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Margaret Pole, countess of Salisbury, was beheaded on the orders of Henry viii, but what is very sad about this true story is that her son sold his mother and basically dobbed her in to Henry viii because he had huge gambling debts and these were paid off by the king. This addiction isn't new and this story tells us how very far some people go, so remember even if you have lied stolen or ...

I am out of money right now, so I thought hey I know I have free play, cause I just quit gambling 15 days ago. I thought I cant lose, cause I'd be playing with house money, I'm broke so I might as well try to get some money. These were my original thoughts. Then I thought, if I go I will break my resolution. I will get gambling back into my activities and would ...

Hi to everyone. I'm new here and I'm hoping to find help and a place to share my story (stories).... I live in Illinois and around here they have "Video Gaming Cafe's" at almost every corner. They are in every bar and in every restaurant, in many truck stops and specific "video gaming cafes" as well. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. I've had a problem since 2014 (these machines have been legal in Illinois since 2009 I ...

You have a rich uncle, Mon E. Bagg. This rich uncle is willing to give you $200,000. You have two choices. a) You can keep the full amount on the condition that none of it is used for gambling. b) you have to gamble it all, and are allowed keep winnings only after the full amount has been "laundered" going through casino bets. You have to bet at casinos that do not allow huge bets ...

Here I am again. I forgot all about this site and account, but here I am once again. In pain, living in pain, due to my gambling addiction.

I got into a school, a top university at that (in California). I have been dealing with gambling addiction for a lot of my life but didn't realize it was an issue until I got older.

Anywho, I started going to meetings a few years back and ...

Hello, I'm a male in his early thirties and I'm so addicted to gambling I don't know what to do. I've lost almost everything. I still have a car and a job, but that's about it. I don't know how much I've lost. I don't want to know. It's in the hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. I started gambling when I was 15. It started innocently enough, helping my dad pick games to bet and ...

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People are incredibly sick these days ! This is so messed up! Let this be a deterrent not to gamble! :shock: The extra sad thing is, they didn't even win money. They LOST money and were violently robbed of the money left from their own bankroll! :shock:. So sad how violently they were beat up and robbed! ...

Hi Guys,
I have been reading your stories here and I respect all of you guys for being courageous !
I gamble and i do it once every 3-4 months for entertainment during vacations small amounts until recently i went to las vegas for the new year i spent a week there and i lost 6300$ gambling few days ago.
This is an amount that I can afford to lose because i have a very ...

My guess is that casino employees must see all kinds of revolting things.

Has anyone here had a candid conversation with a casino employee? I recall late one night and it was just me and the dealer at a bj table. I asked him if he was a gambler. He said "no," emphatically. He then started to recount stories, which is actually against their rules. They don't want the dealers to talk very much, it ...

Been gambling about 4 years now, as always started off quite controlled, would be happy putting a tenner on the football/roulette and not worrying if it didn't come off. The last couple of years I've probably lost 2-3k overall, I know not massive amounts compared to some people but when you're a student it's not sustainable.

Over the last few months I've lost about a thousand, I realised I had a problem when being at ...