What's the most amount of money U have ever won? should betting be legalized?

@samrat16 (2442)
India
April 11, 2007 11:05pm CST
I have a good luck when we discuss about betting . I have won some 4000 $ ( 17000 rs. INR ) playing cards in a family gathering. We were playing three card poker . We play three card poker at home, every year on a festival called Diwali . So, do you play cards or bet any amount on cricket etc. Is betting legal in your country, if not then should it be legalized ? If given a chance will you bet on sports ? Whcih thing you find yourself expert at and will you bet in that particular topic ? ( lot of questions. lol answer any two. hehehe )
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13 responses
• India
12 Apr 07
the most amount of money i have ever won till now is 0. yes 0. no i dont play cards its not that i dont know how to. i have never played any such game where we bet for money. i find my money precious and i know my luck very well. this is why i dont play these games. no i dont bet in cricket either as it is done by match fixing mafia.
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@deepti15 (1190)
• India
15 Apr 07
No I dont bet and I dont support it in any form. And betting on such family occasions and festivals is something I definitely am against of. How can people enjoy this? I mean betting is such a dangerous and risky affair. It is most of the time done to boost ego or capability. I think people who generally somehow feel that they would proove themseleves in front of other go for stuff like betting. I think It should be banned and not legalised.
• India
14 Apr 07
even i play cards regularly but i have never won so much amount as you have, may be maximum rs.2000 on any occasion. in india betting is not legalised but it should be and govt. should levy tax on it.
@shila07 (514)
• Bhutan
13 Apr 07
ITs great to know that you have won a good sum in a bet and its really a benificial one. You know what, i have been never a lucky person to win a bet, lottery. Me and my husband always bet even for a small thing and he always win. I dont play cards and iam not that interested. My husband used t play card before our marriage, but after marrying he stoped, he tells me that he always loose the bet and he doenot like playing now. Iam iam to bet in cooking iam sure i will win, growing flowers, i bet. I dont think beeting should be legalised because it happens in a sudden.
@aissha (2036)
• India
13 Apr 07
u lucky fellow !but iam not and the other thing is i don't know much about card it is better to decorate house and feel good about it ,i know typical girly thing,can't help it . BUT i'm good at guessing ,i can guess filmi dialogues even i'm watching the movie for the first time i just hope there was some betting on this ,but..... anyways i can tell u result of our cricket and i think i can win bets on this ,hmmm good idea,but where ?
@KarenO52 (2950)
• United States
13 Apr 07
I don't care for betting because I know the odds of winning are against me. I had fun once in Las Vegas though, I only played on the penny machines and I won 5 dollars.
@riyasam (16556)
• India
12 Apr 07
i dont remember having won ny monoy.even if i have won,its not more than 100rs.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
12 Apr 07
Oh wow that is a lot of money to win when playing cards, but I would not like that when it would be against family members, as for myself betting is legal in my country and I went and played the poker machines and I put the first $50 in there it was not giving me a free spin so I put the next $50 and up the anti to 200 cents a spin and won $3,000 I was very happy for that, I do bet on sports but mainly the horses. I used to be very lucky with the horses and did win over $2,000 for a $2.00 bet.
@subathra (3519)
• India
12 Apr 07
never i won any money in betting.You are very much lucky to get such a lump sum.If given a chance to bet on sports i will choose cricket as iam quite familiar with the game.Hope this bet would be with some family members and friends only.
• India
13 Apr 07
hi.... nah i havent tried my luck as of yet in betting!!! and i don like it either... have seen few of my dads friends who used to bet loosing huge amount of money and suffering... as betting is an addiction ! it definatly affects your family too...! so i have kept myself really far from betting!!!! sometimes once in a while like in dipavali or something with small amount is fine but only to certain limit!!!
• United States
12 Apr 07
I have won $1,000 a couple pf times on video poker. Gambling in casinos is legal in much of the USA.
• Malaysia
13 Apr 07
I never bet using money cause it's a sin in my religion.But I do bet on soccer games with my friends just for fun and no money engage and usually I'm quite lucky;pBetting is illegal in my country but the more we control it, people are eager to break the rules.It's hard cause people love to break rules!!What else we can do?Just remind ourselves and mind our own business:)
@nanayangel (7879)
• Philippines
12 Apr 07
Wow. You're really lucky! Well, the biggest amount that I have won is P5,000.00 from Bingo and it isn't really that much. But I was happy because I was studying that time a few months after I gave birth to our baby boy and we badly need the money. And it's much better because I was just int he mall waiting for my husband who's coming to fetch me and I decided to play Bingo. And I won. Here in our country, only betting that is run by the government is legal. I only do betting for fun. I am scared of risking lots of money.