New Posts For Thread: Why is gambling so boring?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boringI was playing baccarat the other night and I suddenly thought: why is this SO boring? It's even boring when you win. Roulette - like low-grade racing it's an insult to the intelligence though with racing it's kind of like having numbers on the wheelgambling on the horses is the greatest game in the world especially at big prices ,ok you will have plenty of losers at the odds but a 20/1 plus winner is like a double hit of smack and cocaine ,you could have done a fair bit of dough and feeling dowhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856763#562856763gambling on the horses is the greatest game in the world especially at big prices ,ok you will have plenty of losers at the odds but a 20/1 plus winner is like a double hit of smack and cocaine ,you could have done a fair bit of dough and feeling dowWed, 11 Jan 2023 05:46:27 -0600Bingo is popular because - like the lottery - it gives the impression to losing punters that they were very close to winning, encouraging them to try again.At the point were the lottery machine has drawn 5 of your 6 numbers with one ball to come - yohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856551#562856551Bingo is popular because - like the lottery - it gives the impression to losing punters that they were very close to winning, encouraging them to try again.At the point were the lottery machine has drawn 5 of your 6 numbers with one ball to come - yoWed, 11 Jan 2023 03:37:31 -0600gambling may or may not be boring. i dont think it is. but you can become bored by it. for most its a fantasy of winning big without doing much. and thats a tantalising prospect when you dont have much. it certainly was for me when i was labouring onhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856411#562856411gambling may or may not be boring. i dont think it is. but you can become bored by it. for most its a fantasy of winning big without doing much. and thats a tantalising prospect when you dont have much. it certainly was for me when i was labouring onTue, 10 Jan 2023 18:56:54 -0600To go back to the OP - if gambling is 'boring' then why do it at all? To win money of course, but often that's also not a reality for many that still continue to gamble.Seems to me that it must be evidence that gambling isn't boring really, or at leahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856405#562856405To go back to the OP - if gambling is 'boring' then why do it at all? To win money of course, but often that's also not a reality for many that still continue to gamble.Seems to me that it must be evidence that gambling isn't boring really, or at leaTue, 10 Jan 2023 18:37:55 -0600simple. consume a boatload of sherbet, grab a richard, no matter how ugly and get her to chuck it wherever she pleases. its a small fraction against but the margins are tight so the soppy cow might get lucky and so might youdespite peoples perceptionhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856375#562856375simple. consume a boatload of sherbet, grab a richard, no matter how ugly and get her to chuck it wherever she pleases. its a small fraction against but the margins are tight so the soppy cow might get lucky and so might youdespite peoples perceptionTue, 10 Jan 2023 17:54:54 -0600similar to laying the wrong horse in-running. it will win, whatever the choc ice. i do it 10 times a dayi usually get away with unattributed quotations aboard this ship of fools. become a bit lazywilkie collins one id never considered until recently.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856359#562856359similar to laying the wrong horse in-running. it will win, whatever the choc ice. i do it 10 times a dayi usually get away with unattributed quotations aboard this ship of fools. become a bit lazywilkie collins one id never considered until recently.Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:45:27 -0600OK maths whizz, what's your strategy at roulette? I'll try it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856337#562856337OK maths whizz, what's your strategy at roulette? I'll try it.Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:30:55 -0600And when you have 86 per cent on the board covered it will still find your most hated and unbacked number. There is a supernatural sod's law in all gambling despite what Voltaire said as he died. Wodehouse spoke of 'cruel wheels'.Henry James got worshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856335#562856335And when you have 86 per cent on the board covered it will still find your most hated and unbacked number. There is a supernatural sod's law in all gambling despite what Voltaire said as he died. Wodehouse spoke of 'cruel wheels'.Henry James got worsTue, 10 Jan 2023 17:29:06 -0600and the probability of me spelling that word correctly is 1 in 3. lagging again. and i only got up at 4.30 this afternoon.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856323#562856323and the probability of me spelling that word correctly is 1 in 3. lagging again. and i only got up at 4.30 this afternoon.Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:15:13 -0600i will believe in god when i see any evidence for him/her/it. until i get to my deathbed and will of course change me mind. no time to be making enemiesgreat geezer conrad although henry j is hard. talk about calling a spade an earth-inverting hortichttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31788443/why-is-gambling-so-boring?post_id=562856317#562856317i will believe in god when i see any evidence for him/her/it. until i get to my deathbed and will of course change me mind. no time to be making enemiesgreat geezer conrad although henry j is hard. talk about calling a spade an earth-inverting horticTue, 10 Jan 2023 17:09:10 -0600