Official notice!
I Joseph Raglione am giving up my addiction to no-chance lottery gambling machine games. Doing this will save me money every month which I will use to pay important debts. Not doing this means I am indirectly giving back to the federal and provincial governments a large junk of my meagre pension and creating a large debt hole for myself!
I am not alone with this emotionally and financially destructive gambling addiction! Millions of lonely elderly people with time on their hands can be seen in restaurants and Casinos across Canada putting Twenty Dollar bills into no-chance lottery machines. I write no-chance because the machines allow for only a small percentage of people to win small jack-pots in the full psychological understanding that these people will most probably, with a few stubborn exceptions, return the money into the machines. In fact insiders made a joke about the probability factor! Gamblers will most probably return their winnings sooner rather than later and to make sure this happens, the friendly ambiance created within gambling areas of restaurants and Casinos are created on purpose to sell alcohol beverages and to make it easy for gamblers to spend money.
Addiction takes hold when a gambler quickly wins and then slowly and irrevocably returns his or her winnings into the machine in the hope of winning more money. Often a game will allow a player to win free spins and the game will not pay out more than the gambler paid in! Sometimes nothing at all is paid during the rare times free spins are awarded! When one finally does arrive...zero...no money is returned! The question is why bother gambling when there is almost zero chance of winning? The answer is: loneliness and need and a small hope to win.
During my short career as a gambler I often heard people say they were only playing a short time to amuse themselves and they were only betting small amounts of money. I always smiled and thought to myself that the machines paid in proportion to the bet. A small bet meant a small win. It was enough to keep people playing but never enough to let them walk out with money left in their pockets. The large Jack Pot's are reserved only for large cash players. Small time players are rewarded with frequent free games and when money is awarded it is always less than the player puts in. Often, nothing at all is awarded and that is patently cruel and unfair! The government should at the very least provide a reasonable pay-out during the rare times any player, small bet or large bet, wins a free game!
After beginning to lose a gambler will often attempt to recoup his or her losses by putting even more money into one or more machines. Some sad characters are driven close to insanity trying to win back their heavy losses. Every Lottery gambling machine game allows a quick win after money slides into the machine. The small win at the beginning of a game draws a new player deeper into the game. I recommend immediately pushing the cash-in exit button the second you win and then walk away as fast as possible. Smile on your way out! Don't expect more after your first small win because the odds are it won't happen! Jack-Pots are few and far between and winning a Jack-Pot means you spent hundreds of Dollars in the effort to win! Going broke is no fun for anybody!
Unfortunately, walking away is not easy! When anybody walks into a gambling area of a bar or restaurant there is always a host or hostess waiting with a friendly smile and a free cup of coffee or a soft drink. The client immediately feels like a winner and remains seated past the point of zero returns.
Life is going to become quieter for me for a while...a very short while... and I am going to catch up on my reading...Bye for now!
Joseph.
P.S. Since I wrote this article I have returned to lose more money to the lottery machines. However, I have learned that with the exception of basic repairs to the machines, the government does not put money intro the machines. Gamblers put money into the machines and then they play against each other. This has led me to the conclusion that if the gambling area is empty, don't sit down! The only person putting money into the machines will be you!
I Joseph Raglione am giving up my addiction to no-chance lottery gambling machine games. Doing this will save me money every month which I will use to pay important debts. Not doing this means I am indirectly giving back to the federal and provincial governments a large junk of my meagre pension and creating a large debt hole for myself!
I am not alone with this emotionally and financially destructive gambling addiction! Millions of lonely elderly people with time on their hands can be seen in restaurants and Casinos across Canada putting Twenty Dollar bills into no-chance lottery machines. I write no-chance because the machines allow for only a small percentage of people to win small jack-pots in the full psychological understanding that these people will most probably, with a few stubborn exceptions, return the money into the machines. In fact insiders made a joke about the probability factor! Gamblers will most probably return their winnings sooner rather than later and to make sure this happens, the friendly ambiance created within gambling areas of restaurants and Casinos are created on purpose to sell alcohol beverages and to make it easy for gamblers to spend money.
Addiction takes hold when a gambler quickly wins and then slowly and irrevocably returns his or her winnings into the machine in the hope of winning more money. Often a game will allow a player to win free spins and the game will not pay out more than the gambler paid in! Sometimes nothing at all is paid during the rare times free spins are awarded! When one finally does arrive...zero...no money is returned! The question is why bother gambling when there is almost zero chance of winning? The answer is: loneliness and need and a small hope to win.
During my short career as a gambler I often heard people say they were only playing a short time to amuse themselves and they were only betting small amounts of money. I always smiled and thought to myself that the machines paid in proportion to the bet. A small bet meant a small win. It was enough to keep people playing but never enough to let them walk out with money left in their pockets. The large Jack Pot's are reserved only for large cash players. Small time players are rewarded with frequent free games and when money is awarded it is always less than the player puts in. Often, nothing at all is awarded and that is patently cruel and unfair! The government should at the very least provide a reasonable pay-out during the rare times any player, small bet or large bet, wins a free game!
After beginning to lose a gambler will often attempt to recoup his or her losses by putting even more money into one or more machines. Some sad characters are driven close to insanity trying to win back their heavy losses. Every Lottery gambling machine game allows a quick win after money slides into the machine. The small win at the beginning of a game draws a new player deeper into the game. I recommend immediately pushing the cash-in exit button the second you win and then walk away as fast as possible. Smile on your way out! Don't expect more after your first small win because the odds are it won't happen! Jack-Pots are few and far between and winning a Jack-Pot means you spent hundreds of Dollars in the effort to win! Going broke is no fun for anybody!
Unfortunately, walking away is not easy! When anybody walks into a gambling area of a bar or restaurant there is always a host or hostess waiting with a friendly smile and a free cup of coffee or a soft drink. The client immediately feels like a winner and remains seated past the point of zero returns.
Life is going to become quieter for me for a while...a very short while... and I am going to catch up on my reading...Bye for now!
Joseph.
P.S. Since I wrote this article I have returned to lose more money to the lottery machines. However, I have learned that with the exception of basic repairs to the machines, the government does not put money intro the machines. Gamblers put money into the machines and then they play against each other. This has led me to the conclusion that if the gambling area is empty, don't sit down! The only person putting money into the machines will be you!
