As I said 1 post above (assuming no one has posted above me while I write this) I've never implied that ALL GAMBLERS have serious problems ... I was clearly explaining people should be aware with what they're dealing with.
Whilst you believe I "represent a lot of folks" you said "most of the people in the world are not afflicted with gambling problems" ... well - most people in the world are not gamblers. The Vampire Diaries (TV Show) in Facebook got over 20,000,000 likes - show me a bookmaker with 1 million likes?! You won't find any. Why? Because most people don't give a crap about gambling.
But those who go into it are in risk.
The bookmaker or casino is telling them to gamble responsibly.
I call it a bluff, I call being a hypocrite!!!
It's like me serving you alcohol for free and encourage you to drive afterwards.
Does it mean you are definitely going to have an accident? No, and I hope not!
But it just means you're dealing with a nasty type of entertainment ... the one who allows you to play in his establishment is not doing it because he's being nice to you! So if I was you and that person had all the intentions in the world to harm me I would just stay away. It's like asking me to bet at 5Dimes... why would I do that?
I've seen some complaints in this forum (and other forums) about Tony from 5Dimes and I saw the type of language he uses with bettors ... so whilst he seems to be honest about his business, the type of language and the way he treated some customers doesn't reflect an educated helpful person ... on the contrary! When issues occur this is the time where people take off the mask and start showing their real face ... same with divorce unfortunately ... but at the moment a couple breaks up completely you can see the real face behind them and see what their intentions are.
So same thing with bookmakers, it could be Tony from 5Dimes or others ... I call them hypocrites, that's the purpose of my thread ... they tell you to "gamble responsibly" but they build addicted machines to make you stay and gamble as long as you can and as much as you can - and then people like the OP come into this forum and ask "why I can't gamble responsibly? why am I losing?" - and they don't realize they lose not because they had bad "technique" - they lost because that's how it all designed ... to make you lose and to take as much money as possible from you!