Paul Longland is the classic example of what you should NOT do if you’re a gambling addict. First of all, the guy WORKS in a betting shop. Second of all, his employer at a branch of Betfred sent him off to bank nearly £6,000 and guess where the money landed up? At another bookie of course. And when Longland lost that money, he did the next no-no. He placed bets worth £23,000 in the very shop where he worked. Amazingly, the guy knew that a) he’d have to receive phone authorization for such big amounts of money wagered and b) even if he had won, the prizes would not be honored as they were placed by an employer. Longland said he was deeply ashamed of his addiction but he couldn’t help himself. I feel sorry for the guy, but this is definitely a case you can learn from…
Here’s one on gambling addiction, courtesy of Top Joke: “It was little Johnny’s first day in school, so his father looked up the teacher. He told her that little Johnny was a good kid but that he was an avid gambler. He warned that little Johnny might win lunch money from the other kids if he was not watched closely. The teacher did not seem disturbed, assured the father that she had handled many such problems and was very capable of taking care of little Johnny’s urge to gamble. Shortly after lunch, the father called the teacher and asked her how things were going. “Oh, everything is going very well.” She said. “I think I may have cured little Johnny of his gambling habit.” The father asked her what had happened. “The little tyke absolutely insisted on betting me ten dollars that I had a mole on my rear.” She said. “I finally agreed to the bet and took him to the teacher’s lounge to show him that I had no mole.” “Damn!” The father said. “He bet me fifty dollars this morning that he would see the teacher’s butt before the day was over.”
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