ultimate edge ramblings
beyond a doubt, imho, the crux of these discussions is one of the most important considerations for any AP.
i'm not sure what label to use for the 'crux' in question, be it law, ethics or what ever, lol.
one of the Wizard of Odds ten commandments of gambling states, Thou shalt have good gambling etiquette.
i'll just say, break this commandment at your peril, been there, done that and it's not fun.
Grosjean in Beyond Counting mentions that 'we are what we eat'.
that's something to think about for those of us who spend much time in the upside down world that casino's are. lol.
what ever, gambling, is well if not taboo, it at least flirts with being taboo, what ever the heck that means but it definitely means something if your an AP of any sort and know at least more than one other person, lol.
just as an example, well i'm not a particularly religious sort of guy but i have been in a few church's. it just so happened that the other night while working a local joint i received a cell phone call from one of my religious friends, an old gentleman pushing eighty, lol. a very, very, very religious guy, to put it mildly, lol. so i answer the phone with you know all this loud a$$ music playing, people screaming and the slot machine bells and whistles going off, lmao.
in short let me just say, this gentleman just would have never been able to understand this AP world we live in guys.
maybe just me, but i think the AP world is not such an easy world for even AP's to understand, lol.
it's complicated to the point, imo, to where it isn't all that difficult for one in all innocence, but perhaps a bit of incompetence and a measure of ignorance to stumble into some artificial for what ever reason camouflaged pit laden with the sharp spikes of the law or other forms of our fellow man's (including our own) judgment and condemnation.
but a crazy world the gambling world is no doubt. just an example, it's not ok to gamble on land, ya gotta go out in a boat and do it, lol.
or it's illegal to gamble in some state, but oh wait, now the people voted on it and it's some how now just fine to do it, lol.
or it's ok for casino's to set up an unfair playing field, but us AP's better be darn careful, should we figure out a way to tilt that field the other way. lol.
what ever, yadda, yadda yadda.
the world outside casino walls has it's own crazy stuff of course and maybe sometimes us AP's can learn a lesson from that.
like we've mostly all seen how a business will change some mode of behavior that is really just fine ethically and with regards to the law, but they will change that behavior simply to not be seen in the light of impropriety.
so what ever, as AP's we want to be comfortable in our own skin and we want to steer clear of trouble and just enjoy making some good ole money.
so many things, so many things, lol.