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Who taught you how to gamble?
Who taught you how to gamble?
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My best mate got me into studying form and betting.
He swore blind that the Union Jack bet was the best bet to have.he told me only ever do this bet. It was only a few months later I realised it wasn’t a great bet,but his girlfriend had told me,he d known for months that I d been seeing her behind his back.. |
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I'm surprised so many were initially brought into gambling with some form of teacher in the game. I just assumed I was usual, in that I mostly just decided to do it myself - though others sometimes gambled alongside me, e.g. father and brother. My dad didn't really gamble ever, but was happy enough to see me start do it - apart from odd time when I got thrown out for underage gambling by a copper, lol
Maybe I'd have been better when younger if someone had actually taught me it a bit, but I mostly just did it alone for many years, in school, in Uni, in my first jobs even with a young family growing up in my house. I only really did well in later years though - was terrible at it while younger, thought about giving it up many times. Maybe I really did need that teacher or guide, but I still feel you only really learn it alone - i.e. when you feel the financial loss, it is yours alone to bear and experience. |
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Dad and his brother were always into betting , his brother was an accountant in Yorkshire and did books for a few well known stables ...not that it did him any good . Earliest winning bet I recall was my tanner on Come to Daddy in the Ces in 1959 , whilst we were on hols in Scarborough , I was 12 at the time .When I was older it was always ' stables ' on Sat am with him in a local hostelry .I did write to Phil Bull for a job after college haha . Eventually I part owned a betting shop in Slade Green (usually did till ) but I worked for a bank and somebody shopped me , end of that .Dad was always interested and bet till the day he died ...and if you are housebound thank god for gambling . For me it was Betfair and at several Cheltenhams a certain Dave Nevison who honed my interest and tactics .
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As a Jellaby fan you may be interested in this old thread on the topic with plenty of discussion on the " Foot in hole " incident. https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31719425/jellaby?pg=1 |
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From 12/13yo at school I always had a deck of cards in my pocket. We’d often play three card turnover for 50p/£1 a man. I could always deal myself an Ace whenever I wanted. I wasn’t guaranteed to win every hand but I gave myself the best head start! Bowling alleys were good for us at that age for playing fruit machines.
When I got to 15yo I’d play cards in a local cafe where there was always a card school going on. I’d be slipping notes into my back pocket when nobody was watching. I won some good money for a kid. One bloke would always talk me into playing nine card brag heads up. I knew that fooker was cheating me but I could never work out how! |
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I knew that fooker was cheating me but I could never work out how!
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Looks like from this thread that there’s not many future punters,has most seemed to of started at school at 12/13 years old,given all the checks these days,how are the future gamblers going to get started.
90% these days start off on football,cos they know it. Then after a few stag dos at the races,migrate to horse racing in search of better odds. Has soon as a punter picks a horse and it wins,then they ve got the bug. Basically if you spend twice the time after the race looking at the form of a winner,than you do looking at the form before the race,you might stand a chance of finding a winner. Failing that,just back acey duceys Xmas tips. |