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Well, I know we're all scattered over the world but I'd say for most of us we're seeing the end of Lockdown and the return to normality. Hopefully this is the return to the way things were and everyone can begin to move forward. How did everyone find Lockdown? I'll be honest I wasn't horribly affected by it - I work from home and don't really drink very often or go out, I'm happy to stay home and watch Netflix most nights 😅 I've also had my first vaccine dose now. The only way it really affected me was in how much I was able to see Will. Before Christmas we were able to fly back and forth in the odd weeks where restrictions were loosened, but since January I've only been able to see him twice for a week, which is infuriating when he's only 2 hours away! As we get to the end of Lockdown, is everyone comfortable with their gambling? I know a lot of people seemed to gamble more frequently, or potentially higher amounts during Lockdown. Truthfully, as long as you stay within your overall spending limits, I think it's up to us to decide where we're comfortable. None of us were able to pay to go out for meals, nights outs, holidays etc, so if you felt yourself spending that little bit extra gambling, as long as you had enjoyment in the midst of what was a very hard time, and didn't suffer, then I think that's fine. Be mindful now that Lockdown is ending though that we probably will all start spending more money in other areas of life again, so it's important not to pass those spending limits, and it's important not to pass up opportunities to see friends or family just to stay in and gamble that money - balance is important. If you feel that you have lost control during Lockdown, you worry how you'll manage moving forward, or you feel that you need someone to speak to you can visit BeGambleAware, check out GAMSTOP if you're in the UK, or you can message @Hideous or @2Jags or myself. Hope everyone has been ok over the past year, I know it's still not fully over but as I said, I think we are all starting to see the road to normality ahead and hopefully it won't be too much longer.

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Like everyone lockdown has been hard. Over the last year I lost both My partner and my mum to lung cancer, both were shielding and weren't diagnosed until it was too late. Its been a sad time, and as i have said on the forum before Will and 2Jags were very generous. From a work point of view nothing really changed for me as I have been working from home for a few years, although it was odd that we couldn't meet up with my team at all for nearly a year. The big thing for me is that I have decided now is the time to retire as I am nearly 60, I am very lucky. I have found that I have gambled more than I used to, not massive amounts, and certainly nothing that I couldn't afford, but i will now rein it in a little bit, the devil makes work for idle hands.

Ok, I'm gonna let the fact that I feel targeted over the Monopoly comment slide 😅 I have loads that never pay me but I still like them - when I used to use Videoslots I always had a good laugh looking at my individual game RTP. Stacked Fire Sevens always hated me, and Goonies never liked me either! Games I won't play... Probably the really high variance ones. I like Pop and Millionaire by BTG, but most BTG, Nolimit & Megaways additions I wouldn't usually play often. I give them all good reviews because they are honestly smashing games but I'm just too impatient to wait for a bonus haha. Back when we had bonus buys though Extra Chilli and Temple of Treasure were always my fave 🙂 Oh and I hate Genie Jackpots Megaways. Screw that shit.

A nice 684X win on the Enhanced Wild Flower Feature Hearts Beat Faster

This was a coin hit with the x 4 and x 5 multi, one hit wonder but the game has shown me the potential it possesses .

Playing for £1 a spin on Age of God's, God of Storms slot and on one spin it loaded up the Jackpot board which I've never seen before, guaranteed win, I picked 3 blues to win the Extra Power Jackpot £3,446.09 happy days! Cheers