I don't get casinos or why people go to them.

Once i was at a casino with a friend (i didnt play anything) to go pick up someone there. And he decided to just have a go at one machine for like 10 minutes. Put like 5 bucks in. I convinced him that as soon as he's won anything, he should quit. He did, he made 12 bucks. If everyone did that, casinos would be out of business. You'll almost ALWAYS win at first, but casinos know that real gamblers will want to go for more and then they'll lose it all. Don't be that guy. Get out ahead, screw them over. I'd say at least as soon as you made 50% of what you put in, get out. and if nothing else, ALWAYS have a set amount you'll spend in mind, at least.

Just losing 10 bucks to me is a tragedy. I lost a 20 some time late last year that i had just taken out and i couldn't get over it for hours. Not gonna get into the time i lost a 1000 cash.......like lost lost (who fucking does thaT? this guy right here..) That took more like a month to get over.

No see that is NOT the issue...........


there's talking about REAL FUNDAMENTAL political issues and pulling shit out of your ass (or having other people pull them out of their asses and then latch on to them)

And THAT makes you 100% a gambler. The fact that you CANT be in a casino and trust yourself NOT to gamble AT ALL. Normal people don't have that problem.

Its like and idiot circle jerk in here

Yeah, no doubt, you have a point. But, I stay away from the stupid shit now. I only wager on what I have a great idea about, and It's been paying off for a couple of years now. I went 2-1 again today, on games that paid off nicely. Theres an art to it. I think once you know the league and games so well that it's pretty hard not to make a profit. But hey, Vegas makes it's money off squares. Gotta love the squares, keeps these sites in business in order for me to profit from them.

Yeah Scotty, and you're the cherry on the pie

That's a great point. But when people go to Casinos, they usually have to make a trip down there, and they wanna have some fun for awhile. Going in and making like 10 bucks and just heading home 5 minutes later would be a pain in the ass. To your credit: less of a pain in the ass than losing a bunch of money. I guess it's just the thrill of it all that people enjoy.

No

if everybody went into a casino and spent 5 minutes playing a slot and stopped, the casino would make as much money as they always make. Because the machine is rigged to take in more than it pays out. One person wins $10, three others lose $10. you don't "always win at first".

do they put cherries on pies in fucking canadia or what, that idiom doesn't exist what the fuck fuzzy

it's a cherry on top

like a sundae

YEEZUS

Well I have to claim lack of experience but one of my mom's shit ex bf was a gambler thst was recovering for a while and he said that at some point almost always he was ahead. Maybe by 2$ maybe by 10$. Maybe by 50$. But he claimed there was rarely a night gambling on machines he wasn't after a while at some point ahead, or at least back to where he started, but it was never ahead enough. He didn't want to go home with ten bucks more than he had when he came in. It had to be worth it. tht's what he said anyway...

yeah that really takes the pie.

it's like the cream on the cake.

what's the opposite of gambler's fallacy?

He was a liar. Other than counting cards there's no way lessen the houses advantage. Especially when gambling on a slot machine.

Do you do this dance every day on the Dow?

O.K. sure, but there's no fundamental difference between that and hedge fund assholes and their bogus collateral driving housing bubbles worldwide. Oh wait, the difference is the banksters are way way way fucking worse and degenerate.

There was a tipping point a few years back when the ruling class money changers saw the likes of Pokerstars.net and other sites essentially running de-facto banks and were reaping the lifestyle of bankers all the while many people were making a living playing poker and able to stash their money in the websites. There was no problem with access to cash for anyone until the Feds stepped in and shut it all down.

Some excuse about not having enough in deposits to pay out should a run occur. Rather cheeky of big guv to move in like that considering the Trillions we're in debt because of these ruling elite money changers.


but go ahead, just view the guy at the card house as the degenerate if that suits your morality. I'm guessing you don't want to look at the real degenerate gamblers of the world since they have you and your 401k by the balls.

poker is actually very different than what we're talking about here

there's no "World Series of Slots"
"World Series of Roulette"
"World Series of Blackjack" (maybe?)

Wonder if there's a "World Series of Craps" though, because that one you can, like poker, play strategy on the odds and make consistent bank

Yeah poker is not REALLY gambling. Well ok, it is if you're an amateur, the average person when playing poker is just gambling, because they only rely on the luck of the cards because they don't know how to bluff how to read cards and all that.

And erm...nobody brought up the government into this anyway.

I don't know how it works in the states but here in Quebec all gambling is run by the government anyway. Casinos, slots in bars, all lottery/scratch tickets whatever, it's all run by the state. As well it should. Well I think there's the natives casinos which aren't run by the state.

it's still a risk of course, but it's like any game. a good strategy and practice and knowledge can go along way to make you actually consistently good at it and even a professional

Pagan had a setback in his rehab and is in Arizona seeing a back specialist. buzz is he may need surgery that will end his year (and the Giants too unless they can replace him). In the meantime, if you're the betting type, load up against the Giants for now (5-15 the last 3 weeks).

atm, Cards 2-0 over the Giants and their two hits through six innings.

to have that thing you never have, fun

if i bet on baseball that would mean i'd have to follow it and that is something i will not do

give me some nba tips, can't trust fuzz because of the following

come on...losing money is fun?


that's like the opposite of fun right there.


I'll agree I don't find enough things fun (my gf says I'm anhedonic but clearly that's pushing it) but I don't think Casinos should be something anyone is expected to find fun.

TOC's incessant ranting has an accuracy rate on par with your gambling predictions. I personally don't have time to read things that are comprised of over 50% delusional bullshit

Unfortunately it seems I do.

Though the novelty has already worn off.

i mean it's basically the same as anything else when you get down to it

you lost money going to a concert
you lost money going to a sportsball match

i mean what's the difference if you lost money/won money at a casino? you don't have to gamble your entire savings to have a good time.

casinos are an amusement park for drunks.

True I guess.

Note that I also don't go to concerts or sports events.


but i still feel they're less a waste of money.


Of course between going to a casino and going to a bar to get wasted... not sure what is the biggest money sink.


Probably deep down I feel the only real justified way of using money is to eat, pay rent and electricity. Not because they're fun, just cause they're a necessity (well eating can be fun) Everytime I spend money on anything else I pretty much feel guilt. Or if I spend too much on food I don't really need.

i'm pretty proud of "casinos are an amusement park for drunks" bit tbh

It's the truth, if you go out for the evening, have a blast at a Casino on a Friday night, enjoy the entertainment, have some drinks, it's not that bad if you go away losing like 80 bucks because you had a good time for the night.

It can be a slippery slope sometimes though