I was recently asked for advice on how to beat the house when visiting a casino.
I must confess that I am not a big fan of casinos. There have been very few vices that I have tried that I did not like. It is not like the house is trying to fool you. You have to know that the cheap food, the entertainers and all of the glitz is paid for by net-losses from the people who visit them and play the games.
BUT I must admit that I found a warm place in my heart for the one-armed bandits.
I don't play the penny, nickel or dime OABs. Nope I play the...
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9, 38, 40, 223, 308 and 8X57 bandits.
By the way, "Happy 2-2-3 Day" to all you poodle-shooters out there.
A Mauser man!
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My old calibre fav is 7 X 57
Went to Reno with a friend to pick up a used car. We got stuck waiting for her at a casino on a Sunday. The sports bar is full and the only place to sit has video poker machines.
ReplyDeleteMy buddy tells me to sit there I have to play. So I feed it a ten spot ('95) and determine to be the slowest player ever. Well as soon as the money goes in, up pops a nice waitress offering a drink. When she comes back she sees my cigarettes are low and brings me another pack. Later she refilled my drink. All on $10. Yep, I beat the house and had the sense to quit while I was ahead. Oh, and I suck at video poker.
Lol, I was going to make a joke that the only way to beat the house is to eat and drink more than you gamble! Its quite the challenge!!!
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DeleteThe closest you can get to "true odds" is on a craps table. "Friends" took me to a river boat casino the day before I got married. Remember the Discover card commercial where the old line credit card companies were depicted as holding a consumer upside down and vacuuming every dime out of his pockets? That was how it felt. Roger-more of a sure thing man.
ReplyDeleteLast casino I went to was in Niagara Falls Canada, they had just opened them there (gasp, 35 years ago!). I bought 2 20 dollar chips and went to the blackjack table. I got 19, and 20, and lost both hands.
DeleteI did not play a single game when the wifey and I eloped to Vegas. Already had all the good luck a man could ask for.
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Gee, golly. You almost sound like a commercial for a casino!
DeleteMy devastating loss of a $2.00 roll of nickels back in 1982 was enough to keep me from gambling ever since. I would love to hit the lottery, but not enough to buy a ticket.
ReplyDeleteI was down for a while when I found out you have to buy a ticket to win the lottery. No win for me. My dad used to tell the guys he knew that played the lottery that if they'd give him the money he would guarantee them more money back than they'd ever win. They'd bite, "How's that?" He'd tell them, "I'll give you half of it back!"
DeleteThe only time I've gambled for money*, I was using the free play I got for signing up for the members club at a casino.
ReplyDeleteIn return for signing up, I got a free night, a half price meal, and $20 in free play.
* When people ask if I gamble, I tell them only with my life, never my money.
Almost every store in this town (even the grocery store!) has machines, so I can't avoid passing them by, but I'd prefer not to.
As long as you've got decent impulse control and budget it as entertainment, I see nothing wrong with a limited amount of gambling. I buy a lottery ticket when the big ones go over $100 million ... just one $2 ticket. I get a couple of days of daydream entertainment, which is far more than I get out of going to a movie theater and paying $14 for two hours of make believe. Or paying $5 for a cup of crappy burnt coffee at Buck 'O Stars.
ReplyDeleteIt's entertainment, not investing. And you have to have enough self control to be able to limit yourself. Just like drinking alcohol, if your an alcoholic I don't recommend you drink. But a lot of us can handle a beer or glass of wine now and then.
Yes. My rule is one lottery ticket a year. I broke it last year when the prize exceeded a billion (before taxes) and a buddy said let's each buy five tickets and share it if one of us wins. $10 thrown into the wind, in order not to be a wet blanket.
DeleteLived in Nevada for 30+ years. They didn't build those luxurious palatial casinos by paying out cash to gamblers. The house ALWAYS wins. If they aren't winning they change the rules so they win. An occasional gambler wins a small amount occasionally to keep the lie alive but the house ALWAYS WINS.
ReplyDeleteA few years back my wife and I were given $20 vouchers for a casino in Indiana and not being one to use my own money on such things, we played the slots and when we got to almost $100 in winnings, we smugly got up and left the joint as we all know if we had kept playing, the casino would have gotten it all back.
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