Why do you play?

[sparkz]

I can say the main reason I play is to try and make money.

That may sound bad but look at it this way... I know many play casinos for the entertainment... I do too, but if being given the option of winning or losing I would always choose winning.

If casinos had no cash prizes or winnings (say you pay £20 to have 200 spins on a slot to get your score high with no prize) then the reality of it would be that nobody would play them really and places like this wouldnt exist.


I rarely gamble more than I want to and if I do put a bit more in its £10 or so more, nothing drastic.

Usually my gambling time frames are as a treat. So if 1 week I work really hard at work, do loadsa extra hours and earn £100 more than usual I may put £50 or so in that week to reward myself. Alternatively I will put it towards my monthly gambling funds, then at the end of the month see what I have to gamble with and budget it. Since my job is well paid and I have next to nothing to pay out it means I can sometimes have £1000+ to budget on gambling through the month

[Nate]

Chron,

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Nate

[vinylweatherman]

I have been attracted by the extras, bonuses, scoreboard contests, etc. I quite like promotions where strategy can play a significant part, rather than just brute force "who can play the most in x days".

Of course, I like to WIN. Apart from money, I have won quite a few decent prizes. The most memorable by far was the early morning phonecall in 2006 telling me to prepare to be going to Germany to see the 2006 world cup final. I quickly forgave the agent the sin of phoning me at around 7am after I heard WHY
I also made an old friend's day, who spent the next month in a daze, unable to believe that out of the blue he was going to the world cup final in a couple of weeks.

Later that year, I got a weekend in Vegas to celebrate the launch of the new VIP program.

Then new management took over, and ran them into the ground RIP Casino Action & my VIP trip to Australia, which they were considering for the next time

Then $8000 prize in a tactical wagering contest, and iPad, a couple of iPods, $2500 in travel vouchers, camcorder, Archos 5 - plus a few VIP gifts, many of them edible.

I can do all this about 3 feet from my bed, rather than having to make a long drive as I used to in search of the best fruit machines to empty.

The change in the fruit machine format around 2005/6 also pushed me towards the online version, as all the skill and much of the tactics had been removed from fruit machine games, and hardly anyone who used to play them carried on.

For me, it's more a question of why I have switched my play to the online version, as I have been a "player" since my childhood holidays at the seaside.

[LondonDJ]

What an excellent question! Some very interesting responses too. For me it's for these reasons:

1) Eye candy. Visual input. Flashing lights and sounds and hypnotic spinning reels and patterns and bells and whistles and whatnot. I have always loved anything colourful and flashy since I was a kid, right back to a distinct memory of watching a guy play a fruit machine on a ferry to France with my parents when I was about 7. The lights! The lights! Like this:

2) The thrill when I do win. Which is of course less than I would like.

3) To escape from reality for a little while. Although I have a pretty bitchin' reality, there's something about playing a slot which COMPLETELY absorbs me. I am literally not thinking of ANYTHING while I play. The only other activities that get me like that are fast computer games and scratching on my turntables. A kind of total immersion feeling of being "in the zone".

4) Because it's addictive!

[Pulver]

I have been attracted by the extras, bonuses, scoreboard contests, etc. I quite like promotions where strategy can play a significant part, rather than just brute force "who can play the most in x days".

Of course, I like to WIN. Apart from money, I have won quite a few decent prizes. The most memorable by far was the early morning phonecall in 2006 telling me to prepare to be going to Germany to see the 2006 world cup final. I quickly forgave the agent the sin of phoning me at around 7am after I heard WHY
I also made an old friend's day, who spent the next month in a daze, unable to believe that out of the blue he was going to the world cup final in a couple of weeks.

Later that year, I got a weekend in Vegas to celebrate the launch of the new VIP program.

Then new management took over, and ran them into the ground RIP Casino Action & my VIP trip to Australia, which they were considering for the next time

Then $8000 prize in a tactical wagering contest, and iPad, a couple of iPods, $2500 in travel vouchers, camcorder, Archos 5 - plus a few VIP gifts, many of them edible.

I can do all this about 3 feet from my bed, rather than having to make a long drive as I used to in search of the best fruit machines to empty.

The change in the fruit machine format around 2005/6 also pushed me towards the online version, as all the skill and much of the tactics had been removed from fruit machine games, and hardly anyone who used to play them carried on.

For me, it's more a question of why I have switched my play to the online version, as I have been a "player" since my childhood holidays at the seaside.

Not to derail this thread, but I find the kind of promotions you got offered to be amazing. I mean, I would love to get a football ticket or a paid trip to Gran Canaria or something like that. A trip to Gran Canaria in the winter is pretty damn cheap from Norway, around $500 bucks. How cool would it be to get something like that instead of e andless stream of 30% deposit match bonuses up to $1000 or something.

Pretty cool of you to take your friend aswell, wish some casino would just call me to tell me that I got two tickets at the CL final

[Nate]

....wish some casino would just call me to tell me that I got two tickets at the CL final

DITTO!!

[sparkz]

The change in the fruit machine format around 2005/6 also pushed me towards the online version, as all the skill and much of the tactics had been removed from fruit machine games, and hardly anyone who used to play them carried on.

For me, it's more a question of why I have switched my play to the online version, as I have been a "player" since my childhood holidays at the seaside.

Just like me mate,

I loved the days of £5 or even £25 jackpot machines and of course the tuppenny nudgers. Had sooo many great memories with them. I remember times where i played an "adams family machine". Put in £1 and had the "hold these reels" come up. I held them and in went the £15 jackpot.

Then as well being at a pub on a £25 jackpot machine. Was a bit tipsy so wasnt aware of what I was doing. i remember it being a machine where 3 chopsticks in view on reels = feature. After a few quid it was clearly in "max payout" mode because everything I did put me onto higher boards and I took the JP.

Nowadays its rare to find machines like that. At the arcade in the past 6 months I went on 2 £5 jackpot machines. 1 was "pink panther" where you get higher and lower board and 3 bombs unlock cash shots (3 more and your invincible) and the other was a modified £5 jackpot "monty python and the holy grail". I play "pink panther" now and again. When you get red "mega streak" it never pays anything more than £6.40 in total wins. The other week however I saw a first. The streak kept on and on... £5... banked and restart streak.... another £5... banked and restart again. In fact I took £40 out of it in all.

Then I walked over to the holy grail machine. Put in a quid. Literally the first spin was jackpot and then it repeated a few times to payout £15 .

Very nice luck with them.

But sadly there is too much greed with the machines now. Everywhere has £70 jackpot machines. They just scam you. £100 sunk easily with no wins or board in 10 mins... not fun.


Also its the non reputable small time arcades and fairs to avoid. I play the £5 machines at "casino" which is a reputable big chain.

We had a recent annual fair in town and they had loads of £5 jackpot machines in each arcade... anything ranging from "deal or no deal" to "cluedo" and "monopoly".

The machines were all clearly primarily £25+ jackpot machines but with a £5 JP chip put in (and the £5 decals added which looked as if they were printed off with a printer and stuck on) since they rounded all wins to the nearest £1.

A lot didnt have payout %'s on. Most had lights that did not work (so it would trick the player into cashing in something they didnt want) and they played awful. £15 had to go into 1 of them to even get jackpot. They even had a "pink panther" machine there that took the same to get "mega streak" and it only ever paid £5 max.


Bottom line, I completely agree with online casinos theres more choice, better odds and fairer casinos

[rainmaker]

I play because I enjoy it. But I don't play so often as I used to when I was "younger". It can easily be some weeks between each time I play (log in), but I usually play once or twice each month.

[casinoboy2k]

I have been attracted by the extras, bonuses, scoreboard contests, etc. I quite like promotions where strategy can play a significant part, rather than just brute force "who can play the most in x days".

Of course, I like to WIN. Apart from money, I have won quite a few decent prizes. The most memorable by far was the early morning phonecall in 2006 telling me to prepare to be going to Germany to see the 2006 world cup final. I quickly forgave the agent the sin of phoning me at around 7am after I heard WHY
I also made an old friend's day, who spent the next month in a daze, unable to believe that out of the blue he was going to the world cup final in a couple of weeks.

Later that year, I got a weekend in Vegas to celebrate the launch of the new VIP program.

Then new management took over, and ran them into the ground RIP Casino Action & my VIP trip to Australia, which they were considering for the next time

Then $8000 prize in a tactical wagering contest, and iPad, a couple of iPods, $2500 in travel vouchers, camcorder, Archos 5 - plus a few VIP gifts, many of them edible.

I can do all this about 3 feet from my bed, rather than having to make a long drive as I used to in search of the best fruit machines to empty.

The change in the fruit machine format around 2005/6 also pushed me towards the online version, as all the skill and much of the tactics had been removed from fruit machine games, and hardly anyone who used to play them carried on.

For me, it's more a question of why I have switched my play to the online version, as I have been a "player" since my childhood holidays at the seaside.

...That's incredible Vinyl!
Needless to say, I want to be YOU when I grow up! lol

[maxwall]

no idea why I play !!most time for fun but I catch myself sometimes while I play to win money back!!

spend much much money in the past 6-7 years !!! to much