Need your input: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done while playing online?

[Webzcas]

For me it has to be reversing my pending withdrawals on countless occasions, to the extent I'd dread to add up what that has cost me overall. Getting rid of this 'facility' was one of the few good moves the UKGC introduced.

What other things do I regret? Playing at 888,net in the early 2000's, what with their then 72hr pending period for all withdrawals. Yep, I ended up reversing...

Other than the above, that is about it for me, but costly none the less!

 

[Mr Shine]

Accidentally pressing hit rather than stand with a 20 on a £100 bet. (The buttons were a different left-right order than my normal BJ table, and clicked from force of habit.)

I didn't get an Ace.

 

[itsme123]

Had 12K withdrawal at Betway, pending for 48 hours so I locked my account . Checked with live chat after 2 days to see if it had been processed and was told it had, got the account unlocked , still hadn’t been processed. Told myself I’ll try £200 on small stakes , reversed the £200 and 6 hours later the £12k was all lost.

 

[Mr Shine]

Another generally stupid thing I've done a few times is talking to Customer Services when a bonus/offer doesn't work the way it should. Sticking your head up gets it blown off, and I've killed several golden gooses by being too picky about getting individual bonuses rectified.

 

[Playford7]

Playing a really old site called fantastic spins I think it was called, got a balance to over £1800 cash from a £20 deposit.

For some Insane reason thought the site was a scam site, so just played for fun and blasted the funds.

Found out they would have paid by a member on here later that night..

Was gutted

 

[Webzcas]

Had 12K withdrawal at Betway, pending for 48 hours so I locked my account . Checked with live chat after 2 days to see if it had been processed and was told it had, got the account unlocked , still hadn’t been processed. Told myself I’ll try £200 on small stakes , reversed the £200 and 6 hours later the £12k was all lost.

Seriously feel your pain! Reverse Withdrawal hit loads of us :-(

 

[cheekymonkey]

I'm not repeating what I've been through again. Can't face it.

I can see others have been through the same s**t though.

Nasty memories.

 

[hubbadubbadingdong]

Was playing with deposit a bonus
Or loyalty bonus whatever it was and extra $25 on top of my $50 deposit ,for a total of $75,

Played a Push gaming Slot , First $10 or $20 of playing won $1600 ish

Decided for once that was good for the day and pleased with myself, DONT BE A DEGEN and cash out for once !! ,

This is where I fcuked up …..totally had a mind fart ; To cash this out I would need to complete some wagering first, I did some math in my head and not a big deal I don’t need to do that , ; attempted cash-out - wagering not done “I’m good “ …

Was given a couple of on screen warnings ; clicked through nonchalant, “Don’t tell me what to do, Im not stupid”

After pressing the 3rd or 4th “Are you Sure ??” I pressed OK , balance changed was left with $20 something and change and no cashout , I manually cancelled my own win, forfeited all away (my wagering for this was around 10x 30x so $250 at best , or $750 at worse ; and Balance before I trashed it was close to $1500/$1600 )

Oh I am Stupid

 

[Wait!What?]

The bet button is over the number of spins button in pragmatic's hyperplay mode. Previously it only used to be the no. of spins.
In the past few month I have accidentally done max bets on a few slots. A few casinos restricted me as it was over max bet but some casinos registered my bet and I lost a major chunk of balance.

 

[sufferinsilence]

Not hitting withdraw often enough...

I have no issues with pending withdrawals but, mainly due to deposit limits and my own stupidity, I should have pushed that button more often.

Usually regret it when the slots go cold for a longer time

 

[Jono777]

Always been disciplined 9/10 when it comes to balance maintenance and the cash out button, ultra rarely used the reverse w/d button.

However the once at Cinema Casino (MG Viper) I hit the (once in a lifetime) 5 rams on Thunderstruck DURING the bonus, 18p spins paid me over £300, which is basically 15 deposits for my style.

Went to TS II (it was still fairly new at this point) thinking it will pay me or at least eat the balance steadily, playing at 90p/60p/30p it eventually ate the lot with very little action.

Although costly, never done this again, not even close.

 

[lukey141]

A while ago I was really degenerate and £5 would be my minimum bet.

I went on quite a heater and was up almost 14 grand in a few weeks playing only buffalo king megaways and wild wild riches.

Obviously the smart thing would have been to lower bets or lock away some of the money but I was riding the high (looking to recover more of my past losses) so everything was still open and accessible. I was able to move (and lose) ridiculous sums of money without any intervention.

I proceeded to have 1 bad session on Juicy Fruits (having liked the look of it from streamers I'd watched), starting at £5 bets. Few thousand gone, no bonus. Upped it to £10 bets, few thousand more still no bonus. Panicking, tilting and chasing losses like I retard I made my final fatal mistake and upped it to £15 bets.

Needless to say in 1 session I lost all £14000 and never did get a bonus.

Right after this I locked myself out of all my accounts and didn't touch a slot for 4 years.

Aside from ever gambling in the first place that was the single biggest 1 time fuckup.

 

[andysbetting1187]

Turned a £10 no deposit bonus into 14k after wagering on 21 (the one where rolla used to play).

Was buying a house at the time with my Mrs so was planning all the additional things we could buy - live chat confirmed the win and were happy I had managed to build it up to such an amount

Two days later, £100 hit my account. I couldn't figure out why (was new to online gambling at the time and only went to the site due to a streamer recommendation) - didn't realise that the maximum withdrawal was capped at £100 - pissed me right off for days

 

[teckiwi]

Have blew 3 figures amounts a handful of times, these days I'm better at taking a quick profit and having the self control not to touch it.

When I was younger did the dumb chasing streaks on roulette lol

 

[sufferinsilence]

Have blew 3 figures amounts a handful of times, these days I'm better at taking a quick profit and having the self control not to touch it.

When I was younger did the dumb chasing streaks on roulette lol

Ah yes, I've done the Martingale strategy on roulette... Not recommended!

 

[andysbetting1187]

Ah yes, I've done the Martingale strategy on roulette... Not recommended!

Don't knock the martingale system - there must be something to it as people try to sell it as a proven strategy all the time lol

 

[HBx99]

About 3 years ago i had the biggest win of my past decade gambling.
Turned $30 into $130,000 in a 12hour+ gambling session.

I withdrew $10,000 after managing to wait 48 hrs...
Ended up gambling the $120,000 the same night the 10k was withdrawn, I lost all the $120,000 before sun rose the next morning.

Yup,
Stupid decision, was over life and s*** at the time, never come close before or since.

Edit: was the luckiest night, turned 30 into 360 on roulette, put it on $5 bets in Great Rhino megaways and hit $10,000+, then got $23,000 on Gates of Olympus 1000, had about $30,000+ in my balance, played for a few hours hovering the balance, then hit $50,000 or so on Mental, had about 75-80k, and after more slots and Roulette got to $130,000.

My decade loses from deposited funds ive earnt by work are about 200k, so at the time it was almost all the previous 7 years losses back, was painful.