Hey lauwtjee. Nederlander, toch?
I remember myself at your age, a quarter of a century ago I was in Amsterdam all by myself with a nasty gambling addiction. Back then slots (fruit kasten) were everywhere, I played those for a couple of months but then somehow got over it. I used to work as a waiter and I got paid daily. And of course I would gamble my daily wages on those slots every day. Then one day I was walking home and i wanted to go to a pub where they had these slots, but instead, without thinking I started running away from that place and towards my home like a mad man.
I never play slots after that.
But you know how it goes, altijd verrasing maar zelden een leuke, I upgraded to better and bigger things and started going to the Holland Casino. This was before they had poker and I played first roulette and then black jack. I was losing more than i could afford. It was horrible. I even banned myself but then used a friend’s ID to get in. He didn’t even look like me, that’s how desperate and addicted I was.
25 years later I’m still fighting the same demons. Sometimes with more sometimes with less success.
You don’t want to play even with play money, believe me. You want to stay away from anything gambling related. Don’t let another 25 years pass before you realize it.
Success jongen!