r/gambling • u/ZaddyPepe • Jun 21 '24
I’m starting to hate my best friend
Last year I forced my best friend to come to the casino with me. I gave him $20 cause he refused to play and with that he won $100. Since then he comes with me every other weekend where HE ALWAYS WINS and I ALWAYS LOSE. I swear every single time we go he leaves up a couple grand and I’m down that much, and now he has this weird idea that I’m his lucky charm. I hate going now because I never win, but he forces me out. I promise myself I won’t spend anything but every time we go he starts winning, which inspires me to give it a crack which always leads to me losing a bunch of money. I’ve told him stop asking me, I don’t want to go but he always finds a way to convince me by guilt tripping, bribing etc. This makes me sound like a bad person but seeing him always succeed when I’m down bad is really starting to get to me.
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u/thosetwoloons2 Jun 21 '24 edited Jun 21 '24
My dad (61) is always shitting on his luck and fortune. Like, with just life stuff - surgeries, meds he has to take, strenuous job sites at work, etc etc. (He’s not over the top or anything, I don’t mean to imply that necessarily, he’s just more of a Murphys Law “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” kind of person.)
And I (33, M) always remind him, “You get handpays about once a year. You once won $20K on a $20 scratcher. I’ve never got a handpay in 12 damn years of casino play. I don’t want to hear it.” lol
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u/therealmattsteimel Jun 21 '24
I have a deal with my best friend. We pool our money and take turns picking what to play. End of the night we split whatever is left. We win or lose together. Highly recommend
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u/DaddyShoyu Jun 21 '24
Usually, those who tag along without wanting to go to the casino or Vegas in the first place always end up being the lucky ones
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u/yourRealDaddyCoon Jun 21 '24
Wow, you’re definitely in the right here. He sounds like a bad friend and you need new ones. Do you want to come with me to the casino next weekend?
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u/mizary1 Jun 21 '24
This makes me sound like a bad person
You ARE a bad person. You should be happy when your friend wins. Heck you should be happy when anyone beats the casino.
You don't have to go to the casino. You don't have to gamble. You aren't being forced. You have to make your own decisions and deal with the consequences.
What you are doing is blaming your friend for your own poor choices. When you start taking responsibility for your own actions you will be free to celebrate your friends successes.
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u/M0mmaSaysImSpecial Jun 21 '24
This does not make OP a bad person. Chill, internet perfect person. It’s not a good way to think, but to label someone as an overall bad person for this is just absurd yet par for the course here.
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u/Maks244 Jun 21 '24
we're also ignoring the fact he was the first to force his friend to the casino
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u/EmersonEtem Jun 21 '24
Are you guys playing poker against each other? Lol
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u/slayerLM Jun 21 '24
This is actually so funny to think about. You just keep talking your friend into getting demolished at heads up poker every weekend while referring to them as your lucky charm
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u/Background_Step_3966 Jun 21 '24
Next time you go, make a deal with him that he splits what he wins with you and you split what you win with him. Pull your money together and that way you will either both win or both lose. But you should not be jealous if your friend wins. I know it's hard. When I go to the casino and I sit down at a slot and the person next to me hits a jackpot and I'm losing my ass every time I get jealous as well
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u/Special_Issue230 Jun 22 '24
Mother in law won 1k from 100 we gave to her. Then didn't offer anything back which was fine, but got super judgmental about gambling in the first place. She just went on and on about how bad it is to gamble for 4 whole days. Some people just need to stay home in front of tv or dinner table
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u/South-Craft-1830 Jun 23 '24
I go with my best friend all the time. We always put our money together and split it up at the end of the night. Sometimes it's him or me that breaks us even, but then sometimes we hit big. It's a lot funner because in the end we come out with the same losses or wins. The best part of having a bigger bank roll is that u can hit the slots in the high rollers section. We both look for AP games to get an edge. If we're playing tables, we either both play or just one. Another is that we split some funds to separate if playing cards. Basically go off who's feeling luckier. I've known him since kindergarten, and we're in our 40s now, so trust is never an issue for us. If u have that dynamic, then I suggest trying it out. We even compete to see who brings in the most and sometimes make side bets on it. Shit even when we're fishing we got bets going 😆
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u/No-Ride6096 Jun 21 '24
me and my best friend only ever syndicate we both walk in with X amount and we both leave up or we both leave down.
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u/Justanotherpapyrus Jun 21 '24
Id say just charge him everytime you go with him to the casino tell him like ill take 10% of any win or something like that and your excuse would be like "because you are better than me and im your lucky charm"
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u/Old-Rub4558 Jun 21 '24
Does he not give you some of the winnings to play? That’s not a friend then.
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u/Individual-Emu-9369 Jun 21 '24
This sounds so funny change the script start betting everything he does.. both you will lose and he won’t ask you to accompany him again