Worst. Gamblers. Ever.

[CasinoKidd]

Here is my little rant..

I sat down at my favorite 15 line machine. The normal bet is anywhere from 30-75 cents. I play 45/60. Its fun. Theres 8 of them in the whole place, and the machine is fairly busy. They happened to be fairly busy on Monday afternoon, when a husband and wife sit down. They put their players bonus cards in, pull out some money.. and slip in one dollar each. My blood began to boil.

.. What did they do next, you ask? Played 1 line / 1c. And spun. And Spun. And Spun. If they got up to $2.00 they would cash out.

At one point I heard her say "I'm down 3 dollars today".

Excuse me?

3 dollars?

I'm down $250, and you're having a -bleep-ing coronary over 3 damn dollars?

And you'd think that would be the end of it. But noooo. They sat there for FIVE HOURS playing 1c / 1line. If the husband was feeling reckless he upped his bet to 3 lines. I wanted to scream at them, they were taking up two machines for five hours while everyone else stood and watched in disgust.


CANT THESE PEOPLE STAY HOME? THEY SPENT MORE IN GAS MONEY GETTING THERE!!!

If they wanted to use their money more efficiently, they could have shoved it up their.. You get the point.

Am I crazy? Would this bother anyone else?

-CK

[aka23]

In my opinion, you are out of line in asking them to stay home. If they want to low roll and not risk losing large sums, that's fine. Taking up a desirable machine for 5 hours is a different matter, one that should be the casino management's decision.

[anniemac]

I have had the same thing happen to me. Machines I wanted to play that someone else was playing at minimum bet. And yes, it has PO'd me.

However, they had every right to play that way if the casino had no problem with it. Maybe that's all they had. Maybe that's all they had and they wanted a little relaxation. 5 hrs of fun on $5, can't beat that. I know that at Shreveport/Bossier City LA casinos I have seen older people come for the day with only $20 and they had more fun than I did with 100x that.

Just have to put it in perspective.

[Jasminebed]

Hey, it's nice that they get out and gamble within their budget. Older people often have to give up some other vices that are bad for their physical health, or travel that is beyond their health.

I like someone is winning the casino's money. If they are regulars, I bet they've lost more than they win.

At Casino de LacLeamy (Quebec, Canada), the only time I every saw someone hit five wilds on Little Green Men was an elderly gent betting 1 line @ 5 cents (no penny machines then). It was $250, and I could not have been more pleased for him. He was very happy, and I am glad to see that those top prizes do go.

No sour grapes, your turn will come. And I've bet you've won more than $3.00 once or twice. I know I have.

[CasinoKidd]

Originally Posted by aka23

In my opinion, you are out of line in asking them to stay home. If they want to low roll and not risk losing large sums, that's fine. Taking up a desirable machine for 5 hours is a different matter, one that should be the casino management's decision.

Hey, I can complain here cant I? I don't think it's fair when about 99% of the other players who play that game play at least 15c. They continued to complain when they didnt win, and it was irritating. The worst part is that
What would have paid me $93.75 paid them $2.50. On multiple occasions they had would-be winnings of over $50 but because they werent playing the basic lines, they won nothing. To me, that's horribly annoying.

[SlotsWizard]

If nothing else, this is another reason why online casinos should be regulated in the US.

[maxd]

Originally Posted by CasinoKidd

Hey, I can complain here cant I?

But of course! I don't think anyone was saying STFU, they were just saying that they didn't really agree with you ... which is pretty much what you were asking in the first place, no?

By all means complain away, but don't forget that others might have a different take on things.

[lauriejim]

my dad is 82 and i try to be( the good daughter )and take him and my mom to tunica atleast once a year, we stay at the resort(comped rooms) and meals and they have a grand time playing, they are retired and on a fixed budget and dad has alot of trouble walking, so he will sit at one machine and maybe play at the one next to him, my dad said last time we went im gonna put 20.00 into a slot and play 1.00 max bets for once, to see what all this hoopla is about....well a picture says it all.................this is my favorite pic of my dad in what would have been 10 months of s.s checks to him , i plan on taking him and some of my elderly aunts and uncles soon as they deserve to get out also and have fun.............10k is what he won

[classymom]

My Mom could very well have been one those people your speaking of. She would ask the change lady for change for a dollar ( I would tell her the machine will take the dollar ) she didn't play the whole dollar she played .50 and was done. I use to get a little embarrassed but she never said anything about the 100s of dollars I was losing so I made it a point not to call her cheap.

[Slotster!]

Yeah, they're allowed to do it and it's fine if they want to... But yeah, for an ardened slotster, it's damn annoying to watch!

I'd have to go to the other side of the casino and play something else... Let them get on with enjoying their 'Kasinokinging'