No, I haven’t been into a betting shop and don’t intend to.
However, I did do the football pools for a short time, although I don’t know if that’s classed as betting, 🤔 and I got 26 points one week, so received a rather nice cheque in the post. I still don’t understand what I did though as I didn’t/don’t follow football, but it appears that just sticking random crosses on a form, that meant nothing to me, works.
Visited a betting shop once, on someone elses behalf and nearly 40 years ago, so I can't really remember what it was like, apart from smoky (happier times).
I put a bet on last year online - I won £2.50 so figured it would be foolish trying again this year. And I dislike the barbaric element too, regular horse racing is harsh enough on the horse, this contest is just too severe imo.