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How about this for a scary betting story? I picked it up from a forum discussion elsewhere. I feel sorry for anyone who believes in betting systems that can't lose.
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The Dundee Courier reports this morning that a local man faces being made homeless after a betting system went horribly wrong over the weekend.
"This bloke kept coming into the Queen Anne and we got talking over a few pints and he said he had this great money making “8 system” which we should try out on the rugby world cup" reports the man who wishes to remain anonymous.
"Well, I know as little about rugby as the next man" continued the beleaguered investor "but the bloke, Rob I think his name was, said the beauty was not in the bets we made but in the staking plan. He claimed to have been using it for 25 years and it had never once let him down."
"Anyway the upshot was me and my mate Jimmy decided to but the system off this "Rob" and we went halves on the £500 cost"
"It seemed like a lot at the time but we knew it was a system for life and all we wanted to get out of it was £100 each per week to keep us in fish suppers and granny sookers, so it seemed like a worthwhile investment"
"So we started on Friday morning, up and logged on bright and breezy. We tossed a coin and Jimmy got the favourite on the handicap and I got the underdog. Jimmy got his £100 straight away and was back in the Queen Anne before you could say boo to a goose".
"Nae bother, I'll just continue tomorrow" the potless punter droned on wearily "and that is where the real problems started. After a further four losing bets on Saturday I was ready to quit but knew the beauty of the staking plan was set to kick in and save my bacon. So I did my Australia -26 bet on Saturday evening and went to bed, getting up on Sunday just in time to see Australia had won by that exact margin".
"Magic I thought, £100 profit rescued! Sidney James is a right mug for laying me such a big bet. Do these bookies never learn......................and then I logged on and my balance hadn't been updated. So I gave their customer services a right piece of my mind but it didn't help because the bet was in fact a loser. Panicking now, I blundered on. It was like an out of body experience as next Ireland and ultimately my eighth and final bet on South Africa let me down."
"It all seemed so simple at the time" he finished "but now I've lost £14,000 and probably my house as a result. Jimmy thinks it's great though. He got his £100 and is starting again on Wednesday morning".
How about this for a scary betting story? I picked it up from a forum discussion elsewhere. I feel sorry for anyone who believes in betting systems that can't lose.
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The Dundee Courier reports this morning that a local man faces being made homeless after a betting system went horribly wrong over the weekend.
"This bloke kept coming into the Queen Anne and we got talking over a few pints and he said he had this great money making “8 system” which we should try out on the rugby world cup" reports the man who wishes to remain anonymous.
"Well, I know as little about rugby as the next man" continued the beleaguered investor "but the bloke, Rob I think his name was, said the beauty was not in the bets we made but in the staking plan. He claimed to have been using it for 25 years and it had never once let him down."
"Anyway the upshot was me and my mate Jimmy decided to but the system off this "Rob" and we went halves on the £500 cost"
"It seemed like a lot at the time but we knew it was a system for life and all we wanted to get out of it was £100 each per week to keep us in fish suppers and granny sookers, so it seemed like a worthwhile investment"
"So we started on Friday morning, up and logged on bright and breezy. We tossed a coin and Jimmy got the favourite on the handicap and I got the underdog. Jimmy got his £100 straight away and was back in the Queen Anne before you could say boo to a goose".
"Nae bother, I'll just continue tomorrow" the potless punter droned on wearily "and that is where the real problems started. After a further four losing bets on Saturday I was ready to quit but knew the beauty of the staking plan was set to kick in and save my bacon. So I did my Australia -26 bet on Saturday evening and went to bed, getting up on Sunday just in time to see Australia had won by that exact margin".
"Magic I thought, £100 profit rescued! Sidney James is a right mug for laying me such a big bet. Do these bookies never learn......................and then I logged on and my balance hadn't been updated. So I gave their customer services a right piece of my mind but it didn't help because the bet was in fact a loser. Panicking now, I blundered on. It was like an out of body experience as next Ireland and ultimately my eighth and final bet on South Africa let me down."
"It all seemed so simple at the time" he finished "but now I've lost £14,000 and probably my house as a result. Jimmy thinks it's great though. He got his £100 and is starting again on Wednesday morning".
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