Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Gambling

Some one said that gambling is for people with too much money and no math skills. You can’t win. How does anyone think all those huge casinos get built - by losing money? I read somewhere that professional gamblers make less than $30,000 per year. You can do better than that on unemployment or welfare.  You do have to give it to gamblers, they are optimistic.

My financial controller and I had to make a trip last week and were nearby to some casinos in Louisiana, so we ventured in for a couple of hours. I might add that the buffet was pretty good. That’s what I like about casinos. But what struck me funny was that this particular place still had slot machines that you insert coins into. And, you had to pull the handle. I thought everything was electronic now days. Oh, they had some of the "new fangled" machines, but the old ones caught my eye. That’s a lot of work. You have to put in the coins, pull the handle and then do it all over again. And, should you "win" some amount, the coins fall into a tray and you would have to go and change them for dollars - or go home with your pants pockets full of coins. That might be useful if you plan to do a lot of laundry the next day. But, don’t try to pay for two buffets with a bucket of quarters.

They don't think that's funny.

PMO
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