Didn’t start gambling until a few years ago and even then, I dont do it often. 1-2x a year. Mostly slots. Only real major win was at Foxwoods Casino in Oct 2016. My wife and I went to Foxwoods for two days as an anniversary trip. There was a metal festival in one of the overfill parking lots with Avenged Sevenfold, Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, etc… within an hour of checking into our hotel, the day before the concert, I won $1000 on a $1 bet. Used half for the trip. Set half aside. Bought TFC Hades/Liokaiser
I forgot to add- the one time I won $100 it was on a crab-themed slot machine. I saw it and was like “I’ve found my machine.” Hit once on a penny bet, won $100, and the moment it started to lose, I cashed out.
My mind is too practical to have much interest in gambling. I’d rather hold on to my money than risk it trying to get more. I’ve gone to casinos a couple of times with family and whenever I tried the slots the money disappeared REALLY quickly. Not really fun. Overseas gambling fact: I found out the hard way that in Germany during the time I lived there (1986-90), arcade games were considered gambling machines and could not be played by minors. When I first landed at Frankfurt International Airport when we moved there, I saw a Xevious arcade game in a room in the corner. I went over to look at it…and was quickly shooed out by a frumpy old lady. The gambling machines were in there too and the room was only for adults The bowling alley we went to while we lived there actually allowed the kids to play the arcade games while our parents did their league bowling, but it was technically illegal. One time they told us we couldn’t because the police had visited and given them a warning not to let minors “gamble”, but a few weeks later they let us again.
Why am I picturing you crab walking sideways leaving the slot machine. Don't know how it is in other countries but major sports is sponsored by gambling corporations. It brings in the big bucks & tv rights. Tv ads during (before & after) a game are full of betting odds, etc etc. Booo. Then as to rub salt into the wound, at the end of each tv ad it says "Gamble responsibly".
I see the OP was banned, but to answer, I've gone to Reno and Vegas many many times, but never really gambled much. I put a few dollars into the slots on occasion and spent about $20 on the Black Jack table here and there, but that's about it. I play poker, but not good enough to gamble. It's a racket that's designed for you to lose even when you win. I play fantasy football with a $100 buy-in and get into the playoffs every year and lose in the first or second round because my squad totally craps the bed or my opponent has an unreal week to where I would have beaten everyone else in the league that week besides them. Drives me crazy!
I used to play no-stakes blackjack with my friends at lunch. Other than that, my experience with gambling is limited to the slot machines in the earlier Pokèmon titles and Dragon Quest XI I won't even try IRL gambling. Too risky, and I know I've got an addictive personality
Too young to gamble but I know my friend is draggin me to Vegas for his 21st birthday (I'll be 21 a bit before him). I'm not terrible at Blackjack but I don't know how to play Poker.
On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler.... I've never personally gambled myself, as I'm not one to take risks. But I'm not one to judge people who do, everyone has their vice.
I went to a casino for a stag night, God, ten years or more ago now. It was fun, we played some cards, a bit of dice and even took a crack at roulette. Broke about even and that more or less sated the urge. Although I'd be lying if I said, were it viable, that I wouldn't go again for a special occasion.
Been to casinos twice, once with my dad shortly after my 21st birthday and again with some friends the night before my best friend's wedding. Both times I went in with $300 that I had set aside specifically to lose, played a little bit of blackjack, Texas Hold'em, and roulette until my money was gone. To me, the value of it was in the experience of it, and I paid $300 for that experience, and I wasn't disappointed - I had a lot of fun! But once the money ran out, that was it. I had no desire to put more in or keep gambling, so I didn't. Though the first time I actually got my money back as a gift from my dad, who, while I was losing all my money in blackjack, somehow managed to win thousands in roulette in the same span of time. I learned that day that luck was real, and that I did not have it. Otherwise, I like to play no-stakes poker with my friends. I'm pretty good at bluffing, but mostly it's all just in good fun with us so we don't take it too seriously after the first several hands.
As someone else said, I don't judge, but I'm a pessimist in general and not a fan of how much easier online sports gambling has become. I have friends are are slightly in the hole, but they have some control. If I had a vote, I'd keep it in areas like Vegas, etc. That said, I've been to Vegas 3x in the past year and I love playing Craps! There's so much energy at the table, especially when someone is on a roll.
I don't gamble much, like maybe once a year. I buy in for what I'm willing to lose. If I lose it I'm done, if I win I keep going till either the time limit I set before going to casino is up or I start losing too much of what I've won. Then when I'm up from the night usually buy dinner for myself and who I went with.
Years ago, I got to play war in the Luxor and in the Bellagio (I also played Blackjack) before I met my partner. I broke even and had a great time. Wild night with some old military friends.
Any time I've gone gambling I've set aside X dollars as what I'll spend. If I win, it goes into a separate pocket/wallet/purse and we continue on. Once that initial X dollars is spent, we are done. About the safest way to do it.
I play poker with a group of folks from the neighborhood fairly regularly. And do some fantasy stuff but don't really consider that gambling, at least traditional fantasy (DFS is a different story). And have gone to casinos some but not a lot, especially not anymore. Playing poker has kind of taken away my desire to play slots etc. I'm by no means a great poker player but I like the fact that you aren't basically certain to lose long term unlike slots or other games of chance.
