can totally relate to this. I’ve had this exact same thing happen to me and seen it happen to others too. all in slightly different circumstances sometimes by friends sometimes by strangers. usually done deliberately to either make me lose so they can poach the machine or they get carried away in the moment of the gamble, with my money might I add, or thirdly they hope to make out they helped me get said prize or JP and can put claim to that prize.
However the most disgusting story I have is going back about 10years ago. I was struggling with lots of debt about 6 maxed credit cards, three overdrafts at their limits two loans and a sh*t income and living away from home. fudge knows how I survived those days winning at poker and being the luckiest f*cker alive on the fobts and anything else I touched for a 2/3 year period.
Anyway I just got paid and knew I’d be short of funds for all my bills as usual so decided the casino was the answer, but how to get there it was a good 30minute drive away. A so called friend said if I ever got the urge to go and needed somone to take him give him a bell, so I did. he said if he could have some money for driving me there, I said yeah like £40, (a taxi is only £50 by the way). when he rocks up to the meetin point he says, “hope you don’t mind mate, X wants to come along as well”. I said, “why would I care?”. “well X hasn’t got any money can you lend him £50 as well as the £200 you said you can lend me”. I said lets get there and see how things go.
We set off and get to the casino I play BJ the driver friend joins me we both get up about 2k each of my money. I ask my friend for the £200 back he says, ” by the end of the night don’t worry.” the other guy I have at some point in the night lent the £50 to after much herranging. the guy I lent the £50 to goes off to play roulette, he comes back when were at 2k each and tells us to much glee that’s he’s up to 10k. I look over at the roulette table not believing him, but the staff confirm its true and I can see all his chips against the rail. I say, ” can I have my £50 back now!” he say’s don’t worry about it later.
later never came they both lost all their money and wanted me to pay for the petrol and their food. life lesson learnt.
getting beaten up would have really salted the wound 
