How much have you lost or won in your lifetime by gambling?

[Dante799]

I know some people that could gamble for a living but

I think I've lost 20k in 10 years...

now I'm sitting here and ask myself wtf am I'm doing, thats a down payment on a house or a bmw...

be honest, so I won't feel alone...

[dwaechte]

Havent lost 20k, but Id take 10 years of gambling over a BMW any day.

[SlickFazzer]

Fishhead is up over $500,000 playing slots some have said.

[Richkas]

Fishhead is up over $500,000 playing slots some have said.

[onthewhat]

Fishhead is up over $500,000 playing slots some have said.

[SlickFazzer]

LOL...Fishler.

[THEGREAT30]

8 to 10 years over the net I would estimate anywhere between $6000 and $8000 bucks. Not much really when I look at my past W-2's. I wonder where the money is but gambling hasn't been my major problem. Almost the last 10 to 12 years of my life prior to the last 3.5 months I had spent at least $100 a week on beer and liquor and major stints of maryjane at $75 to $100 a week. I imagine I have lost atleast $40,000 in the last 8 to 10 years on alcohol and maryjane.

[Kingctb27]

Lost 500 in the first year or so. All because of one game. Put 700 bucks on the Twins when I was going to "quit" gambling.

Money Management, ppl.

Thank god I bet 50 on the Titans +275 to win the division. Looks good.

[unit1884]

Ive prob lost around 10k

[englishmike]

I don't know how much but if I had it on a table in front of me so I could see it I would probably eat razor blades until i died of internal bleeding. I've been doin it a long time, most weeks for seven days-per-week, I try to limit it to weekends now. In the Uk you can't walk to the store without passing a betting shop, it's hard to avoid.

[Boner_18]

Lost about 5k over 5-7yrs. This is a guess.

[Marigold HD]

I don't even want to know.....

[InTheHole]

Tens of thousands ... probably 40k.

[jjgold]

I guess overall might be down over 300,000 but had some very good years so the 300K is deceiving and plus the number extends over 25 years..

[ertl09]

probably won about 3 k in only 2 years of betting

[Kingctb27]

If you really think about it 10k over 5 years or so isn't that bad... Esp with the entertainment we get out of it... I have uncles who pay 6k a year to go deer hunt 3 hours away... Go every weekend. I'd estimate they spend about 10k on it a year. ridiculous.

[andkon]

Lol, anybody actually think they've come out on top in their lifetime?

[unit1884]

Only real professionals who have insane discipline and money management MIGHT profit over the long run, but thats not much fun...

[rm18]

Lol, anybody actually think they've come out on top in their lifetime?

I am up lifetime decent amount about 100k but I only had one winning year in 5 years. One year I clocked 6 figures other 4 including this year I am down

[krk1030]

Couple grand maybe, i have not kept track. Maybe thats why im down. Most of it from tilt in sportsbooks casinos. I do pretty well when i can stick to sports.

[Masu485]

zero! and haven't made any either!! i started this past june turned $500 into 20k in 2 months! and then lost it all! but not a penny more. at $500 now again.

what a waste of time!

[idontlikerocks]

i havnt had a losing year yet. however it was much easier when pinnacle was available. someday the u.s.a may become the land of the free.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

4 years roughly +24,000

[pat venditto]

2 1/2 years roughly 35k including winnings.

[St. Andrew]

Over the past three years that I have been betting on sports, I am up a few hundred dollars. It would be several thousand, but I burned through a $5,500 mutual fund about three months ago. A couple of times I have swung for the fences on all-in parlays of $1,000 trying to get $10,000 the quick way. Note to self: there are no quick ways that don't involve certain ruin.

So basically, I've consumed untold months my life in front of computers and TVs, eating bad food and drinking too much....for a few hundred bucks.

[jjgold]

Andrew but you enjoy it and that is all that matter.

[Regul8er]

Up $2,700 is about 3 years. Mind you I'm a casual bettor that can make 30 bets a week or make no bets in a month.
I usually only bet between $30-$100 per game! I'd say if it wasn't for College Hoops I'd be a bit behind.

[Sinister Cat]

Up overall in online poker and online sports betting, but my lifetime gambling (all types) probably nets out to a $2k loss (craps, live poker, etc). If you count stocks/options trading, it is far far worse.

[FreeFall]

-$1,483.72. Spreadsheets are amazing. Number is on the decrease also. Was at -$2,083 at it's worst.

[EaglesPhan36]

I don't want to think about it. Probably a couple grand in the last couple years.

[Casperwaits]

I bet sports with kids and horses at the OTB from 12-16 -$2700
Gamblers Anonymous 16-18
Gambled horses/sports 18-21 -11,000
Casino/horses/sports 21-23 - 30,000
Gamblers Anonymous 23-24
horses/sports/casino/scratch offs 24-33 -36,000

TOTAL -$80,000

[Iamtheman]

I'm scared to even do the math, I could have bought a new house with that money. Hell, but i've had a good time

[RogueScholar]

Before this year's baseball season, my lifetime losses were about $1,500 in four years of gambling. Baseball absolutely ate me for lunch this year, and I'd be very surprised if it didn't push my lifetime losses over $2,500. Like THEGREAT30, though, I find it to be chump change compared with my other vices. Booze, cigarettes, assorted party drugs are each responsible for more lost disposable income than gambling. Basically, I'd need AA or NA many many years before I'd need GA.

[slk08]

lost about 6k in 2.5 years... wonderin if i should keep goin or stop -_-

[20Four7]

Lol, anybody actually think they've come out on top in their lifetime?

LOL yes.

There are several I know who do it for a living. It's unfortunately harder than you think. but this year I'm up..... last year I'm up.... and the year before I"m up..... I"ve had some 20K in the hole years but they were a long time ago.