How Much Time do you spend NOT gambling on gambling related activies?

[Jasminebed]

There has been a lot happening in Meisterland the last few days. I've spent a lot of time myself posting, searching for info, and looking at casino Terms and Conditions, as well dealing the the daily spam and suport issues.

The following poll is trying to ask for an AVERAGE of the weekly time you spend not gambling in support of your online gambling. Don't rush to answer...take a week to evaluate it.

Due to health, I'm not in the workforce, and I spend a lot of time reading meister. I spend time reading promotional terms, contacting support for clarification and reading emails from casinos I play at.

I also spend time with my computer security, deleting spyware, moreso than in the past because my risks are higher.

I go out to load my prepaid card. I enter banking info, and scan and upload ID verification.

I recycle snail mail.

I welcome all posts on this matter.

 

[skiny]

By "not gambling." do you mean depositing at RTG casinos and watching the slots hit nothing?

 

[hitobito2005]

I probably spend more time reading gambling-related forums and things than I do actually gambling.

 

[love2winalot]

Hiya: Since i did, "Most" of all my required homework in the past, i have to do very little now. After i see, the deposit limits, min & Max Bet allowed, and payout options, I play. I only spend about an hour at a time playing before i log out. This way i do not get frustrated, or bored, or allow things to affect my Normal method of playing.

My Bankroll is turned over so there is my 6 year old original $1000 deposit, and the winnings since then. Most of this gets spent, but if i lose, i do not have to go do something else, "work", to have the money to deposit, to play again. Since i do not use bonus money, most of the terms an conditions never apply to me.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Gambling related, but not actually gambling.

Well, my biggest activity outside of actual gambling is this forum. There are many others though, some pleasant, some annoying.

annoying.
Taking ages to sort out what should be a simple problem with a casino.

Endless software updates, many seeming to achieve nothing. MGS used to be a big offender, taking many hours each month of downtime just being logged in while new games downloaded. Not as bad now.

Software failure, where I intended to log on, deposit, and play - but instead spend ages trying to fix problems with the lobby, cashier, or even my PC (because the casino crashed it).

Enjoyable

Sorting out my promotional offers for the day/week/month. Deciding which promotions to play, and which to bin. This involves working out how much gambling funds I have available right now, and when any pending withdrawals might arrive.


Since I don't work, my other main activity is watching the telly. IN MY DREAMS, online gambling would be a "job", and provide a living wage. Unfortunately, it was someone else that won 6.3Mill on Mega Moolah, so for now - still a dream

One day, I might have a "system" for consistent winning, and "experimentation" towards this eats my winnings. My Father (now RIP), spent the best part of his life looking for the Holy Grail in the Racing Post, a way to use patterns of past performance to predict race winners. Many worked for a year or two, then had to be thrown out.

I have inherited this "gambling gene" from him (pretty obvious to anyone who knows me). I am looking for that same Holy Grail in Fruit Machines and online casino games. I HAVE found many systems in Fruit Machines, but they rely heavily on other players NOT knowing them, and the manufacturer not realising it exists - such conditions never last long.

Where I have thought something existed in online games, it turned out to be because someone made a mistake, such as MGS in the PUBLISHED rules for Classic Blackjack (+EV), which are NOT the ACTUAL rules as it turned out

Online Fruit Machines are just as bad (but still fun to investigate). I thought I had found something early on, but got CANED on many sessions, so overall the sparkly winner screenshots of THAT Fruitie hide the times I have fed in thousands with relatively little back from even the supposedly higher features.