I would say I'm somewhere around -$20,000 which isn't that bad I think.
I am down $6.50 after 63 years.
Every time I go to Vegas, I am compelled to put $0.50 in a slot machine, once.
I would say I'm somewhere around -$20,000 which isn't that bad I think.
How long before the IRS can't collect?
Not likely anyone will admit winning much on a public forum
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What would you estimate that you are up or down in your lifetime gambling career?
Pool and everything included.
I would say I'm somewhere around -$20,000 which isn't that bad I think.
I am down $6.50 after 63 years.
Every time I go to Vegas, I am compelled to put $0.50 in a slot machine, once.
HOOT! I went to Reno on my 21st birthday with a buddy who claimed to have a "system". I lost every dime I had. Drove home on my dad's "emergency only" gas card...and had a lot of thinking to do on that long drive. I consider it an expensive education. So, that's how much I'm down. Haven't gambled since.
A funny aside...still in touch with that buddy. He's still scuffling, looking for that big score. I'm retired, living quite comfortably after working, saving, and investing.
So you're a bleeder.
Please enlighten a lowly NCO, Colonel.
...define 'bleeder'
I can translate that two ways....and I think I'm both.
Many people don't entirely believe what you read on the Internet.....
....that includes the IRS.
My claim to be up what Louis Roberts is down reflects the same hyperbole that he used.
Gamblers tend to make a good story better.....I tricked a well known gambler for a couple
thou once...he swore at me for half an hour....everybody else was laughing hysterically.
...so I walked into a conversation two years later...my $2,000 had become $20.000.
I went on a winning streak once for a couple weeks....many of my friends were talking
about how much I had won....I told them...." Look, I might've won 4 or 5 million...
...but I certainly didn't win the kind of money people say I did.".
Way up. I kept a ledger. Still do. But if you think I'm giving a number on the internet you're a good candidate for a squirrell to pick you up for dinner.
I'm retired, living quite comfortably after working, saving, and investing.
Another way to ask is, what did you do with your winnings? If you were smart you stayed out casinos, card game unless your real good at cards, race tracks or gave it back on the pool table. The smart ones invested it in something. 99% will not have the money they won unless they invested it OUTSIDE of pool.
When you get ahead a certain amount, buy something you can double your money on...and repeat. If it's something like cars you're flipping, try to buy a more expensive each time. Johnnyt
Johnnyt,
What did you do with all of your winnings from the landscapers, painters, delivery guy and all of the other laborers that you heisted?
JoeyA