Everything in Greece is a gamble my friend. It's not a national sport it's intertwined in everything we do. Starting a business in Greece is a gamble, going to the hospital is a gamble, crossing the street is a gamble, etc. There is a lot of uncertainty in Greece in just about everything we do. This is also the main reason why Greeks thrive everywhere else in the world - because we've been undergoing rigorous daily training throughout our lives in the most unpredictable circumstances 🤣
@@thisismylifeingreece you welcome for some bills ( traffic fees for example) bookstores can also help out, it's pretty much done for avoiding huge lines at banks cubicles 😉
I'm Greek and I hate gambling. OPAP was the State's official sports gaming - lotary organisation (a monopoly), with 4-5 simple games. During the financial crisis, it was sold for peanuts to a Holding company and now is mostly owned by "Allwyn international" (which operates in Czechia, Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and the UK). OPAP now has a small casino on almost every other corner... But I don't think that we're bigger gamblers than the British or the Chinese 😁 !!!
Amigo, tengo un canal en Espanol pero no es de mi vida en Grecia, sino de todo un poco, pero últimamente le he estado metiendo contenido más filosófico y de vida en general. www.youtube.com/@rodrigo.gibson Gracias por ver los videos hermano.
Yeap but not the way Greece introduced when it started the game. Britain's representatives from the company that organizes the game there came to OPAP to find out why there are so frequently winners despite the fact that our population is six times less than of UK's. And they were briefed for the many types of systems we use to play the game with many combos of different numbers at the time.
Hi, i'm 41 years old and when i was young we were playing this game 03:33 we call it "Veziri" i didn't know it was such an old game, thank you for the video it brought back great memories.
Working as a delivery man, on a Small scooter like 40h/week is a huge gamble on it's own . Having everything on the line for 1000€/month overshadows the 20-25€ a month I'm "dicing away" to godess luck.. Am i a gambler? I guess i am..
I hope your content to be respectful and caring toward the country, its people and the culture. I 've been seeing a lot of foreigners moving to Hellas and making videos and creating YT channels using Hellas' name. Please stop repeating the same thing about the so called crisis. The government back then committed treason and sold our resources and wealth to foreign funds. PS No offense, but whoever thinks Hellas is only about feta, Santorini and all these stereotypes is ignorant. Enjoy your time and be respectful.
@@Soleil43215 thanks for you comment. I've been living here for a year and love Hellas. Yes a lot of people don't know how wonderful this country is. Much love.
@@Soleil43215 Rodrigo is truly respectful my friend. His vids about a foreigner's life in Greece are the best one can find among a dozen YT channels. Plus, he is the only one attempting to engage with Greek history - the rest cannot reach further than contemporary culture, cuisine, financial data, every-day tips and farming-life stuff.
Ohhh come on. I am a Greek and far more versed than you what went wrong with finances of the Greek state. My sister used to be working in a bank in its command and she saw from the 90s what was going on and resigned and got an even better job and now is a Dean in a school in Cyprus. Also a very good friend of mine has a daughter a very versed accountant in Bank of Greece. The problem is that people like you don't want to admit that at least 4 DELOR packages were thrown literally out of the window without be invested as they SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Only a good portion of Cretans in Crete invested well and now own business making good money from wine olive oil and vegetables from especially productive greenhouses. Many more people in Larissa and Thessaliniki either spend money on expensive cars or clothing or jewellery or in night clubs or in bouzoukis trying to impress cheeks which they spoiled with very expencive gifts. Almost everybody thought that suddenly trees grow that make money !!!! And then came the huge packages in modernizing the Greek army Navy and Airforce Which was necessary unfortunately for Greece to procure this equipment. Or in the need of making hospitals better and National Health System (ΕΣΥ) more reliant and beneficially doctors were employed and many of them saw a chance to get rich from writing drugs to patients that didn't need them but they got commissions from the companies selling them. The final stone was set with the Olympic games that stupid wealthy arrogant woman had the idea that we should claim to organise. She may have failed for the 1996 games but on 2004. All but very few of us were spelled to get them knowing that none organisation had achieved profit from them only huge debts. And four years later when dust come down the bubble burst in the most nasty way.
@@Rousseau4469 Perhaps it would be best if in addition to your school-dean sister, you listened to an actual economist for a change. ruclips.net/video/KXOTXhH0-SM/видео.htmlfeature=shared
This is a country where the gambling companies are solely responsible for financing the gamble addiction help line, instead of the state. You can rest assured, it will always be understaffed and no awareness campaign will ever take place.
In Greece, you are never far away from a church, a pharmacy or a bookmakers
And brothel
Everything in Greece is a gamble my friend. It's not a national sport it's intertwined in everything we do. Starting a business in Greece is a gamble, going to the hospital is a gamble, crossing the street is a gamble, etc. There is a lot of uncertainty in Greece in just about everything we do. This is also the main reason why Greeks thrive everywhere else in the world - because we've been undergoing rigorous daily training throughout our lives in the most unpredictable circumstances 🤣
Best comment about Greece I've read for months. +1
Very accurate, many Greeks are millionaires here in Australia and there are way more in the US.
You could say the very same thing about Hungary 😉
Fun fact, OPAP places are also double as a place to pay your bills!
@@Pavlos_Charalambous good to know. Thanks for the tip.
@@thisismylifeingreece you welcome for some bills ( traffic fees for example) bookstores can also help out, it's pretty much done for avoiding huge lines at banks cubicles 😉
As a Greek Cypriot, you are 100000% right
Gambling is so fucking common
1 in 3 people gamble on games
It's crazy
3:13 the wall reads :
Life
Has no
Meaning
Without you
I love you
I'm Greek and I hate gambling.
OPAP was the State's official sports gaming - lotary organisation (a monopoly), with 4-5 simple games.
During the financial crisis, it was sold for peanuts to a Holding company and now is mostly owned by "Allwyn international" (which operates in Czechia, Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Italy and the UK). OPAP now has a small casino on almost every other corner...
But I don't think that we're bigger gamblers than the British or the Chinese 😁 !!!
At 3.13 on the wall it says
" Life is meaningless without you.
I love you 💕"
My coworkers here in Portugal also gamble everyday. And then, I saw your graphic and Portugal is in top 5. Great video
Amigo, tengo un canal en Espanol pero no es de mi vida en Grecia, sino de todo un poco, pero últimamente le he estado metiendo contenido más filosófico y de vida en general. www.youtube.com/@rodrigo.gibson Gracias por ver los videos hermano.
I think that the lotto is played in all countries, not only in Greece.
Yeap but not the way Greece introduced when it started the game. Britain's representatives from the company that organizes the game there came to OPAP to find out why there are so frequently winners despite the fact that our population is six times less than of UK's. And they were briefed for the many types of systems we use to play the game with many combos of different numbers at the time.
Hi, i'm 41 years old and when i was young we were playing this game 03:33 we call it "Veziri" i didn't know it was such an old game, thank you for the video it brought back great memories.
Yup. Getting a dekatriairi was big in the 90s - meaning getting all 13 soccer games results right on Sunday
I live in Cyprus, and yes ur right. Gambling is something almost everyone does. Especially football. Most tho bet little amounts for fun.
Wrestling was the favourite sport of Greek
Working as a delivery man, on a Small scooter like 40h/week is a huge gamble on it's own .
Having everything on the line for 1000€/month overshadows the 20-25€ a month I'm "dicing away" to godess luck..
Am i a gambler?
I guess i am..
I hope your content to be respectful and caring toward the country, its people and the culture. I 've been seeing a lot of foreigners moving to Hellas and making videos and creating YT channels using Hellas' name.
Please stop repeating the same thing about the so called crisis. The government back then committed treason and sold our resources and wealth to foreign funds.
PS No offense, but whoever thinks Hellas is only about feta, Santorini and all these stereotypes is ignorant.
Enjoy your time and be respectful.
@@Soleil43215 thanks for you comment. I've been living here for a year and love Hellas. Yes a lot of people don't know how wonderful this country is. Much love.
@@thisismylifeingreece Thank you for replying. Take care!
@@Soleil43215 Rodrigo is truly respectful my friend. His vids about a foreigner's life in Greece are the best one can find among a dozen YT channels.
Plus, he is the only one attempting to engage with Greek history - the rest cannot reach further than contemporary culture, cuisine, financial data, every-day tips and farming-life stuff.
Ohhh come on. I am a Greek and far more versed than you what went wrong with finances of the Greek state. My sister used to be working in a bank in its command and she saw from the 90s what was going on and resigned and got an even better job and now is a Dean in a school in Cyprus. Also a very good friend of mine has a daughter a very versed accountant in Bank of Greece. The problem is that people like you don't want to admit that at least 4 DELOR packages were thrown literally out of the window without be invested as they SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Only a good portion of Cretans in Crete invested well and now own business making good money from wine olive oil and vegetables from especially productive greenhouses. Many more people in Larissa and Thessaliniki either spend money on expensive cars or clothing or jewellery or in night clubs or in bouzoukis trying to impress cheeks which they spoiled with very expencive gifts. Almost everybody thought that suddenly trees grow that make money !!!! And then came the huge packages in modernizing the Greek army Navy and Airforce Which was necessary unfortunately for Greece to procure this equipment. Or in the need of making hospitals better and National Health System (ΕΣΥ) more reliant and beneficially doctors were employed and many of them saw a chance to get rich from writing drugs to patients that didn't need them but they got commissions from the companies selling them. The final stone was set with the Olympic games that stupid wealthy arrogant woman had the idea that we should claim to organise. She may have failed for the 1996 games but on 2004. All but very few of us were spelled to get them knowing that none organisation had achieved profit from them only huge debts. And four years later when dust come down the bubble burst in the most nasty way.
@@Rousseau4469 Perhaps it would be best if in addition to your school-dean sister, you listened to an actual economist for a change.
ruclips.net/video/KXOTXhH0-SM/видео.htmlfeature=shared
This is a country where the gambling companies are solely responsible for financing the gamble addiction help line, instead of the state. You can rest assured, it will always be understaffed and no awareness campaign will ever take place.
What about the other national sport, backgammon?
Bro I thought you were some big RUclipsr with thousands of subs, but only 710? You are very underrated. As a Greek, I enjoyed this video very much
That is very kind of you. I just started the channel 2 months ago. Hopefully it'll keep growing. Thanks for the support.
No news here. The more wealthy a country is, the more down the list of gambling its citizens are.
Λάθος μεγάλο. Δες τι γίνεται στην Αγγλία.
Υes right. The rich are gambling in the stockmarket.....
It is Metéora. Not Meteóra.
@@Theodoros.K.Mouchtaris ευχαριστώ πολύ φίλε μου
gambling "blooming" where poverty exists..
It bloomed in the “golden years” as well
Did you win?
Only 12.30EUR LOL I Spent 15 EUR
@@thisismylifeingreece Ο πίνων μεθά και ο παίζων χάνει.