Post your losing stories here

**kidgloves** · 1st January 2006, 03:53 PM

I'll start the ball rolling, yesterday in town, hardly ever play arcades anymore but had to walk into and pick the one machine that was going to completely shaft me.
A bar x 7 that was £30 light (showing signs Chris), well it played like pish. 2 hours playing, £400 down and the biggest offering I had was a £15 set of bars that held once. Nice.
Not one win that dropped in rolled in twice or three times. It was poor, even by bar x 7 standards.
The irony was that not having a float after that meant the nights drinking in pubs wouldn't entail some quick backstabbing off pissed up new year revellers, and sods law....a Nuns and Roses just ~had~ to be showing £5 off the first feature when I only had £4 change on me, the notechanger was out and the other machines were being played. You just know that if you went on that normally with a good stash of coins that it would be showing dead boards. Anyways, not put me off as I've won half of it back on poker today and with a bit of luck I'm off to rape the GG's and Monopoply at Bingo tonight.

**gtbunny** · 1st January 2006, 04:11 PM

Well, this aint one of me shockin losses but its the most recent....
Started off with £70 in a random spinner yesterday for £100, nice i thought, then visited a random monopoly and off £20 in made £40 profit, got stung by a BKC for £50 (shouldve come off after clawing back £45 lol) then after hearing someone else put a few more quid into the random monopoly and take about £40 off the top it tempted me to go back on (major mistake!) lost about £70 on the bugger!
Anyways then it was time for NYE festivites to begin so went to me local, £20 in Top Giza for a £75 top, £130 ish in an x-rated for about £101 clawed back (with no streaky poos

) then half an hour later got tempted for TG again (foolishly enuff) £30 in and ANOTHER £75 out off the top, quite amazed and didnt think it could afford to do that again, so all in all was £100 down that day, dunno if ive done me maths perfectly with those amounts cuz i was a tad drunk during the evenin lol

**Thor2007** · 1st January 2006, 07:26 PM

If, after £20-30 you've not had an XXX win I'd walk. As I say, the ministreaks/streaks always start with XXX and progress through to bars and sometimes sevens.

Your experience here sounds similar to one day I had about a year ago. Roughly down the same amount only to hear it emptied 3 times in the next few days. I reckon you caught the major such cycle before the storm so to speak. hmm.... £30 light and no decent streak after £400. It's either got to be the major suck or else its been emptied very recently.

The signs.... usually good for at least £40 for about £20 in, often more, although it's not set in stone.

Was there any of the 'mentioned' setups after the win, Kid? I'd be amazed if there was. And if there was then surely you just at least a few quickish wins after?

Another point, I take a roll in without a hold or another roll in, to be a bad sign (dependant on whats happened before, and how much is in the bank). You'll find that after a streak or some kind you'll quite often get a roll in on XXX, no hold or repeat. DEAD.

I had a funny experience on these a few days back where the entire streak was of tenners, I played on expecting bars to come but they never did and sacked it after £40 without a further win. Probably ended up down in the end.

On the same day, enter an arcade which is new territory so to speak, to find a golden game multiplayer. To my delight, its full after £30 or so in. £200 later no flash!

You could just tell it was one of they tight chips, nothing was dropping in and let em spins were few and far between. Usually a force for over £100 will send one of these things loopy - but not to be on this instance. Finally it comes and the flash goes for £5! Steam coming out of my ears at this point. Alas, another flash shortly after which I just took, £95.

£100 down - one set of bars and multiple X wins later, walk away down £30-40. Not much, I know, but there should/usually is profit from these when they are so little short.

Dunhamzzz · 2nd January 2006, 12:13 AM

Most annoying of my losses wouldbe getting from 20 to 100 on R2R, VIU and KK, only to spike it all in a s16 without a large win,

Then for my friend to stick £2 for the VERY NEXT spin and earn back £45.

I got sorted out with £5. SOAB.

**jjh** · 2nd January 2006, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Dunhamzzz

Most annoying of my losses wouldbe getting from 20 to 100 on R2R, VIU and KK, only to spike it all in a s16 without a large win,

Then for my friend to stick £2 for the VERY NEXT spin and earn back £45.

I got sorted out with £5. SOAB.

Nothing worse than being sharked by a mate.

I put £40 in club Hot Dogs the other day- I could tell it was close to payout, (it was playing differently) ran out of coins and it was my go on the snooker, mate puts £2 in and gets £50 off super hot dogs feature- when he got the top feature I thought it was gonna be jp- made up he only got £50 the bloody shark!!!!!

**anfield road** · 2nd January 2006, 10:15 AM

luckily I have a few mates who if they have money will try and back me up, or if not then they will at least sort me out anyway.

Todays gamble is the usual rounds around prestatyn, YDD, Phil Taylor,Hot Shot, Nuns N Roses. Hill Billy - no chance lol.

And a BFM bullys Prize board

Tell ya how I Get on later

**kidgloves** · 2nd January 2006, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by jjh

Nothing worse than being sharked by a mate

I'd much rather a mate won after me than a random stranger or even worse the lowlife chav who's been watching you like a hawk for the last half hour.

**Thor2007** · 2nd January 2006, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by kidgloves

I'd much rather a mate won after me than a random stranger or even worse the lowlife chav who's been watching you like a hawk for the last half hour.

Or even worse, the chinese fella who's been sitting next to you, playing one spin every ten minutes in order to stick his money in your machine when you're no more than 2 feet away from it. Why do they do that?!

**alexross1977** · 2nd January 2006, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Christopher

the chinese fella

c'mon chris. no need for this racist crap. citing someones race unnecessarily tut tut. i know plenty of whiteboy sharks thank you very much..

[i know chris ISNT a racist cos i have seen pics of him and his pals, some of which are not white .. ]

**Thor2007** · 2nd January 2006, 06:03 PM

Nothing racist in my post - It's an opinion based purely on experience. Yes, there are plenty of white sharks, but in my experience EVERY chinese guy in an arcade is a shark. I'm sure plenty will have similar experiences.

Another point, the Chinese dont seem to be bothered by the fact that u know they are waiting to shark you, they make it as obvious as they can that they are waiting to pounce.