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1. Roulette (French and American). There is also blackjack (vingt-et-un), baccarat and more.
2. excitement, adrenalin
3. £200
4. she doesn't say

5. No, she doesn't
6. Yes, she did
7. 'used to'

'used to' expressions

used to play
used to love
used to go
used to spin
used to take
used to do it 		1. No, she doesn't (" I wouldn't say I was a very heavy gambler.")
2. Yes, she has ("I don't think there's many I haven't been to")
3. No, not really.
4. Friends, her mother, her sister.
5. Yes, she did.
6. She's settled in Spain. It doesn't appeal to her anymore.
7. About three or four times a week.
8. A bit of reading, a bit of housework, a bit of cooking. She goes out shopping and for coffee. She looks after the home.

- Fran, welcome to La Mansión del Inglés. You used to be a very heavy casino gambler. What did you used to play at the casino?

- Well, I wouldn't say I was a very heavy gambler. I used to love gambling, and I used to play roulette. French roulette and American roulette.

- I see, and how many different casinos did you used to go to in London?

- Well, I don't think there's many that I haven't been to in London. There was about three in the centre of London.

- Ah and Fran, did you go anywhere else to gamble?

- Yes, all over. I went to ..erm.. Westcliff, which is in Essex, Bournemouth, which is in Sussex. But I've never really played roulette abroad.

- Fran, what did you enjoy about gambling? What was the attraction for you?

- Well, it gave you a sense of excitement, erm… when they used to spin the wheel. It was adrenalin, mainly.

- Did you go alone?

- Sometimes. Sometimes I used to go with friends, and I used to take my mother and my sister, ..erm… when I just was sitting of an evening being very bored, I just used to go on my own, then.

- And how much money could you lose in one evening, Fran?

- Ahh, that would be telling! Erm… depending how much I had on me at the time, erm.. well if I was to say £5 , you'd call me a liar, so I won't say.

- And what's the most you've ever won?

- If my husband's not listening, about £200 I would believe.

- Fran, do you miss gambling now?

- No, not at all. I've erm… settled myself in Spain, and believe it or not I used to go gambling in England about three or four times a week and now I just don't think of it..erm.. It just doesn't appeal to me anymore, and I just wondered how I used to do it all those years ago.

- So tell me, what do you do with your time now?

- Not a lot, actually. Erm…I do a bit of reading, bit of housework, bit of cooking, we go out quite a bit, we go out during the day shopping, and coffee, and it's..well…I'm just retired, there's not a lot you can do really except look after the home.

- Well, thank you very much for joining us Fran, and good luck with the future.

- Thank you

         Vocabulario

To gamble = jugar
Gambling = juego
A gambler = un jugador
A heavy gambler = un gran jugador / a exceso / mucho 
All over = en todos partes
Abroad = en el extranjero
A sense of = un sentido de 
To spin = girar
The wheel = la rueda
To settle = establecerse, quedarse a vivir
It doesn't appeal to me = No me interesa / No me gusta
To wonder = preguntarse