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Hell on Eaarth.

― anthony, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just spent eight hours at one voluentering with the local arts org.

― anthony, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Long ago dubbed the local one The House of Evil. Houses of evil o'course not w/o temptation; blackjack always best bet. Casinos at approx 5:13am = whiff o' decadence briefly triumphant o'er desperation's ming.

― AP, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Casinos are my houses of worship, approximately (but then, I *heart* Satan). The Paris hotel in Vegas is better than Paris, France, and they probably built it in 2 months. New York, New York, is better than New York, New York, and I LOVE New York, New York. The Venetian and Venice both suck. Last time I was in Vegas, I played War...WITH NO SPECIAL RULES AT ALL! There is no conceivable house edge to this game, except for the fact that it's boring as hell to play. Dud - Cache Creek Indian Bingo and Casino, where not only do they not comp you drinks, you actually can't drink there at all. A fucking dry casino! No house edge there, either.

― Kris, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes, but my mother goes to Native American casinos in Minnesota and wins hyooge amounts of money playing slots with a carefully limited stake. In 2000 she won about $100k. This year, I'm not sure. I think she is enjoying the fruits of her labours: new Cadillac, holiday home in Florida, etc. She had a very difficult and unprosperous time being married to my dad and being ill in the '80s so I say her so-called luck is actually karma.

It would be totally hypocritical for me to diss casinos as I am typing on a machine bought from winnings for my Xmas present.

― suzy, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mom does that too! She goes to the reservations in Wisconsin. It seems she's always winning something.

― Kerry, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Parent indulging every one of her suburban fantasies due to winnings. White Caddy in FL, black Caddy in MN. Corvette which lives under one of those car wrappers in garage. Dog has Coach collar. Deck has Jacuzzi. All meat is gas-grilled 'out in back'. She's totally cracked the meniscus of tack but at least there's no satellite dish attached to the house. And now you people no longer wonder why I am 5000 miles away from all this.

Kerry, does your mom have 'her' machine too?

― suzy, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think she uses different machines - if one is not working out for her that day, she tries another, which is kind of dumb...What is your mother's secret? I mean, my mom pulls off maybe a few thousand a year - most of which goes into savings, the rest of which is used for Xmas gifts. Perhaps my mother just doesn't know when to quit.

― Kerry, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually my mom just rang up randomly, she's narked because she hasn't won since March when she got $10k. She'll spend the cost of an average night out (say, $50-$100), have a burger and fries and be back in time for Nightline or whatever. If she wins, fine; if not, fine. Her only addiction is cigarettes so she's pretty good at quitting while ahead.

She does go to a specific machine, so precise that my cousin's friends went on a slummer trip to the casino in question and found her at Her Machine.

― suzy, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Anyone tried sportsbetting? Never have, tho totally fancy myself as a result-predicting botard know-it-all. Howev, most of my, erm, "hypothetical bets" this year woulda lost me plenny. Convincing me I should stay away. And yet, sportsbet's EVIL PULL looooooooms...

― AP, Thursday, 9 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I go to the horsies on occasion. What the hell is up with 'simulcasting' every other race? I want to see real live horses running around getting all foamy not some video screens. Plus the trifectas are paying like 15 bucks! It's becoming dudsville.

I played the slots up in Northern Michigan last year. I can't conceive of anyone winning at these things, but I guess they do.

I like small stakes poker the best though.

― Steven James, Thursday, 9 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If you don't have the cheddar to blow, the slots are a sucker's bet. Went to Mohegan Sun (NOT Fox!Woods!) a week or so ago & slotted because the $5 Blackjack tables were taken. Went up $30, then dropped down to -$50. Not cool. Meanwhile, a friend won $300. Bastard.

The best thing about casinos = BUFFET. At least, in CT. Sumptuous, decadent, wide-ranging. A bit pricey, yes, but you're paying for the faux-Indian ambiance, so suck it up. Ah, and the free concerts, where you can see folks like Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Bo Diddley, etc., etc. I'm almost tempted to go. Almost.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 9 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am with the Motherfucker on Foxwoods' lame-osity. It's the only casino I've ever been to and it felt like a mall food court. I felt totally ripped off before I even got any chips.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 9 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, my mom and grandma take these weekend trips to the Oneida reservation. The price includes transportation, accomodations, and food, and they give you a little money to start with. My mom's always saying how good the food is.

A few weeks ago, they went to another reservation up in Michigan, and my grandma ran into James Brown in the hall outside her hotel room. Yes, THE James Brown! And she knew who he was and seemed very excited about it.

I think my mom is too much of an old-fashioned woman to play anything but slots. It's sort of an older woman's thing...

We have boats now near my hometown in Northwest Indiana. I went once out of curiosity and lost five bucks. I also played nickel slots in the airport in Vegas. That's the extent of my gambling experience.

― Kerry, Thursday, 9 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

Casinos are alright. They can be really, really fun with a bunch of people or if you're winning, but can become giant tombs of drunken dispair if you lose a lot of loot.

I would take poker with friends, and then casino craps, and then single deck blackjack - in that order.

― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

the last time i stepped into a casino i ended up getting drunk, paying a lounge singer to sing "makin' whoopie," losing $200 at the blackjack table at 5am, watching a pornographic video in an SUV and waking up on the beach still dressed in my suit while a little kid made a sand castle about three feet from my head.

― s1ocki, Saturday, 9 February 2008 22:49 (eighteen years ago)

I really hate casinos very very much, but I like the idea of playing war, the world's stupidest card game, for $$$. I actually enjoy very stupid games. If they keep bringing the free cocktails while I play war, that could be pretty damn sweet.

But OTOH casinos are even uglier than TILT and other arcade joints, and miserable environments full of people I can't stand. Vegas is the worst city in the world. Even gambling for very small amounts of money makes me nervous.

― Abbott, Saturday, 9 February 2008 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

I haven't been in a long time. I'm a terrible sport about pissing money away at high-risk games, and the games where you might break even are too much work for the return. Blackjack requires me to think! While drinking and smoking cigars. No way.

― milo z, Saturday, 9 February 2008 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

If Shreveport had sports books, it would be a different story.

― milo z, Saturday, 9 February 2008 23:23 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, dude. Sports books RULE.

― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 9 February 2008 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/cartoon/images/BLB/blb-hockey.JPG

they totally rule.

― s1ocki, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:11 (eighteen years ago)

Casinos much better than Dave & Busters.

― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:15 (eighteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

Work holiday event in one (dinner/drinks in a private room but casino after). I. DO. NOT. GET. IT. Such a miserable fucking place. Played blackjack at a proper casino table for the first time ever and honestly even online free poker is more exciting. And the lights and the air or whatever the fuck they do to make you lose track of time really fucking works, to a scary degree. I somehow wound up drinking with my coworkers until nearly 4:00am thinking it was maybe midnight or so.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 13 December 2019 03:50 (six years ago)

I always did video blackjack. used to clean out the machine cos when you play enough hands, that 42% win percentage starts to pay dividends if you go big enough now and then. the sheer anxiety of casinos, lord.

the lighting and the free drinks are all meant to make you make bad decisions. I stayed at the Luxor for Psycho Las Vegas and had to make myself stop gambling, used to have a minor gambling addiction.

― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 December 2019 04:43 (six years ago)

Too lazy to look up the striking imagery thread.

the last time i stepped into a casino i ended up getting drunk, paying a lounge singer to sing "makin' whoopie," losing $200 at the blackjack table at 5am, watching a pornographic video in an SUV and waking up on the beach still dressed in my suit while a little kid made a sand castle about three feet from my head.
― s1ocki, Saturday, February 9, 2008 4:49 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 December 2019 05:34 (six years ago)

Craps is fun if you get the right table because there's a lot of action and almost everyone in it together.

― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 13 December 2019 05:53 (six years ago)

yeah though I somehow wind up next to the dude betting Don't Pass. pricks.

I like to do pass + 5x backing + all the numbers up top, which can be really fun if you get on a good run, though those first roll 7s really kill you. last time I played there were 3 in a row (not counting the insignificant numbers like say 12). that was pretty obnoxious.

― frogbs, Friday, 13 December 2019 14:44 (six years ago)

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