I lost £30,000 gambling online, it’s not like it feels like real money! Right?

My story begins around the summer of 2003. I saw an advert in a men's magazine for online poker, sounded like fun!

To my detriment I had a wireless network in my house newly setup which meant that I could install this “poker” and play in the living room while still speaking to my partner who was watching the TV.

It took a couple of minutes to load/install the program and I was off…buzzing.

Imagine being in a “live” poker game while sitting in my living room! Cool.

After 20 minutes I won $137 with a full house, and well if you are reading this then I guess that sound small, but when you started gambling – that was a monster! Remember? No? Hmm I know, what would $137 accomplish now? Nothing.

No lecture here then, my problem, online poker.

My losses, hard to pinpoint but it would be safe to assume it is around £30,000/$55,000 which is enough to shame most people into thinking dark thoughts.

Yes, I lost £30,000 gambling online, it’s not like it feels like real money! Right?

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