1. 11-30-18 04:30 PM #1
    SBR Tony
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    What's the longest period of time you have Stopped gambling ?

    I once stopped for 4 1/2 months
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  2. 11-30-18 04:35 PM #2
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    I did have a breather after high school, for about 3 or 4 years.
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  3. 11-30-18 04:36 PM #3
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    I didn't gamble from 2010 to 2013
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  4. 11-30-18 04:39 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by packerd_00 View Post
    I did have a breather after high school, for about 3 or 4 years.
    that's a long time
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  5. 11-30-18 04:39 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by unde0087 View Post
    I didn't gamble from 2010 to 2013
    This too

    by Choice ?
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  6. 11-30-18 04:52 PM #6
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    Man, I honestly can't remember.

    I used to take a total break during the MLB All Star Break.

    I don't think I did this year.

    Not make money if I'm not generating and plays and hitting them. Even the years I didn't bet MLB, I was betting WNBA and CFL.

    I might have taken a complete summer off a 3 or 4 times in more than 20 years.
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  7. 11-30-18 05:03 PM #7
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    Took a year off recently. Got back into the game this past July.
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  8. 11-30-18 05:03 PM #8
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    7 days maybe
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  9. 11-30-18 05:06 PM #9
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    1/2 hour or so

    it was pretty rough
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  10. 11-30-18 05:14 PM #10
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    I always say I will take the summer off. Not bet on MLB. but then there's a soccer game or tennis match or something that gets me to bet and then I'll win and end up betting on baseball and everything else
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  11. 11-30-18 05:16 PM #11
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    I quit for about 4 year period while married 2004-2008
    I divorced her , started back gambling .
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  12. 11-30-18 05:19 PM #12
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    Nearly a year
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  13. 11-30-18 05:22 PM #13
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    3 days every year. All-Star break.
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  14. 11-30-18 05:23 PM #14
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    From the time I was born until I placed my first bet.
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  15. 11-30-18 05:23 PM #15
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    13 minutes
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  16. 11-30-18 05:24 PM #16
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    Never.. 30 years straight sports gambling never missed a day.. It's against my religion to stop gambling even for a day.. ..
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  17. 11-30-18 05:25 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by SBR Tony View Post
    This too

    by Choice ?
    Ya, by choice. Just got burnt out and after a month of not looking at scores I didn't miss it or even think about it anymore. I came back when I felt like coming back. I am not addicted to gambling. There are plenty of other things in life that are just as fun. I think I missed talking to the sbr crew more than the gambling on games to be honest.
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  18. 11-30-18 05:26 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackballs View Post
    13 minutes
    Macker, you are my hero
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  19. 11-30-18 05:37 PM #19
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    few months usually each year. summer is a slow time. not a fan of mlb, just tennis. but usually not a lot of value in smaller tournys
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  20. 11-30-18 05:39 PM #20
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    Slow down to next to nothing during nascar off-season

    So maybe few weeks a year

    But cant ever recall taking a real break
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  21. 11-30-18 05:41 PM #21
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    brokeballs!!!

    bet with your head and not over it
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  22. 11-30-18 05:50 PM #22
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    Everytime I take another mortgage out I always tell myself this is the last time and actually fall for it
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  23. 11-30-18 05:52 PM #23
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    4 days less than JJ..
    ....took me a looooong
    time to get it.......I bet Soccer
    almost everyday!!

    Been at this since I was 19!
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  24. 11-30-18 05:52 PM #24
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    SBR Tony a degenerate gambler

    Kid bets on anything
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  25. 11-30-18 06:03 PM #25
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    Mid 90s until 2008.

    I was earning big money and gambling like a demon in the 80s.

    After Black Monday in '87 I was earning a lot less but still gambling big.

    Came to a point had to decide if I wanted my wife, family and home, or wanted to keep gambling.

    Cold turkey for 12 or 13 years.

    Wife got to keep the house in the end anyway. But still worth it

    And came back knowing how to handle it this time around.
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  26. 11-30-18 06:12 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    SBR Tony a degenerate gambler

    Kid bets on anything
    Kid, lol
    I'm probably older than you
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  27. 11-30-18 06:14 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
    Mid 90s until 2008.

    I was earning big money and gambling like a demon in the 80s.

    After Black Monday in '87 I was earning a lot less but still gambling big.

    Came to a point had to decide if I wanted my wife, family and home, or wanted to keep gambling.

    Cold turkey for 12 or 13 years.

    Wife got to keep the house in the end anyway. But still worth it

    And came back knowing how to handle it this time around.
    See that's where you made your mistake opt.
    you should have BET the house and left her nothing !
    or would have had two houses ( she gets one, you get the other )
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  28. 11-30-18 06:18 PM #28
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    been a few times , maybe 2 - 3 weeks each
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  29. 11-30-18 06:19 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    SBR Tony a degenerate gambler

    Kid bets on anything
    I'll bet you're wrong
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  30. 11-30-18 06:19 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by unde0087 View Post
    Ya, by choice. Just got burnt out and after a month of not looking at scores I didn't miss it or even think about it anymore. I came back when I felt like coming back. I am not addicted to gambling. There are plenty of other things in life that are just as fun. I think I missed talking to the sbr crew more than the gambling on games to be honest.
    Good post
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  31. 11-30-18 06:24 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by SBR Tony View Post

    See that's where you made your mistake opt.
    you should have BET the house and left her nothing !
    or would have had two houses ( she gets one, you get the other )
    Ah. 20/20 hindsight
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  32. 11-30-18 06:29 PM #32
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    I usually quit for a few months every year and don't bet much after the superbowl, but will still go to vefas and shoot off. Unlike other things in my life, my gambling has not been out of control. Funny enough I never really gambled until I was a senior in college. Went to Laughlin, put 10 bucks on #11 and hit it.
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  33. 11-30-18 06:37 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by SBR Tony View Post
    that's a long time
    Yeah id lost a big chunk, and just couldn't be bothered for a while.
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  34. 11-30-18 07:01 PM #34
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  35. 11-30-18 07:11 PM #35
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    Mid 2015 to January 2017. I won a big chunk and decided to travel a bit of the world got with the girlfriend a few months before and was just enjoying doing other things and to give my brain a rest was nice and made coming back to it feel special again.

    since 2017 max would be a few days here and there.
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