63 replies to this topic

[Daryl]

It does annoy you, that kind of thing mate. Having said that, if she works for a living, and can afford to and enjoy doing that... good luck to her. But if she is on benefits, then to be honest i honestly just don't how they could afford to do it!

[Bencrest]

I don't really see a problem with that, however if she was reserving machines for an unreasonable amount of time and not playing them, then it would be annoying. I'd just find something else to do though! 

 

I thought I was barred once when I took the piss - I had a machine at home and needed to float it, so I just put £20 notes in several £500 machines and collected without spinning, basically changing notes for £200 or so of £1 coins. I got shouted at by the woman in the cashbox that I have to play with those coins because they have to pay for them, I shouted back 'not my problem', she waved at me and told me to get out and not come back.

 

Obviously they let me back in after because I used to lose so much money in there

Edited by Bencrest, 12 January 2013 - 03:41 PM.

[jackpotjon05]

I have seen this happen at Gala Bingo, where someone will be playing a frutie and put a reserved sign on it to go off and play bingo and then go back to the frutie again. Did complain but it fell on deaf ears.

 

 

To be perfectly honest this whole subject pisses me off.

 

I used to visit Gala bingo myself for years but don't even BOTHER any more.

 

I won't even give arcades that do this the time of day.

 

There must have been 20+ 500 jackpots on the floor and 90% of them were un-playable because nearly ALL of them

 

had reserved stcikers on them.

 

One lady popped a couple of quid in one, left it, put a reserve on it of her own accord I might add, walked away

 

played another, did the same on this one and basically reserved 4/5 machines at a time so she could go back to them as she pleased

 

and NOBODY could play them.

 

What is the fuc..ng point if you can't play them? So that's why I cannot be arsed and don't anymore.

 

Can you imagine if everyone did this in an evening at bingo?

 

There wouldn't be ANY machines to play at all.

 

The whole thing is a sham, pathetic and useless.

 

Gambling is all about the luck of the draw and that's what it is all about.

[todd1970]

Indeed jon05 i totally agree , ive been in there other times where machine have the "Stop im being played" card thing on them and think fair do's someone must be away to the bank or whatever...

 

2 Hours later there is no-one came near them...i said this earlier in this thread .. how many times have you walked into an arcade and lost £50 , £60 .. whatever in a Party Time Arena and had to walk out pissed off cos you won fk all , knowing the next person to play it is on for a good win out of it...

 

Ye cant just say...oh , thats me skint , gonna keep that machine for me till i come back with more money tomorrow or summat...naw sorry .. tough shit ... thats what gambling is all about...you dont get to reserve a machine just cos your "special"