I've been dying to write about this topic because I honestly don't know if its just me or whether others do it. Is it just simply what makes a gambling addict, so i'd love to hear back if anyone else did the same
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So it's about round numbers. Maybe for for the full forty for years but at least the last twenty, I would wake up each day and have a set amount I would want to win....not sure if that statement is right because every morning I literally knew I was going to win lol why else would I do it. The amount would change each day but even if I had, say, a bill for £x my round number would be £x plus x or £x.plus x plus x. So that's the first question, am I alone in that methodology ?
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So the next one and this is the one that I've always thought makes me barking mad and I surely must be alone is this example. Let's say I don't have any pressing payments and because the name of the day ends in a Y , I want to gamble. I religiously only gambled on days ending in Y so as not to over do things and become addicted. I wake up and I think it would be good to win xxxx today. It's getting late playing slots and I get to just over it profit so I've done it. Rather than taking it out I play one more spin but I'm playing a stake of x per spin. Rather than reduce the amount of x3, one spin and withdraw the money I play the 5. It loses leaving me with x.-x and again rather than withdrawing, it's not a round number so I keep going until I get to x - xx. That's the next question as to am I alone ?
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Last question I would love to hear from other opinions is the next morning. So I've ended up x up the day before. I wake up and the only thing I can think is I'm x down from the xxxx I had and I've got to win it back. No thoughts of being 9x up, my mind says I'm x down
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I absolutely love numbers and always have. I would really like to know if the above was just me ?
I wouldnt have set amount however i hated odd numbers for example if the number displayed 496 on fobt it had to be 500 and because of these odd numbers i couldnt stop and many times hit 0 because of these odd numbers however with time i realised this so in my head i thought i could out smart the machines so i would take it out and use the change my plan was to get lucky at the fobt then once i built up a balance i would go into casino to win a bigger jackpot because i needed a bigger bankrole i was fixated on this plan and seeing it happen to other people i believed eventually it will pay off looking back at it and the amount i wasted on gambling even if this plan worked i would never have stopped because with this addiction their no switch their were times i would recall i was happy with how gambling played out and my brain would say just play for fun i have had a good day before i knew it i would be back to chasing i couldnt see the amount i was waisting i knew it cost me alot over the years however i believed i was now doing it for the money i had plans which i convinced myself once i get such a stage i can do x and live happly ever which was never going to happen as i always went back because i was able to spend some of the money i believed because i never had a big enough win this was the reason why i couldnt stop
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