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I have no idea who Alex is or what this post is about but thanks anyway, it made me laugh a lot

Yeah I saw that mate. But it still goes through PayPal and I really hate them but I suppose its the only option. Cheers

Just bouncing this in the hope someone can give me an answer about donating without using paypal? Thanks

Having spent so much time in bookies playing roulette I also gambled on horses and dogs. I was so succesful that I had more more on virtual racing as I would just pick a number I have no desire for any of it anymore but it's good you are able to enjoy a day out without getting the gambling bug again.

Has your desire to gamble gone now? My desire has totally vanished, it's been well over ten years now. Even in pubs I can sit there and the machines don't even attract my attention whereas before I would have been on them the whole time.

He was a bit more than a shark. He 2ent around with a three others. They were always in the arcades. If ever you went on machines after them they were totally dead 99% of the time so they must have known what they were doing. Either way I found them annoying, especially him.

That was the only mindset I had and I'm still bloody waiting.

At the end of the day the only way to really win gambling is not to play in the first place. I really enjoyed playing machines as it was fun and I enjoyed it. As evidenced by the fact I play the emulator and can happily spend hours playing. But it was also that which started me gambling in the first place. God knows how much I lost in that period (roulette was the killer for me) but it at least the price of a house (1995-2010). The only thing that worked for me was having no money, literally. I took sandwiches to work, cut up my debit cards and never went out of the house with anything. If I needed petrol my girlfriend would come with me and use her card. It sounds ridiculous but it worked. Before I couldn't walk or drive past a betting shop without trying my luck (pissing a load of money up against a wall). I used to wake up with a feeling in my stomach, an eagerness to gamble but that went within a month or so. Within three months I barely thought about gambling and I have not gambled since and I genuinely have absolutely zero desire to gamble. I rarely think about my gambling days anymore but this thread has made me remember, all I really think now is what an absolute waste of time, money and emotions it was. If anyone was an addict but is still gambling "occasionally", just stop. It's really not worth the risk.

Unfortunately it was an actual kicking. Actually not that unfortunate if I'm honest, I thought he deserved it then and I still do. He was part of a group of 3 or 4, always sitting and watching people or slowly playing a machine whilst really he is looking at other players so he can pounce. Maybe not a civilised thing to do but I didn't lose any sleep.

I agree with a lot of what you say. When I found out about the loopholes it stopped me playing them as I was damn sure that there were a lot more loopholes out there and it just wasn't worth it. It actually made a lot of things fall into place such as dead machines, certain people always winning etc But to be one of the ones doing it and then saying it was all corrupt just makes me laugh. It's like me mugging an old woman and then procrastinating that anyone who would do that is a scumbag. As for the remorseful part, he said he did it for ten years .

I agree with this. As someone who used to spend the whole day paying machines you would see people pop in for an hour and leave, they wouldn't be seen for a week if at all. Everywhere had the regulars, occasional players and addicts. The occasional players slowly disappeared and then the regulars. The fun had gone out of the machines.

So basically, after being on the receiving end of dead machines and the various 'pro' players etc, you then decided to do exactly the same thing. It was actually when I learned a few of the tricks/bugs/scams that stopped me playing them. I was shown pie factory and then another which for some reason I have totally forgot. Maybe because I was so pissed off at the time.

This is such a great post. Its genuinely written far better than I could have done. When I started playing fruit machines it was harder to actually lose everything but with the increase in stakes it soon became easy to lose enough that it hurt. What actually stopped me enjoying playing the machines is the so called pro players who knew all the flaws/scams/bugs. Until it culminated in me giving one a good kicking after he had watched me lose and then emptied a machine once too often. Unfortunately for me I then moved onto roulette machines which was a disaster but eventually led to me never gambling again. There's a lot of hypocrisy on here, I've read the same people admit to using the bugs etc but then bitch and moan when they discover some they never knew and all of a sudden its all corrupt (unless its them making the money of course). Great post mate, the part about self hatred is something I'm glad I no longer have

Is it possible to donate without using Paypal? someone tried to scam me years ago and I vowed never to use Paypal again. Secondly, I've downloaded Fireball's layouts in the one zip file (thanks Tommy c) Is there anyway to separate them so the different jackpots appear as different games in the fruit machine file? Thanks