This guy gambles and wins a total amount of £400,000 and quits while ahead. - page 4.

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This is just an advertisement strategy created by the gambling sites itself? Roll Eyes

Probably not, if it was more focused on advertisement the name of the casino should've been named from the start but nothing was mentioned except for the screenshot of the slot games.

With a win that big it'll surely encourage most gamblers to quit and since he's started spending his winnings I doubt he'll go back to the casino unless he gets bored again. I used to have the same plan back then when I won several times from sports but went back to betting after a few days because that was some time during the playoffs.

I mentioned conspiracy so directly you should relate it with illuminati community, everything in this world is under the control of small number of people so whichever casino the people tend to play the community will get profits from it. Cheesy

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That was a big amount of winning, I wish you will be able to help some people who has been experiencing so bad right now due to the enhance lockdown that was the government doing. Anyway, it is a wise decision that you have been to quit or go out once you have been gain or won a very huge amount of pot money. That was one of the very hard to do because when you win you will be able to demonetized to gamble or play more because you have the chance to win more but nice decision bro.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on April 21, 2020, 04:46:01 AM

Josh Spurling decided to gamble out of sheer boredom since he was locked at home due to the current lockdown situation, and he gambled on two different occasions and on both he won big amounts totalling to £400,000.

It’s also pertinent to note that he’s decided not to gamble anymore as he believes to quit while he’s ahead, but something tells me he’s going to gamble again.

Now I know many will ask me why I feel this, so the answer is simple he’s already spending his fortune away quickly, and he’ll have more confidence in his luck so it’s only a matter of days before he gambles again.

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

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A SALESMAN won more than £400,000 in online casinos when he was bored during lockdown.

Josh Spurling struck lucky in two games just a few days apart.

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The window and door salesman has already spent £50,000 on a house deposit, as well as presents for himself and his family including his daughters aged eight and three. A holiday is also on the cards.

But Josh is now giving up online gambling. He said: “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on I’d jinx it.”

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11442154/salesman-wins-gambling-online-coronavirus-lockdown/

a great decision. I just hope it stays that way. a couple of poeple that I know of said the same thing “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on I’d jinx it.” (well, not exactly the same but similar to it)
but after a while, they all failed to do what the said and lost a substantial amount of money in order to win again and in the process affected their lives negatively. I just hope his sense of responsibility overcome the whispers of the temptation of gambling.

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I think it is a wise decision to make. £400,000 is big money and he can lose it in gambling or may not win that kind of amount again. Put it in a more meaninful things. Like in present time, there is a pandemic thing and it is really hard to earn money right now so it is a big help. But of course it is difficult to avoid on what you used to do. Maybe still gamble but not often.

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Better keep the 400k than don't have anything.
If I were in his position I would do the same. 400k is a pretty decent amount of money where you can do a lot of things in your life with those money.
After all, you are not going to become rich with gambling so it is better to quit it early.

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Quote from: peter0425 on April 22, 2020, 07:10:04 AM

Quote from: verita1 on April 22, 2020, 12:45:37 AM

Some gamblers are lucky, he is a very lucky guy who has been able to win in this lockdown. If he intends to stop gambling, he will leave it for a while but he will return. It is a habit, I wish him to have enough control and not fall into vice.

and also why need to stop?maybe he is just overwhelmed now thats why he can easily say about stopping to bet.

But in the next weeks after the full time happiness from winning?i am sure he will come back in that same gambling site and game that he once win Big.

and also he will again will hunt a chance to make winnings like what he has or much more than the past .

You cant judge directly on a person because you wouldnt know if that one would really be the last because he already secured out his winnings into something which is unusual for most winners
where majority would really end up on playing once again because they do aim for more money or do experience jackpot but sad to say that most of them just do give out those winnings back
to the house.In the case we have seen on that guy, he do smartly use those winnings into more useful which i do see a very good move that had made.

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He has the right mindset as a gambler and probably a lucky man during this pandemic since he earns a lot of money on just playing online and if he decides not to gamble anymore, we can’t judge him that he was telling lie. Common, he won money and he knows what he is doing but if he do playing again, then that’s not our problem anymore let’s just be happy for him because he has more time now with his family and at least bought something new for their house and save some money.

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Quote from: leea-1334 on April 22, 2020, 07:09:26 AM

I do not agree with you OP. I would agree if he spent the money instantly on parties, but he put down a house deposit, and then spent the rest on his family for a reward (which is good to me). This means he put away his winnings,,, not throw it away.

I would have put all the money to buy the house in cash though, unless he has a job that pays salary (salesman is on commission).

Securing some house and lot would be the best idea you can do before that money runs out. You see, money runs out really quickly if you don't spend it into something useful. If I have been given the opportunity to get that huge of money, I would have buy a house and lot to secure my future and keep some for the business later, just as simple as that. we don't need to buy everything especially things that we don't really need at all.

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Quote from: verita1 on April 22, 2020, 12:45:37 AM

Some gamblers are lucky, he is a very lucky guy who has been able to win in this lockdown. If he intends to stop gambling, he will leave it for a while but he will return. It is a habit, I wish him to have enough control and not fall into vice.

and also why need to stop?maybe he is just overwhelmed now thats why he can easily say about stopping to bet.

But in the next weeks after the full time happiness from winning?i am sure he will come back in that same gambling site and game that he once win Big.

and also he will again will hunt a chance to make winnings like what he has or much more than the past .

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I do not agree with you OP. I would agree if he spent the money instantly on parties, but he put down a house deposit, and then spent the rest on his family for a reward (which is good to me). This means he put away his winnings,,, not throw it away.

I would have put all the money to buy the house in cash though, unless he has a job that pays salary (salesman is on commission).

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Quote from: Juggy777 on April 21, 2020, 04:46:01 AM

Josh Spurling decided to gamble out of sheer boredom since he was locked at home due to the current lockdown situation, and he gambled on two different occasions and on both he won big amounts totalling to £400,000.

It’s also pertinent to note that he’s decided not to gamble anymore as he believes to quit while he’s ahead, but something tells me he’s going to gamble again.

Now I know many will ask me why I feel this, so the answer is simple he’s already spending his fortune away quickly, and he’ll have more confidence in his luck so it’s only a matter of days before he gambles again.

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

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A SALESMAN won more than £400,000 in online casinos when he was bored during lockdown.

Josh Spurling struck lucky in two games just a few days apart.

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The window and door salesman has already spent £50,000 on a house deposit, as well as presents for himself and his family including his daughters aged eight and three. A holiday is also on the cards.

But Josh is now giving up online gambling. He said: “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on I’d jinx it.”

Source:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11442154/salesman-wins-gambling-online-coronavirus-lockdown/

I agree with everything you say it is most likely that he would be coming back to gambling soon when all of it has been spent or he only have a small amount of money on his hand.
We shouldn't really spend our money so fast we should learn to plan and know how to spend it wisely.

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Well this headline would lure newcomers to gamble and expecting the same luck as he is which it won't happened.

So yeah it's easy to get back what the casino has given with those 400k pounds winning with some new players come to play and lost.
That's the endless circle in gambling.
Beware , you need to be full responsible on what you gonna do with your money especially the money that you are using for the daily life.

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Quote from: arwin100 on April 22, 2020, 05:24:08 AM

Quote from: slackovic on April 22, 2020, 05:07:25 AM

It's easy to say "I won't gamble if I win $100.000". But the problem is that everyone always have a feeling that it takes just a little more luck to double that winning. And $200.000 is much better than $100.000. And then you start losing. Then you gamble more to cover that loss. And then headlines start to appear: "Winning $100.000 ruined mans life"

Unfortunately the other situation for people who win that $100,000 amount or even higher is to gamble back again since for sure they will hope to win,earn more the same amount and to earn richest out from it since we can't deny the fact that winning such huge amount can cause addiction but that's not reflect or applicable to all and I'm impress with people who have self control which can able to hold their urge to play more on the games they like.

I really don't know what you said there... You have one (1!) full stop in the whole paragraph and it's in the end of it.

I guess you try to say that some people have great will power and are able to stop gambling once they win big. That's true, but if all people were like that, casinos would lose money. They live out of people that want to increase their winning or cover their loses.

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That's pretty wise of him. Others will hardly realize that, and even if they realize they would have a hard time stopping themselves. When you already have what seems to be an unlimited fund, it must be harder to quit.

The man seems to be one who has great control over himself. Even if he will get back to gambling-- as I don't believe he will totally quit gambling for the rest of his life-- I guess he will remain to be one who can easily hit moderation.

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Quote from: Rosilito on April 21, 2020, 09:47:37 PM

He's very cautious and wary with his fortune knowing that luck doesn't dictate the entirety of the game. It is not bad though if he is going back to gamble again when he will do it moderately but if it turns out to be often as he dragging the down his last resources then something bad is waiting for him up ahead. Anyway I think this kind of gesture like quitting right away is applicable for people who won the jackpot, or something far bigger than what he bet, and had already bet. Since you gain more than what you spend. Otherwise it is just a loss or your money remains the same.

Quitting after you hit the jackpot is the right thing to do, and like what you have said it's very possible that he might comeback and play again, the fact that he quit and bring his money out from the house give him opportunities to think about where to spend the money, if he's wise enough and use it to divert and start a business it will be a good start for him. Let the gambling side be entertaining once you have a business to feed your vices.

Exactly man! The same thing I was thinking whenever I gamble, and wish to hit a jackpot just even once. Though I wanna own some properties I kept on thinking on establishing a business over the other for me to have a strong passive income, you know, you'll have to deal with monitoring, checking inventories, and if it grows up then checking your employees and such. Because we couldn't just depend on luck, and gamble it everytime which is most gamblers fails to think that portrays that obsession with money, and winning would devour us that would lead to unfortunate events.

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Quote from: slackovic on April 22, 2020, 05:07:25 AM

It's easy to say "I won't gamble if I win $100.000". But the problem is that everyone always have a feeling that it takes just a little more luck to double that winning. And $200.000 is much better than $100.000. And then you start losing. Then you gamble more to cover that loss. And then headlines start to appear: "Winning $100.000 ruined mans life"

Unfortunately the other situation for people who win that $100,000 amount or even higher is to gamble back again since for sure they will hope to win,earn more the same amount and to earn richest out from it since we can't deny the fact that winning such huge amount can cause addiction but that's not reflect or applicable to all and I'm impress with people who have self control which can able to hold their urge to play more on the games they like.

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It's easy to say "I won't gamble if I win $100.000". But the problem is that everyone always have a feeling that it takes just a little more luck to double that winning. And $200.000 is much better than $100.000. And then you start losing. Then you gamble more to cover that loss. And then headlines start to appear: "Winning $100.000 ruined mans life"

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They say the higher the risks you put into one thing especially on gambling it's a 50/50 chance you'll win big time or lose big time but his case was the former and I think it's really for him. I agree with Rikafip but that depends on the character of the individual and I have a feeling Josh might be dealing again on it, there's no doubt about it. That statement of him not gambling again but still does then the same scenario will happen again, just my two cents.

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Quote from: Juggy777 on April 21, 2020, 04:46:01 AM

Josh Spurling decided to gamble out of sheer boredom since he was locked at home due to the current lockdown situation, and he gambled on two different occasions and on both he won big amounts totalling to £400,000.

It’s also pertinent to note that he’s decided not to gamble anymore as he believes to quit while he’s ahead, but something tells me he’s going to gamble again.

Yeah i tend to agree with you that chances of him not gambling again are slim, that's just how it works. We all say this, "if I only jackpot i would never gamble again", but in reality, greed is the main reason why gambling places are so popular, and they count on it. It is all about psychology.
Maybe he won't play again if he just started with gambling and won this money, but if he is long term gambler, it won't be easy to stop just like that. I've seen it so many times while I worked in casino, and extremely rare are those that managed to control themselves in similar situations.

On the bright side, from what i read in article he already spent £50,000 on a house deposit, so maybe he quits while he is ahead, or at least he spends winning wisely, and later on he can continue playing casually, as he was before this (I assume he was a casual gambler).

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Lightning strikes twice this time eh? I would have cashed out after hitting £100,000 in that online slot machine and would have never returned back even after a month later. He pushed his luck a bit more and won so well done to him. Good thing that he's not an addict and I hope he'll invest at least half of his winnings so he'll never go back to gambling.

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