Do you have a gambling problem?
According to Loren Jordaan of the National Responsible Gambling Programme, wearing adult diapers while gambling to avoid excusing yourself from the gaming tables is a sure sign of a gambling problem.
“Such unsociable behaviour is a clear sign that a person has become an addict or a compulsive gambler.”
According to Jordaan, adult diapers aren’t the only sign of a gambling problem:
“Incidents that stand out include one about a man who had been playing at a roulette table. When the ball didn’t fall into the number he had chosen, he just ate the ball. Another man ate a card that had caused him to lose money.”
“Then there was an elderly woman playing the slots, and the ceiling collapsed centimetres away from her. She didn’t even blink. “
“In another incident a woman lay flat on the floor during an armed robbery at one of the Jo’burg casinos. The moment the robber turned his back, she reached up and continued playing the machine, while still lying on the floor.”
How about bringing a Pez dispenser or other “talisman” to a craps table and clicking it as the die are thrown? Another expert noted:
“That is probably more of a sign of being just plain weird as opposed to a gambling addiction.”
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August 30th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
Unless of course yer at the CRAP table……
August 30th, 2005 at 8:44 pm
I know a guy who brought little Smurf figurines to the craps table. His theory was that since he was out to win a few hundred bucks, and since Ben Franklin’s picture on the $100 bill looks like Papa Smurf, then his Smurf characters would lure more “Papa Smurfs” into his wallet. It never worked. Eventually, he figured that what he needed was the Smurfs nemesis, Gargamel, in order to “capture” Smurfs. So he brought a Gargamel doll and set it on the table rail. Sure enough, he made about $1500 the first night he tried it. But Gargamel, like most talismans, had no staying power, and my friend continues to live at or below the poverty line.
August 30th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
The problem with the story is that they didn’t really say how hot the table was. If the table was red hot who of us would employ such measures if they were available?