Topic: A dangerous gambling behavior of a gambler - page 9. (Read 1529 times)

1. He found a loophole in that certain casino or whatever it is. I bet that gambler is a patron there and he keeps on coming back until he saw how he could take advantage of them.

2. I will be angry. That's your first reaction to money problems. Why? There's a chance that both of them will be paying whatever is missing. Do you really want to pay for something that is not your fault? I don't think so.

3. Well, like I said, that guy must be coming back and forth there and I guess the neighboring businesses could have CCTV installed in their establishment. They could borrow that and all they need is the time when that certain guy went out.

This is a case where cashiers make mistakes because they trust the person in front of them. Gamblers cannot be trusted especially the addicted ones. It's money and anyone can be blinded by it.

I think this is the cashier's fault, he or she should not involved his emotions and follow protocols for players winning and betting. So yeah, the manager has the right to get furious with his cashier.


You just don't know the lengths of what gamblers will do just to continue with their addiction. They are not going to think that they will be arrested or what. All they think is to continue with their gambling as long as they can.


Probably reprimanded, or getting fired, because his/her actions are not acceptable.


Gambling world as small, somehow, somewhere, he or she will identified if there is a installed CCTV to get his image specially his face. And we don't know if he has done it before in other betting shops as well. In short this is not the first time that he had done and he might have known that there are no CCTV on that place and so he took his chance.

it's a long story but I'll try to make it short as I can for a comprehensively.

Yesterday while I was putting together some predictions for a parley bet as the EPL and other leagues  has just kicked off. In the process I started experiencing network hitches problem which I wasn't getting comfortable with. Suddenly another idea erupted in my head, why not just go straight to any of the sports betting shops closer and book these games at once. So I zoomed off.

On getting there with ease I was able to book my games using their computer and taking my ticket. In the brief time I was in the shop I noticed how one of the cashier was addressing another of the cashier angrily (it was later I learned that he is the head cashier). So out of curiosity I couldn't mind my business, I inquired as to what could be the problem why he was talking with such an angry tune on his coworker.

He then told me how a gambler had walked into the shop and played sessions of virtual games worth #32k (in our local currency) and disappeared without paying. I was confused, like how did that happened I asked. He had to go into details explaining that when the strange guy  played his first game he won #18k for which he didn't ask to be paid but continued gambling using the winning cash until he lost it all back to the shop. Out of confidence, the cashier didn't bother requesting for money for the next sessions thinking that after the guy might have been done gambling he will calculate the total loss for payment to be made or he perhaps might get another lucky win in the middle to cover for it in part or whole since he was able to get a win in the first game played. But unfortunately for him, the strange guy had another intention in mind, disappearing at the slightest minute the cashier's attention was diverted from his sight.

I felt dumbfounded by the stupidity of the cashier as I was speechless to say the least, I just had to tell him that the manager of the shop should install a CCTV camera in the shop to prevent future roguery of this nature.

Questions for discussion:
Why would a gambler adventure in  such a risk knowing the embarrassment he would have received or even getting arrested for it.

If you happen to be the manager of that gambling shop what will be your action towards the foolishness of such an employee. Will it just be an angry shout or beyond that?

Do you think there is any measure through which the strange guy could be identified since there was no CCTV cameras stationed in and outside the shop environs?