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Automatic Monkey

Automatic Monkey

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Last night I went to the casino with my girlfriend for mostly just entertainment and dining reasons. I also brought with me $1200 in ratholed greens for her to cash in for me. She likes to play the roulette, so I told her to sit there for an hour, play my chips on the outside, enjoy the free drinks and don't worry about winning or losing. Meanwhile I played BJ for an hour and waited for her to cash in.

Well she handled every part well except for the not worrying about winning or losing. Down $50 playing roulette for an hour. A small price for me to pay to hide $1200 in BJ winnings, but she was not happy about it. I told her it was better than what I expected to happen, and it's just part of my cost of doing business, just like any other business, but she wouldn't have any of it, still upset about "losing". I was up $250 in my hour, but all she thought about was "losing". Aaaargh! This part is frustrating!
 
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gehrig

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instead of the wheel game...

plant her in front of some "99%" return, 3 reel slot, using *your* player's card.

the 3 reeler is at least as amusing as the wheel game, the drink service is likely equal, she could control the tempo/speed of the game, and most importantly, your player profile can be bulked up with "good" play. might even get a room or at least a coffee shop comp for two. 25 cent, three reelers will outperform, vis a vis comps, $25 21 play.

the slot doesn't know (yet), if the player matches the card holder, while the wheel game supervisor surely will.
 
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Felix Rue-de-Guerre

Well-Known Member
a common response

The strange thing is, I've run into people with degrees in math and accounting, real pros who are certainly not otherwise stupid, who will not listen to me when I tell them not to play slot machines. I found a career accountant who uses a progression system. I'll still get the "entertainment value" argument from most.

A co-worker who has degrees in math and computer science, with whom I thought I had explained cardcounting in depth, agrees with another co-worker who says: "Playing blackjack is OK as long as you don't do it too much".

I refresh the browser ten times in a day on Bj21 because I am awaiting a response on a messageboard. Grand total of wasted time in the day??...3 or 4 seconds. I get a call from the CEO of my company stating that the client is concerned about my going to "all those gambling websites". I try explaining that I am not a gambler, but quite the opposite and...

My family, although not critical, is yet another story. To them, going to that ripoff slot joint, run by the lottery comission, is exactly the same as what I do. There will never be enough wind in my lungs to explain differently.

What to do...What to do...??

-Felix
 
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Shaggy18vw

Well-Known Member
I feel for you

I have explaied the game to co-workers before with the same results. However my wife knows the score. Even the other day, I was complaining about my day job... mentioning that I would like to further my education. She said "could you get student loans and you can play BJ on the side while you go to school". What a gal. Unfortunately it sounds a little too risky to me.
 
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Abraham de Moivre

Well-Known Member
You should see my dining room table

Bought a real nice antique wooden table and china cabinet last week. Solid Oak, perfect condition. Got a real good deal on it, but it was still big $$$ because of the quality.

Significent others understand where the money came from to pay for this (and all the other finer things in life) and that's all that counts.

Co-workers, in-laws/out-laws, nosey neighbors, etc. opinions really don't matter.
 
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Hal Jordan

Active Member
Your a Lucky Man...

my wife is the same way. The rest of the family is a different story, but the wife is most important anyway.

HJ
 
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