my first gambling experience

[Nuzzolese]

On Saturday I was bored and my other person and I wanted to do something new, for a change. So we went to the riverboat casino.

I'd been to Las Vegas once when I was 14, with my mom. We stayed in the giant pyramid. I'd been to a Canadian casino once but I didn't gamble. I'd also been to a casino night party before but it wasn't real money.

I was nervous, I wasn't sure what to wear. Stilettos? Velour track suit? I wore tight light grey jeans and a coral tank top, carrying a khaki jacket in case it got cold. I can't remember what shoes.

We were really nervous about what to do, and he drank a beer really fast in the car in the parking lot to work up the nerve. This was after we walked in previously to scope the place. But there were a bunch of people our age at the door getting hassled about their IDs and we saw some freaky people so we fled.

Our second attack was a success. They took our photo, storing it permanently in their facial recognition software program. I smiled. Then they stamped my hand with invisible ink.

First off, I knew they had penny slots so I had a purse full of pennies. My mistake. I didn't realize that you have to pay cash at a vending machine for gambling tickets. You don't use actual pennies. Ha!


I got four dollars' worth of gambling paper. We wandered around for a bit and I got so disoriented I couldn't keep track of what floor we were on or where we'd been! Lights, noises, mind-scrambling carpeting, low ceilings, no windows, first it's cold then it's sweaty. I felt out of my body.

We found several penny slots. Penny Lane was where we eventually scored big time but before I get to that I want to say I was disappointed again that you don't actually pull down a handle on the side of the machine, and when you cash out, you don't get a bunch of coins that come spilling out all over your feet! :( You just put in your ticket and punch a button to bet.

Then I swiftly learned that I am the world's worst gambler. We tried all different machines but no matter what, I loved pushing that button. I didn't care about winning. I just wanted to be able to push the button and watch the thingies spin. (The spinning ones are vastly more fun than the video gambling) More money only meant more times I could push that button and I wasn't satisfied until all my money was gone and I knew I wasn't leaving behind any missed opportunities to push it.

He fared better and walked away with a dollar 75 which we prompty spent on a candy bar.

I felt dizzy and buzzed when we left. We kept saying "For the first time in my life I feel like I'm really alive!"

The crowd there was a mix of young duders and their hot chicks, the elderly, lonely miscellaneous, and oddly, a larger proportion of amputees than I normally see in one place. That one's a mystery.

[Freebasser]

Gambling is for losers.

[mickill]

I felt dizzy and buzzed when we left. We kept saying "For the first time in my life I feel like I'm really alive!"


I get that way whenever we go to the grocery store.

[Nuzzolese]

Gambling is for losers.

Typically. It's hard to make a profit by it.

[paul jones]

you got to know when to hold 'em

[Bob]

i was getting pretty serious about online poker for a while and i was doing pretty well, making money every day on the small stakes limit tables and then on st. patrick's day i lost every penny in a single afternoon to this asshole who kept winning with cards he shouldn't have even been playing much less winning with so i've abandoned that hobby

[YoungRemy]

I had only been to a couple of casinos before recently (Atlantic City & Harrah's in New Orleans), and I always played slots. I was a nervous nelly when it came to letting go of money at the card tables.

In other words, I didn't have a clue how to gamble. I went to Vegas a couple of times and played a version of Hold-Em where it's every player at the table vs. the dealer. This was less stressful than playing all-in Hold-em with a bunch of sharks. It takes out the whole bluffing factor and it's just you and your friends trying to take down the dealer.

I lost money that time, but more importantly had a good time.

Then I went back to Vegas this year and sat down with some old folks at a 5 dollar Blackjack table. They talked me through it and prepared me for the bigger stakes. it was alot of fun and I was ready for some bigger action.

by the end of the evening I was on a roll and broke even for entire night.

I walked away in my suit (this is essential- you've got to look money and not even know it) and had the best time ever at a Casino.

I think you need to relax and prepare to lose a certain amount of money, and think of terms of free beverages. How much money did you lose, how many drinks did you have, and how much fun was it?

the next step is to sit down at a Hold-Em table.

[yeahwho]

I went on a Blackjack bender with some buddies for about a half a year at a local casino, it was a blast at first, occasionally I would win $20-$30 but usually lost $20-$30. One week I went up and played w/o friends for the first time and played 3 days in a row... the first day I won, the second day I lost and on the third day I had been gamblin' for about 4 hours and was breaking even when a verbal pissing match started at the table. As the argument became more and more obnoxious with these degenerates I had an epiphany that I was wasting a hell of a lot of my young studly life with morons in a cheesy fucked up casino.

I've been to Las Vegas 3 times since I quit gambling and I just walk through the Casino floors to whatever other insane show, meal or club that I'm heading for. It's a supercool place to visit.

That was the end of my gambling life, but up here in the Northwest the Indian casino's are doing a booming business, I drive by them all the time and am amazed at how full the parking lots are.

[HEIRESS]

My brother worked in one for a couple years and worked his way up to being Pit Boss even. He was excellent at it but the party lifestyle associated with it sucked him in for awhile and He'll probably never work in one again.

But it made me giggle because He'd skateboard to work in his fancy suit and his black on black skate-shoes. :cool:

Also they had a rule that immediate family members weren't even allowed in the establishment if their kin was working, so because of that I never bothered going into the casino. I do enjoy slot machines though.

[ET]

I just can't justify playing slots. Seems like there's no skill involved at all. With that said, playing penny slots with the spinning rollers just *feels* productive. Plus you can get a lot of drinks in the process. I have only played twice in my life but I have won a lot of money from blackjack. The first day I played, I went from $5 to $75 in one sitting.

Hmm, odd how you put He in caps, Airesse. Hope He's doing better. :cool: p.s. meep!

[mikizee]

I'm a slot machine technician

I hate slot machines and the people that play them

the end