I had a hilarious conversation with my buddy, Will, a few weekends ago. We were having our usual Thursday night poker session. He declared, “I’ve reached that age when I‘m beginning to wonder whether I’m addicted to gambling or addicted to beer and chicken wings.” Of course we laughed and ate another chicken wing and he went to the fridge to get some more beer. But when he came back from the kitchen he carried on, “I mean think about it. We sit here and play until 1am and then go home and play online for another hour. In fact, whenever I drink, I end up going home and gambling at some random online casino. What do you call that? “Gamblerholic? Alcho-sino?” The truth is that he is addicted to neither. He is just competitive and enjoys winning.

But it got me thinking… So when back in work on the Monday we did a survey with our customer base and the results that came back were interesting.

We had 1,834 responses to a slightly light hearted survey. I mean who else, other than you doctor or the police, would ask you how much alcohol you consumed on a regular basis? So without wanting to get in to a long debate about the drinking habits of our nation here’s what came back.

Over 92% of our customer said that they had gambled online after drinking. More worryingly 22% said they had gambled while drunk. DON’T GAMBLE WHEN YOU ARE DRUNK. What’s wrong with you people? Gambling is hard enough without being able to concentrate or falling asleep in the middle of a hand.

I thought you’d also like to know that the official snack of the midnight gambler is cheese.