Paul_J
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ok... queue essay.
... Naturally with anything you'll have winners and losers (and people who seem to break even).
take 10,000 people.
Get them to (for instance) bet on horses over a period of a month.
You will have some that have made money, some that have lost money and a small proportion that have made lots of money!
- On the long term though, if you watched this same person continue to play, it's unlikely they'll end up in profit in the long term. e.g. Take another 10,000 people (including this person) and do another month betting on horses.
Once again, you'll get some that win, some that'll lose, and some that have made lots and some that have lost lots.
The people who have made lots, this time, are unlikely to be the same as last time. The guy who won a lot the first time round, may of lost it all this time (although there is still the chance he may of won a lot again - but eventually he will end up losing on a long enough time line).
The other thing is, these 'winners' will never tell you how much in their life they've spent. e.g. that dude may of won 86k off of the £30. But he may gamble £30 every week on that site / similar site. Until he won the £86k he was probably down on his money.
The cool thing from this post, is that the bloke winning £86k does prove that some people do win the big pay outs! I've played those online things before and best I've ever randomly won is £400. You get the impression when playing them, that no one wins the top prizes!
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Nath
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YouTube video required tbh.
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
YouTube video required tbh.
Aye, I'm noticing a trend of me writing essays that don't explain what I mean easily  I did it the other day on the lotto thread.
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sumner2k3
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Imagine if you had a power cut and somehow lost all that money because you never cashed in before the power cut or something
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by sumner2k3
Imagine if you had a power cut and somehow lost all that money because you never cashed in before the power cut or something
they'd have records of it all to cover your ass.
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sumner2k3
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be a scary moment for your self though wondering if you actually have lost it all or not
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DannyB
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lol I might save that screenshot for april fools day, slap it up on Facebook and see how many people are extra nice to me.
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Dom
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Originally posted by DannyB
lol I might save that screenshot for april fools day, slap it up on Facebook and see how many people are extra nice to me.
fuck sake, just saw the pic and wacked it up on fannybook
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DannyB
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Everyone on FB should put it as their status so we can see what their friends react like
Although 8 out of 10 people online now are off CS someones bound to spoil it.
[Edited on 14-02-2010 by DannyB]
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strick206
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
- On the long term though, if you watched this same person continue to play, it's unlikely they'll end up in profit in the long term. e.g. Take another 10,000 people (including this person) and do another month betting on horses.
Unless you know what you're doing and can't lose 
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gavin18787
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Love how he won 86k and still thought to take a screen shot to show on a forum
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Cole
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i would of done the same gav freind of mine was playing let it ride poker online and got a royal flush but he had forgotten to put £1 on the pairs plus button cost him 27k he only got 3k for the royal flush gutting. I used to gamble for a living playing fruit machines used to regularly make between 1-2k a week i was only 19 at the time when jackpots were only £10-£15 it was easy money 12yrs ago nearly impossible to make good money doing it these days
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Tommy L
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
Love how he won 86k and still thought to take a screen shot to show on a forum
tbf when i won £500 on online poker i was screenshotting like a bitch Not to post on a forum though
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RS6
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DAAAAAAAAM!
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Whittie
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Fuck all compared with my latest win 
I'd love to win that amount of money! Bet he was rather surprised!
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Whittie
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Jesus christ, not sure how i dug this up
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