The half shilling bet is for the slots, we do like the horses though, I'm only a couple of miles from Coolmore Stud, you can tell the owner in the village he's the one with the Maybach That being said I know a guy who works in Ballydoyle (the very successful training yard of Aidan O'Brien) who tried to top himself over gambling debts, so much for insider knowledge.
When's the last time anyone heard of a bookie going broke? Bliar/Brown de-regulated the betting 'industry' along with the licensing laws etc as well as taking us into illegal and immoral wars. Those two have a lot to answer for, but they never will as they are both as slippery as a bucket of eels.
Ooh. Rich people on Harleys who want tons of upgrades and accessories. There just aren’t enough in the world. Make more betting machines! Put them in hospitals and primary schools!
Rarely been in a bookies - once or twice to put a bet on the national . Gambling machines - one armed bandits - should be limited to using coins only - 50p, £1, £2 - not using credit cards . Not a lot can be done about on line stuff though
They were the best - 1d a go - pull the flipper to spin the ball round & see if it went in the 2/- hole - or the jackpot - £5 in copper coins!!
If an Adult wants to spunk hundreds on a slot machine then it’s up to them ...no different to me spunking hundreds on some crappy old VW !
I remember the whizzing ball sound well. Used to have a couple of them at Cobbs Caravan Site in Littlehampton (now sadly a housing estate), where we stayed as kids. One of the sounds of my childhood (as well as the sound of my nan peeing in a bucket)...
You can gamble all your funds and life away, but you get to go on long holidays if you win, with one . The others just a crappy machine for washing drug money, in a bookies.
