Now that Sports betting is legal in Ohio, I expect that many people will jump all over this and people spending money on betting than the necessities.
A very bad decision for the people that just won't be able to help themselves. I am not overjoyed with gambling of any kind. I grew up with my father and uncles throwing their money away on the hopes of winning big! We went without food and much of the what really mattered in life!
Every day hundreds of ads for betting platforms. A real cluster F&($ ,
When I went into the military, every payday guys were running quick card games.
I would just shake my head and chuckle. One day, one of guys running a game, called me out about my attitude! I told him what he was doing was a waste of time and money. My friend asked me if I knew how to play. I told him that I could make a killing off of these idiots, and walked away.
Later I asked my friend if he could play, since he was an ace at pool, I kinda thought maybe.
He said yeah. So we started playing between the two of us and he was good. Shortly another friend wanted to play. I told him that this wasn't just a game of friendly cards,it was scam!!
This card game took three people to win continuously. We got paid once a month, in cash.
The next payday, we setup in a secluded area and we started playing. Soon there were about eight guys throwing their money on the table, I told them that they had to watch for anyone that would write us up for gambling. Our games were always very fast and short.
The average pay was $95.to $135.
We made a lot of money in the three months of taking guys money and especially the guys that ran their own games. I told my friends that I wasn't going to make anymore money from these guys. I asked my friends to hang out by some of the guys that lost their money.
As I suspected, some of these guys were looking to borrow money from their friends. I told my friends that I too was in their situation for a long time, and I didn't want to put anyone else in that position.
I was making three times that of anyone in my division because of my rank.
I actually gave money back to many of guys that were in my division. My friends were disappointed with that
But since I was supposed to be a role model and a leader.
Afterwards if I told someone to do something, they didn't hesitate, or talk back, and there wasn't any grumbling about me behind my back.
