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    #20192
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,982 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191489#Comment_118191489

    Saw one recently, started with the gutters, moved onto to Tarmac and somehow ended up sweeping chimney 😅

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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    #20193
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 82,716 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    I regularly see pensioners blowing 10% or more of their pension in one go on de Lotto and scratchcards.



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    #20194
    McDermotX
    Registered Users Posts: 15,358 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    And these gambling heads drag you into their places with a gun to your head caller ?





    No, you say.



    So they raid your bank accounts then ?




    No, you say.



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    #20195
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 20,603 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    no way in hell are any betting company coming on air



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    #20196
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,502 ✭✭✭touts


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191479#Comment_118191479

    Tony10? The chancer who is making a fortune on books, speaking engagements, training for schools etc while the 3 or 4 managers in An Post who got fired as a result of missing his fraudulent activities are in poverty on the dole? The bookies weren't the only scumbag in that story.



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    #20197
    golondrinas
    Registered Users Posts: 2,451 ✭✭✭golondrinas


    You can also spot the gamblers. Restless ,no concentration , I could go on. What effects me more is minimum pricing. Will the minimum bet go up to 100€ . Shows the bolloxology of it all.



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    #20198
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 20,603 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    I use betfair from time to time, they stopped the use of credit cards to deposit money



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    #20199
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191519#Comment_118191519

    Thats the book indeed, and no im not saying hes a good person for what he done etc, but its a good look into the damage that was caused



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    #20200
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 82,716 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    PaddyPower should offer odds on whether D'Arcy will fook up the buttons or not on a given day.



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    #20201
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,982 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    I worked in Mullingar next to a bookies. I swear the same people in the bookies every day of the week, most spending the entire day in the bookies. I just don't get how people can afford it. All walks of life including, young and old.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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    #20202
    Riley Helpless Grapevine
    Posts: 0 ✭ Riley Helpless Grapevine


    Maybe a recovering gambling addict should keep as far away from gambling sites as far as possible, the way a recovering alcoholic is better off not hanging around drinking-focussed public houses.



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    #20203
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,982 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    We apologise for the error and will be giving everyone contacted a free €20 bet

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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    #20204
    piplip87
    Registered Users Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭piplip87


    I think poor Joe must have lost a few Euro on the ponies at the weekend.



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    #20205
    McDermotX
    Registered Users Posts: 15,358 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Ah. Grow up FFS


    Get some white van drivers on



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    #20206
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 17,061 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    I went to the pub to watch a game recently.

    There was a table of young lads there. Anytime I glanced over at them during the game they were stuck on their phones, telling each other about scores in other games, the odds on how many corners the team would have, yellow cards, man of thee match and so on an so forth.


    They probably saw about 10 minutes of the actual game, their attention was totally and utterly drawn to the bookies.


    It's a massive problem that is only going to get worse.



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    #20207
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,982 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191544#Comment_118191544

    It's a shocking addiction and i know a few who've lost everything, including marriages and home's

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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    #20208
    Riley Helpless Grapevine
    Posts: 0 ✭ Riley Helpless Grapevine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191505#Comment_118191505

    He needs to totally avoid any sources of gambling, remove himself from websites, from any influence, if he’s serious about recovery. For an addict to continue to engage with the focus of their demons, it demonstrates they are still in the deep sh1t. Very difficult in Ireland for an alcoholic to avoid alcohol, but you have to actually seek out gambling as not everyone else around you is doing it.



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    #20209
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users Posts: 39,586 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    So, Ladbrokes broke lad.

    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin




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    #20210
    Riley Helpless Grapevine
    Posts: 0 ✭ Riley Helpless Grapevine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191506#Comment_118191506

    Most alcoholics load up outside the pub environment.



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    #20211
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 20,603 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    'da roof under my head'



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    #20212
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 17,061 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191539#Comment_118191539

    I'd say it would be odds on everyday



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    #20213
    piplip87
    Registered Users Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭piplip87


    Does he have any tips for the Troytown on Sunday ? Would be great to know what one he fancies so I can stay away from it.



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    #20214
    McDermotX
    Registered Users Posts: 15,358 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Ohhhhhhhh.......legal threat ?



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    #20215
    avfc1874
    Registered Users Posts: 3,584 ✭✭✭avfc1874


    I work too hard for my money. The thoughts of putting 100 euro or more on a bet would terrify me. 😒😰



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    #20216
    Atlantic Dawn
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    RTE stops the childrens movie on a Saturday night for the Lotto, it's in no position to talk about gambling.



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    #20217
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 17,061 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191544#Comment_118191544

    Gambling ads on before during and after every match on TV. Listen of Off the Ball and its in association with some Bookies. Open up Twitter and you'll have gambling ads popping up on your feed.



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    #20218
    BPKS
    Registered Users Posts: 17,061 ✭✭✭✭BPKS


    Joe you won the Lottery years ago. About €10 million from RTE since the millennium.



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    #20219
    bmorrissey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭bmorrissey


    Callum Robinsons top 5 goals



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    #20220
    Atlantic Dawn
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    The dogs is another joke.



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    #20221
    Riley Helpless Grapevine
    Posts: 0 ✭ Riley Helpless Grapevine


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118191564#Comment_118191564

    My uncle lost his two horses, his own/wife/child’s house and his clients houses, everything. His wife stood by very well, bless her, although there were inevitably rows. The ripples through the family went on for years and years and years. My mother worked through the night to help pay her brother-in-law’s debts for the sake of the rest of the family, his son etc. The son grew up very abstemious with money, plenty of it but never spent a cent. No wonder, he had felt so insecure!

    Incidentally my mother was actually fond of the bro-in-law that caused so much trouble. He was a nice basically decent guy, at heart, but the centre of such much grief.



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