My Gambling Story
I wanted to start by making sure you get to know me before hitting it big with the casino posts. So, I thought the story of how I discovered and fell in love with gambling is the perfect welcome message and a good introduction to what is to be expected from this blog. Plus, I think it’s a pretty curious story that will hopefully break the ice!
This is how it all happened! My workmates all shared a passion for sports bets and turned that into an office tradition. They had an off-the-cuff championship and an excel chart for keeping score. Everyone interested could enter this mini championship and the rules were kept simple for the whole adventure to stay innocent and mostly focused on the fun and not on the wins. I was the newcomer of the team at that point and they were all nice enough to try and blend me in. Little did they know that I had no idea of sports and even less of real-money bets. An inside note, just for you, I was too embarrassed to admit I had no idea of sports bets, so I took the challenge and entered the championship with no clue in mind. My brilliant strategy was to place my bets randomly without any interest in the result. I wasn’t focusing on winning, I honestly didn’t care at that point. With all this said, me topping the office championship at the end of the year was something nobody expected!
And so, this event happened to be my first gambling experience and even though I was unwilling to participate, I really did enjoy it in the end. We all had good laughs about me taking the prize home and even more when I shared my strategy with the other participants. They called me ‘Lucky’, ‘Mr. No-Clue’ and many more nicknames and I became part of the gambling team! We started making Poker Friday Nights and we really had a blast as a work and off-work team! Poker was something I really found crazy entertaining! As the quiet guy on the table, I was pretty unpredictable, and I loved the art of lying! Our Friday night tradition is still happening, and 3 years later, you are now reading the article of the grand master winner of this friendly competition! I know, what a turn of events, right?
Meanwhile, somewhere in between the poker wins, I discovered blackjack and it quickly became another passion of mine. As you can notice, I tend to fall for mostly strategy- and skill-based casino games. Another secret of mine is that I used to play just for the fun and not for the money wins. I even played only demo games for more than a year just because my mind was focused on learning and practicing a new skill which really added value to my days. The real-money online casino gambling was a new era for me. I discovered I was actually good at it. And most importantly I discovered that I can make out of this hobby something more! A hobby that pays back!
Now that you know my short gambling story, it’s time for the real-deal posts! Stay tuned!
