Strange gambling habbits! Post yours

[SubzeroWins]

I haven't been into online gambling for that long, a couple months only. But after a while, I found myself developing a really strange habbit! Every time I hit a bonus feature that has the potential to pay big, mainly on gonzo's quest free falls, I light a cigarette!! Wtf
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[The Dude]

When I play VP and I get dealt a straight, I click/hold the cards in numerical order. I know Ted Loh used to do the same.

 

[adam1976]

When I play VP and I get dealt a straight, I click/hold the cards in numerical order. I know Ted Loh used to do the same.

when i play roulette i place maybe 2 numbers and i spin and everytime i x2 if i dont win untill my balance get zero or get up

 

[Bullajami]

In pai gow poker I never click on the cards I am going to set as my front hand first. Even if I know which two they will be, I click on 2 others first.

That messes with the RNG's algorithm and gives the dealer a bad hand. Sometimes. And then I always win. Sometimes. That's in the Bible, I think. Near the back.

 

[Jd666]

I haven't been into online gambling for that long, a couple months only. But after a while, I found myself developing a really strange habbit! Every time I hit a bonus feature that has the potential to pay big, mainly on gonzo's quest free falls, I light a cigarette!! Wtf
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I do the same. Fortunately I have cut down my smoking lately at mg casinos lol

 

[243 lines=daft]

My strangest gambling habit is wagering hard earned real money that five rows of spinning pictures of aliens, women in wetsuits, vampires or Norse gods will somehow line up in extremely unlikely sequences and win me a big pile of cash

More seriously, I tend to note the exact time of day I hit a massive win on a game and then try to win on the same game at the exact same time the next week.
The scary thing is that this sometimes works, leading me to wonder who is more mad... me or the slots?

 

[Tirilej]

So many strange habits I wouldn't dare tell you
No not really. I'm the kind of person that when I get free spins I go make some coffee, a cigarett or something else that needs to be done. I'm having a hard time sitting still so a free spin round is just a break for me

One thing though. Lately I have found myself saying Thank you out loud when I win something bigger. Why in the world am I doing that?
It's not like I call the machine a bad boy every spin I lose

 

[lotusch]

Well for some reason I always tend to close my eyes and just listen to the sound if I am having 2 scatters,hoping the machine will drop the 3th or even 4th and 5th...
Dunno why but I do this a lot,especially when playing a bit higher stakes,and then when the next scatter hit to trigger bonus/freespins open my eyes and be happy or nothing happens open eyes and play on...

Also I smoke much more when gambling online,trying to cut down though!

 

[Cleveland]

Well for some reason I always tend to close my eyes and just listen to the sound if I am having 2 scatters,hoping the machine will drop the 3th or even 4th and 5th...
Dunno why but I do this a lot,especially when playing a bit higher stakes,and then when the next scatter hit to trigger bonus/freespins open my eyes and be happy or nothing happens open eyes and play on...

I've done this one many times. Every now and again I even keep my eyes closed long after the spins completed in hopes that maybe the game slowed and hasn't registered my hit on my end. I do this as 3dice as well, on their roulette, as you hear the chips quickly stacking on each other when you win.

 

[akrus88]

I do the same. Fortunately I have cut down my smoking lately at mg casinos lol

ye . It is a win-win situation. You get rich, or you dont get cancer

 

[BingoT]

If I get free spins I look the other way....
I just listen at the sounds hoping I hit a good one.

 

[Mousey]

Oh no! No smoking in the computer room! LOL

When dealt two pair in VP, I click 'hold' by pair beginning with lowest first -- i.e.: first the two 6's, then the 2 10's. No idea why... just always do....

 

[Balky]

I haven't been into online gambling for that long, a couple months only. But after a while, I found myself developing a really strange habbit! Every time I hit a bonus feature that has the potential to pay big, mainly on gonzo's quest free falls, I light a cigarette!! Wtf
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I used to do exactly the same, but no longer since I changed to vaping )

 

[mrmark21]

I absolutely will not play without the volume turned on. When I play, I like to enjoy myself, I'm also not one to use auto play either, unless I'm playing Netent or a NDB at RTG

 

[catapultaudio]

More seriously, I tend to note the exact time of day I hit a massive win on a game and then try to win on the same game at the exact same time the next week.
The scary thing is that this sometimes works, leading me to wonder who is more mad... me or the slots?

This one really gets me, like for some reason during the day I ALWAYS seem to have terrible, terrible luck if I play at pretty much any casino during weekday daytime hours, but evenings and weekends always much more success, and I can't help imagining that somehow more people playing at a certain time MUST be affecting my luck .. silly eh? But then I'll go hit playboy at 32red on sunday night 9pm just as I did a week ago and pow, a string of chunky wins...

Probably even more crazy is this, when I first started playing blackjack on-line I would look up the best play from a strategy card as I played each and every hand. During that whole 'learning' period I just could not lose, often turning a £10 deposit into £700 (although rarely beating the wagering, in the long run...), and since becoming a regular depositing player, often not taking bonuses, I just could never repeat these early feats of luck. SO I started to play my hands much slower - and so often, if I wait a few seconds before hitting at blackjack, or hitting the "double" button the net time at VP, I will be lucky ...!

And as much as I *KNOW* both these things have to be garbage, I still try them often, and attribute my success to them when I win ... what are gamblers all about eh?!

 

[Mouche12]

I chant my favourite mantra prior to and during my gambling sessions, it helps at times to get some decent wins!

 

[albrco123]

I,m with some of the others who closes their eyes or looks away when on a bonus round and just listens for the sounds of a retrigger or big hit.

Al

 

[Vegasbum]

after a big win I scream at the screen "who's ur daddy"


or I yell "ya you offered me that crappy bonus and now your going to pay you bastards"



I gotta quick drinking when I play online

 

[bsilva028]

i also, when i hit some bonus feature i go to smoke a cigarrete

looks its not a "so strange" habbit because there´s a lot of people to do it

 

[PaaskeDenmark]

I haven't been into online gambling for that long, a couple months only. But after a while, I found myself developing a really strange habbit! Every time I hit a bonus feature that has the potential to pay big, mainly on gonzo's quest free falls, I light a cigarette!! Wtf
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Same here LOL really strange.

 

[dunover]

As this is clearly a foil-hatters' thread, I cannot participate.

 

[mimi26]

Well for some reason I always tend to close my eyes and just listen to the sound if I am having 2 scatters,hoping the machine will drop the 3th or even 4th and 5th...
Dunno why but I do this a lot,especially when playing a bit higher stakes,and then when the next scatter hit to trigger bonus/freespins open my eyes and be happy or nothing happens open eyes and play on...

Also I smoke much more when gambling online,trying to cut down though!

haha I do this and when I do get the free spins I cover the last 2 reels

 

[Andy Walker]

Whenever I get a feature I pause my audible player of "War & Peace" and turn the sound on in the other open tab client and un-mute and hope for the big win sounds only to mute again and resume my player.

 

[RRicav]

Sometimes, my strange and bad gambling habit is watching some movie or cartoon while I play.
But for a big win, I celebrate with a bottle of whiskey... which never happened.

 

[nisosbar]

On video poker, if I win 1x (my bet), then I go ahead and double (if available - 'double or nothing?' is not available on all softwares), and the card I choose in the 'double or nothing?' round is the card which is in the position where - from the winning round - the LOWEST value card of the five cards was located.

 

[dionysus]

lmao, mine sounds more like a mental condition (OCD) than a habit, but: I tend to count my spins in 25s (don't ask why, as I said more like OCD than anything)..anyway, when it's different bonuses like IR, PlayBoy, TFROL and TSII, I often pick the one that correlates to the spin I did divisible by 4 (ie, 1st feature for 1st spin, 5th, 9th, 2nd feature for 2nd, 6th, 10th etc)

 

[X-Raided]

When free spins are given, I usually transcend, to concentration levels
no mans been, standing, with a cello on my chin playing mentally with my hands in.
Then I light up a Parliament light.. Outside.

 

[LaurieJim]

I talk mean/smack to the features when they are spinning , well not really talking to them but cussing them like a drunken sailor, Triton's Treasures is the "You Funky Red Headed Ass Beotch" and Goldbeard is " You Skanky Toothless SOB " Penguin Power is" You Dickhead Puss for Brains". Now when they decide to grace me with a favorable win then of course it's nothing but wonderful, kind , sweet words flowing from my mouth but most of the time just alot of cussing and Bad Ass name calling which makes me look like a moron and Loon to my family and friends should they be within ear shot

Laurie

 

[dicky wink]

75 habits

So when you win more than £100 .... no one here sits in a bath of baked beans topped with a layer of custard ... or is that just me ...

but seriously my only habit is that i have never deposited more than £75 at a time ... and i still dont know today why that its 75 ?
10 years ago it was 75 .... and today its still 75 ... the only difference is that 75 was worth a lot more 10 years ago i guess its because im not a big gambler .... i only play once or twice a month ... i played on 32red for many years but normaly now on sky or getminted .... but recently i did 3dice which i enjoyed ....


all the best

Dicky

 

[jbananachek]

I try to stop swearing when I loose too much and think it is a bad mental thought associated with losing.

 

[SubzeroWins]

So when you win more than £100 .... no one here sits in a bath of baked beans topped with a layer of custard ... or is that just me ...

lmao! Had a good laugh reading all these habbits!
And TBH it's a not a tin foil hat thing because I don't believe that cigarette will bring me luck in the bonus round
its more like i feel i have to reward myself for finally hitting that bastard!

 

[Jufo]

For those that light a cigarette when there is potential for a big win, there is a clear physiological reason for that. Smoking calms you down temporarily so you try to calm down when you feel too excited. However smoking also increases your dopamin levels and increased dopamin levels are associated with problem gambling. Therefore gambling and smoking might be a harmful combination even if it feels like that a cigarette calms you down - it may actually increase your anxiety when gambling.

 

[bigjohn]

For those that light a cigarette when there is potential for a big win, there is a clear physiological reason for that. Smoking calms you down temporarily so you try to calm down when you feel too excited. However smoking also increases your dopamin levels and increased dopamin levels are associated with problem gambling. Therefore gambling and smoking might be a harmful combination even if it feels like that a cigarette calms you down - it may actually increase your anxiety when gambling.

Deep!

 

[PNEFOREVER2]

When I first started gambling,particularly on TS2 I use to click 'spin' all the time instead of the autoplay - and I use to click in between the 'p' and the 'i' of the word 'spin' believing I had a better chance of hitting the bonus feature! I obviously don't do this now lol

I also do the smoking thing upon hitting the bonus feature.

 

[dionysus]

Bilbo's Mastercard bill




oh, sorry, thought you said 'gambling hobbits

 

[PegeeSue]

When I do hit a bonus round I will always always go out for a cig hopefully come back to a nice big surprise.

Strange that you brought this up as I was thinking about this the other day wondering if anyone else was as strange as I was..

 

[nisosbar]

On Slotronomicon on 3Dice, when I hit a bonus round, as the reels spin, I will almost always say, "Brain, 2, Brain, 2, Brain!" It never works, though.