Going to a land based casino in a week!

[liquidsoap]

Well, right when I hit the first 3 races.
I went out there doubled my money in the first 2 races (THANKS TO THE DOGS), and proceded to blow it playing big horse bets.
Played an $100 pick 6, which I lost in the first race!
DANG! Santa Anita!!!
I did pick the flordia derby right though.
But I could have did that from home.

All in all it was a decent trip, and I only deposited $10 into a slot machine!

[JlSpitFirelC]

Glad to hear you had a good time.

[winbig]

P.S.
Ok.. My parents just got this comp'd cruise thing in the mail from an Atlantic City casino.. That means they lost how much money?

They were comped a cruise??? Nice....I have so many rooms comped down in AC with the Harrah's group, I could stay down there for free for almost a month straight, but I was never offered a cruise

And to answer your question, they don't neccesarily have to have lost money to get comped so good. As long as they're giving quite a bit of action, the comps will flow in pretty steadily.

If they're playing big, then whomever comped the cruise is hoping for a big score while they're on the cruise

[JlSpitFirelC]

Well... They play penny slots (lol) but when they do, they stay for like a weekend continuously playing... I asked my mom how much they lost this weekend, like I always do to tick them off, but she just said enough.

They typically lose money. Probably between $500-$2000+? a month?

I'm not really sure, but they insist they never lose $2000. I can't really believe them for that though because when we are in Charlestown, West Virginia, the one place I can gamble freely, they lose about $600-$1000 together... and that is in less than a 8 hour period.

Now from what I've gathered from them, is that they often go down from their room during the night and also play. So... there seems to be constant action going on. And in a 2 day period I'd imagine they dump somewhere between my guess.

If they saw this thread, lol, they'd probably kill me, but I think it makes sense for the most part.

Both my brother and I believe they are using the money they stored for his college fund or the large some of money my mother is inheriting when my grandmother dies, but my mom freaked out when I said that and told me that it was a horrible thing to think. I unno.. There has to be somewhere this money is coming from because they never come home screaming and freaking out that they won more than $3000 *that one time* But really.. if that's the case, isn't it just better to play online?

Seems i win more than that when I play.

Anyway just getting my thoughts out in the open. By the way, my brother thinks negatively upon gambling so his assumptions are most likely biased toward my parents because of that fact. He knows I gamble, but he isn't as irritated with it because, as we see it, I have much less responsibility than them. Truely, I love my parents and believe them, but even if I do, I still doubt my beliefs... if that sounds right.

Anyway, I mean it isn't like they can't afford to occasionally lose some money in the casino, but when they reason it out with ordering a ton of room service as well as how every thing they do their is comp'd and they abuse that fact when they are down. It doesn't help alter the way I have started to believe this.

Then there is the other confusing factor. They wear their emotions on their sleeves. It is clear to me when they are depressed, but they seem to hide it when they return from the casino.

Anyway I worry too much. It is clear that I do.. Hell I even take pills for it... and gambling can't help it.

But.. No way in hell my parents or I am quitting so it is just something we have to deal with.

P.S.
My brother also tends to think my parents spend money that belongs to him a lot. So that is also another thing to keep in mind during his accusations.

-Seriously long post

[EasyRhino]

I used to make the trek to those 2 casinos twice a week for the longest time. 4 1/2 hours drive each way.

Ugh, I'd shoot myself.

Last month I went to Vegas for two long weekends in a row to hand out with my stepdad (who was in town for a conference). But it's a five hour drive each way. And the "Vegas traffic" on Friday or Sunday?! It was just miserable. Even though Vegas was fun, no way I'd do that on a regular basis. Course, I have friendly Indians willing to fade my action only 45 min away if I need to get my gamble on.

And ya know Jeffy, it was interesting running around with casinos with my stepdad. He's a slot player, and was mainly playing the quarters (sometimes dollar machines). He was also in Vegas for almost two weeks, so he was reliably losing. It got to the point where he just started getting burned-out on the slots, since I think he was hitting "the long run" just during that trip. I even tried to get him to play a little blackjack with me, and that lost its novelty quickly with him, I think he just burned out on the gambling.

What didn't help the situation was that I was counting cards, and betting fairly big at the blackjack tables, plus I had a lucky run during the trip, so we had several stops where we'd go into a casino, he'd lose (big), and I'd win (big). It began to be a transfer of money from him to me, and I think that alternately impressed him and pissed him off. I had to pay for dinner a few times.

[tennis_balls]

Now from what I've gathered from them, is that they often go down from their room during the night and also play. So... there seems to be constant action going on.

...is this action in the casino or back in the room?

[happygobrokey]

nice burn t_b, i just posted about you in another thread

the action was constant, which means in the elevator down from the room too

[JlSpitFirelC]

Thank you for giving me that horrible image in my head.. I think I am going to kill myself now.

[Simmo!]

... it was interesting running around with casinos with my stepdad. He's a slot player, and was mainly playing the quarters (sometimes dollar machines). He was also in Vegas for almost two weeks, so he was reliably losing. It got to the point where he just started getting burned-out on the slots, since I think he was hitting "the long run" just during that trip. I even tried to get him to play a little blackjack with me, and that lost its novelty quickly with him, I think he just burned out on the gambling.

When I went I found the same - the slots just didnt pay. I switched to Multi-strike VP and Spin Poker and had way more fun. I'd thoroughly recommend those two games as alternatives to the slots out there.

[BingoT]

Well the trip to The Mohegan Sun was great.
I would stay again. Overall Mohegan Sun is better.I think the rooms are cleaner and they have real coffee in the rooms.
The wife was winning and I'm not going to tell you how I was doing lol.All I can say was she Wins and she gives me money.
I only live 45 mins from Mohegan Sun but we get free rooms all the time so why not lets go.
We drove to Foxwoods also in the weekend to drop off the Bingo Bugle Bingo Newspapers.I won alittle but the wife won more
But if anyone goes please tell me so we can party and i'll treat ya for dinner sometime.
And if you ever go to Bingo on a Sunday at Foxwoods i'll get your bingo pack for ya at a better price too that's if I have a bingo bus that day.
All my trips are on Sunday's for Bingo.

Have a great day
Happy Easter to all
Tom