Gambling Sux and I have quit gambling

**Lord_Have_Mercy** · 30th July 2006, 03:57 AM

I lost 2k to InetBet in a week playing BJ. I swear to God I have played my last gaming of online gambling. I am also writing my senator to ask to have this regulated or even banned!

**winbig** · 30th July 2006, 04:01 AM

I don't want to seem like an ass here, but on the other side of things,

Why write and try to make it worse for the ones that do want to gamble online because of your self-control issues?

Just my 2c.

**1819** · 30th July 2006, 04:16 AM

Originally Posted by winbig

I don't want to seem like an ass here, but on the other side of things,

Why write and try to make it worse for the ones that do want to gamble online because of your self-control issues?

Just my 2c.

no doubt. talk about sour grapes! gamble or "play" with money you can lose. YOU WILL NOT WIN AT GAMBLING!

**vickie40** · 30th July 2006, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by Lord_Have_Mercy

I lost 2k to InetBet in a week playing BJ. I swear to God I have played my last gaming of online gambling. I am also writing my senator to ask to have this regulated or even banned!

I'm not trying to be rude but why blame the casino? They didn't force you to play and part of gambling is taking a chance. I know I personally have good months and bad months as I would think most gamblers do.

**winbig** · 30th July 2006, 04:29 AM

Originally Posted by vickie40

I'm not trying to be rude but why blame the casino? They didn't force you to play and part of gambling is taking a chance. I know I personally have good months and bad months as I would think most gamblers do.

The only reason I could see that the casino would be partly at fault is if they didn't have any protocols in place where a user could limit the amount of deposits per day/week/month.

Even then, it's the player's responsibility to find out if those limits can be put in place. The casino can't read the minds of players and know whether or not they can afford to lose the money they're depositing. No casino in the world is going to come to a player and say "Hey, you're depositing quite a bit. Are you sure you can afford this?".

Hell, I've lost $4k in one night before. I didn't blame the casino, I blamed myself. It had been the money I had won from them the night before, so it didn't hurt as much, but it still hurt like hell.

EDIT: How about changing the topic, someone? I doubt the casino sucks just because someone lost 2k in a week there.

**lucky21** · 30th July 2006, 05:07 AM

I agree that there is something very wrong with online blackjack, it doesnt behave like a normal blackjack game and as know one has yet explained exactly how the game online works other than saying its from a random number generator, suedo rng not true rng buy the way so they are not truely random.
I dont understand why there are so many people on this site that are happy to loose money, and book it down to entertainment "you allways lose at gambling", "its not the casinos fault"
The fact is that at the moment this is a very grubby unregulated industry, hosted buy countries that are obviously on the side of the casino due to the huge licence fees they pay, so to call for it to be banned until this is sorted out is a fair call i think, wait to you have a problem with these casinos, there is very little recoarse avaliable when they decide to make rules up as they go along.
Blackjack is a game that with some self control you do not have to loose at, I have proven that online not that i got my winnings though.
I play because i like blackjack i dont live near a casino but a b&m casino is a far better bet than online underfunded unregulated junk that is out there.

**winbig** · 30th July 2006, 05:16 AM

Just for clarification, the $4k I mentioned was at a B&M, not online.

And I seriously doubt that anyone's "happy" to lose money online. They just understand that they're definately going to have more losing sessions than winning, and don't dwell on the losses. I guess that could seem like it doesn't bother them.

**SlotsWizard** · 30th July 2006, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by lucky21

The fact is that at the moment this is a very grubby unregulated industry, hosted buy countries that are obviously on the side of the casino due to the huge licence fees they pay, so to call for it to be banned until this is sorted out is a fair call i think, wait to you have a problem with these casinos, there is very little recoarse avaliable when they decide to make rules up as they go along ... a b&m casino is a far better bet than online underfunded unregulated junk that is out there.

The proper solution is not to ban the industry, but to regulate it. It's not fair to deny responsible gamblers the right to play simply because a couple people can't control their finances.

If the industry were properly regulated, there WOULD be recourse if a casino didn't pay up. The regulating authority could step in, pay the player, make the casino owner reimburse the regulating authority, and if they refuse to do so then they should have their license revoked and/or their ass thrown in jail.

**chuchu59** · 30th July 2006, 05:50 AM

Whether you want to have online gambling banned or regulated, it should not be because you have lost 2K at a casino. Whoops! I have just gained 2 pounds. Maybe I should write to the authorities to close down MacDonald's or maybe even ban hamburgers, french fries and coke.