Controversial...or perhaps not???

**julester** · 15th April 2008, 06:39 PM

OK, not sure if it's a good idea posting this or not....

I am not ashamed to admit that I visit this site daily...sometimes more! It is a ritual that just has to be done! In my opinion, it is THE font of all knowledge when it comes to anything on-line casino wise.

Within the forum, as with any forum I guess, it is clear that there are some serious idiots who mask their inadequacies by spinning yarn after yarn e.g. Poster x is $5m up on the year (and for the 5th consecutive year) because of his / her system playing Thunderstruck. Or perhaps poster x that receives $1000's of comps from a particular casino which we know not to be true. I exaggerate slightly but you get the point. One has to separate this from the true genius posters - those that we respect and love and what, for me, makes the forum what it is.

So what?

Well, I guess I have a number of questions which I think would be interesting to have honest answers / opinions on. Perhaps because they will enable some of us to compare our 'habits' to others out there in gambling cyberspace. Here's the first of them...hopefully it won't be too painful. Feel free to expand over and above the poll in the thread if you want to!

julester

**KasinoKing** · 15th April 2008, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by julester

I am not ashamed to admit that I visit this site daily...sometimes more! It is a ritual that just has to be done! In my opinion, it is THE font of all knowledge when it comes to anything on-line casino wise.

Me too - spot on!

I voted 2-4 hours. I Gamble (or Play, or Work

) online at least 1 hour every single day, but up to 5-6 hours some days so 2-4 is about my daily average every week.
Of course, I have to do this as it is essential research for my websites...!

**suzecat** · 15th April 2008, 09:33 PM

Honestly........depends on how many freebies I find

....I'm in the US, so I can't deposit

I also have a rusty bridge for sale

**RobWin** · 15th April 2008, 09:46 PM

Where's the option for the folks that only gamble a couple times a week ??

This survey is bias toward these compulsive gamblers that I hear so much about on here...

**julester** · 15th April 2008, 10:43 PM

....with the option :

"Literally a few minutes here and there, if at all". I guess a couple of short visits a week would amount to that...whereas a 7 hour session once a week would equate to 1 hour a day...that was the theory anyway.

Wasn't meant to be directed in one way or another....

I didn't add the 24 hour option...in fact, I wonder what the world record is for on-line gaming....wonder if anyone has played 24+ hours straight? Guess with a more comfortable chair than your typical land-based casino, the ability to go to the bathroom without someone stealing your slot, it could be possible....

**suzecat** · 15th April 2008, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by julester

....with the option :

"Literally a few minutes here and there, if at all". I guess a couple of short visits a week would amount to that...whereas a 7 hour session once a week would equate to 1 hour a day...that was the theory anyway.

Wasn't meant to be directed in one way or another....

I didn't add the 24 hour option...in fact, I wonder what the world record is for on-line gaming....wonder if anyone has played 24+ hours straight? Guess with a more comfortable chair than your typical land-based casino, the ability to go to the bathroom without someone stealing your slot, it could be possible....

Waiting for Nash to answer that.............

**babs7262** · 16th April 2008, 01:09 AM

My answer isnt up there either. It depends if Im winning or not. I could deposit and be done in 10 minutes or I could hit and hit and last hours.

I deposit anywhere from $10-$30 average a day. Somedays I wont deposit , some days I deposit $10, other days $20

I also spend a few hours playing the free tournies at 3 dice

**winbig** · 16th April 2008, 01:15 AM

If I'm playing at any Rival casino, I don't expect $150 to last but about 30 minutes...lol

**RobWin** · 16th April 2008, 01:23 AM

Who the heck answered that they gamble 10+ hours a day...

Who ever it is needs to call this number right now...

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**Jasminebed** · 16th April 2008, 02:04 AM

I spend a lot of time with gambling, both online and off, but I play a lot of guest mode. Requires less thought than cribbage or freecell, but a lot of the online gambling is not spent gambling. Online gambling requires some research, and Meister and Meister members are awesome. It is lovely weather here in beautiful south-eastern Ontario, and the cash coupons for Casino Rama(see post under North American Land based casinos) that expire on Sunday will go to waste, because I cannot take a whole day off to bustrip up there. So Intercasino has 70 bucks from me, got my 70 sticky bonus, and have the whole evening (I hope) to lose the other seventy. I only got 9% of my playthru (reasonable at 18x) out of fifty percent of my bankroll.

I'd guess there is a couple of hours a day, maybe 20 weekly, spent on gambling, research gambling or on a bus to gambling. Wanna add in the time visiting three different groceries stores to have some $$$ to play with?

Like I said, gambling is not my biggest problem, but is is one of several, and maybe not the most harmful for me of them.