FOBT Roulette Effect?

Yes , I don’t bother now.  Regrettably it has come too late as the damage has already been done before the change.     Massive amounts stupidly and carelessly wasted.  Getting over the loses is always on my find.  Can’t seem to shake it.  Weighing me down daily in fact.   Could have put a serious amount of my mortgage had it not been for those horrible machines.  

Again I think you won't get many answers as hopefully many don't use them at all despite any reductions.

Those evil machines are just one part of an evil industry in truth

Hi, it's made a big difference to me. I am a compulsive roulette gambler. I used to have three outlets, which were online, the casino and in bookies. When I hit rock bottom I easily self excluded from the casino (and every UK casino) and then gamstop came and I signed up to that which eliminated my online gambling. The bookies were the last hurdle, I had good self control 99% of the time, but the other 1% I nipped in to "try and win a tenner" and over invariably ended up losing a couple of hundred (it was irrelevant whether I won or lost, once I had the taste for it I'd play to extinction, maybe coming back the next day with my winnings if I'd done well. With the new £2 limit its genuinely a complete waste of time now, I liked big even money bets (the lot on red etc) and with £2 it's just pointless for me.

Luckily the slots have never appealed to me (I think I played them four or five times in my life and got nowhere), and like smoking or taking drug it's not something I'm going to start now! 

So I'm now banned from the casino, banned from online (I'm not interested in trying to get around gamstop, I'd be too scared if I won they'd refuse to pay out anyway!), and the bookies are now toothless. 

My last gamble was two weeks before the £2 limit (I had silly thoughts of going in on the last day for a final hurrah but thought better of it!) and I can't see me ever playing roulette again - because no matter how much I might want to I can't. And I've found a lot of serenity in that, once you know you can't play the urges pass very quickly and thoughts turn to positive things!

How stupid were we the pour money into a machine that will let you win when it wants to.

Bonkers

Posted by: holycrosser

How stupid were we the pour money into a machine that will let you win when it wants to.

Bonkers

Crazy hey.

I used to have a “system” too. Certain shops at certain times on certain days.

People hung around machines saying things like “go big on 33, 33 always follows 8” etc

f**k me. I’m actually laughing as I type. 

Deep down we all knew it paid when it wanted and there’s only one long term loser.

£2 a go has to be seen as a positive move. It would have stopped me bothering, but I’d have found the next thing, like many of us would. I personally think it will help others not getting so heavily involved in the future, so credit where credits due.

They have changed the game so it is a lot more risky, and you can make a bet every 6 seconds, or something like that. Either way, the game is ruined and thankfully will put a lot of people off. Unfortunately for me it has made me curious, but I am currently on a good gamble free streak.

i suspect the vast majority of people figured out they were heavily rigged against the user several years ago 

the percentage of problem gamblers that this law will actually help will be very small by now