't read the racing post, go on betting forums, or any other thing that may tempt you. GL whatever you decide |
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good post that ^
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Most people on here have had similar experiences. If you look at those bets, then you have to consider yourself very unlucky to have had such a poor run. You desperately want the money back and the inital temptation is to chase.
A few years aqo I chased a lot and usually got away with it. Then I blew 8k chasing. I decided to just write it off temporarily and at some future date I was going to have a huge footy or snooker bet and get it all back. I then just went back to my normal betting routine and as time passed it bothered me less and less. Even now I chase occasionally. Only the other month I had 1.2k on Man U to win as I was annoyed at messing an earlier bet up and losing a few hundred. Man U failed to win. Today I have backed 4 horses - all at decent odds. Everyone of them got beaten by less than 1/2 length. Very frustrating, but I know long term I will win so I have no desire to start chasing. I know you so want that money back and can suggest something if you want to email me. However if you have decided to give up completely then dont bother. abconno at yahoo dot co dot uk |