I played those horse machine when i was still in college (the horse machine shop only 2 mins walking distance from the house i rented). Got 1 time i lost all my pocket money, ended up 7 days no money to buy foods, meaning 7 days nothing to eat.

After that incident, i never gambling anymore until 8 years later i followed my friend to genting, lost 250, then i stopped. Then went there again with the same friend (this friend addicted to gambling), exchanged rm 500, once won back 150, stopped, since then 15 years or more never gambling again.