FOBTS Stake Reduction

[mack341]

I'm late to the party with responses but.... Way back. I would in fact say before fobt's.

I would say 1999/2000. Bookies would hand out casino install cd-rom's to punters who could then go home, install the casino (so not have to download it) and then start playing.

I remember being 14 and my uncle came home with a William hill casino install cd-rom. As he was disabled and didn't know much about installing stuff (Yet I was learning a fair bit at school about computers), he asked me to install it and get it up and running for him. If I did, I would be allowed 30 minutes using his computer (the only computer in the house with internet).

I didn't exactly want to but the offer of 30 mins internet and my mother (disabled also) not understanding gambling as a potentially bad thing and telling me 'Help him. He's not well. Don't be cruel' meant I did it.

I was clicking cards and clicking spin for him as he requested, and at 1 point he was £50 up, then he lost it, and lost the deposit. Annoyed at his losses, I was told to turn the computer off and I wont be allowed any time on the internet. When I said it was a bit unfair as he had said I could have 30 minutes, I was given 10 minutes of which I downloaded Napster and 1 song from it.

Little did I know that even though I wasn't gambling directly, the buzz of winning when clicking what I was told to click stayed with me and the slippery slope started when I was 18.

I enjoyed reading this, funny too with your mum insisting you helped out. Least your uncle had the sense to call it a day. I'm a strong believer in fate, and this event was enough to ignite the fuse as it were.

The bookies must have been clued up to get there casino software out on cd rom to give to punters, that must have taken them some time to get to that stage, so I suppose as soon as the internet arrived they had a strong idea to try and exploit it and build their future around it.

I would love to see the slots that were around in the early 2000's and how the websites looked compared to now, seeing what bonuses there were would be interesting too.

 

[Jasminebed]

I'm not saying a reduction in the stakes available is a bad thing, but maybe a less drastic reduction would have been in order? Down to $10 or even $5 instead of $2? I know I'm using the $ sign, it's my keyboard and lack of willingness to type ascii codes in.

There is a world of difference between $5 roulette spins and $5 slot spins.