Actually, yea, I am right now. Never thought I would, but I am done gambling.
I am slow paying, I am NOT a stiff. We agreed on a pay off date. I hope to have it paid off sooner than later.
Pinches happen, and I got myself into one.
Word.
I've asked this here before, but when does the bookie/agent take some of the blame?
I mean, a guy keeps giving you credit when you're losing, then he lets you continue to play when you can't settle.
I take full responsiblity for the pickle I put myself in, but when can we say.....ok, the guy shouldn't book bets?
Thats how legs get broken.........hno:
To tell the truth, if it was Me as the Bookie...and the Number was that Large ....I would have cut you a Deal for LESS.
But it is true to what you say..."Some" Runners/ Agents are Scumbags and don't care.
Listen.......8 out of 10 guys playing Credit, Don't have the Money to Pay if they lose. ( the full amount )
Only the REAL High rollers do.....
The guy that has a $5k-$10K Credit line, if they lose that much...odds say he can't come up with it.
and the wrong thing to do, is keep on giving him Credit.
Even worst, is the Bookies/Agent/ runner that DOESN'T put that person on a "Roll-over" Acount.
99% of Credit acounts, re-set after the week is Over. Thus...putting the Gambler..at a point where his is able to Bet & Lose Another $10k for the week.
I think ALL smaller Credit Playes should be put on a "Rollover" acount.
And if they Don't, and get Beat.....Then it's on them.
Betall:
Thanks for the clarification.
See, I played with this guy for over a year, won some, lost some, settled pretty regularly with no problemo.
I paid him roughly 20K probably more. But as the economy has it, I started to stuggle, but was making payment.
dude goes busto, all while not telling me shit, so I am sending him payments. Finally contacts me and tells me to stop sending payments and wait to hear from him and my accoutn is closed so i cant track what i have paid.
months later i get contacted, figure is wrong from what i remember, but the new guy worked me a deal.....its all good.
lesson learned.
Credit is nice, it's just casino's are my weakness, and this guy kept opening it for me, when he seen it was a recipe for a disaster.
If I booked, I would book different than him, again, that's probaly why he went bust.