I won 1000.00 on the slots. I am going to oder my intake, exhaust, and im buying tints for my car.

why don't you give half of it to canzoomer for his supercool ECU mod? I know i would if I had won a thousand bucks.

Originally posted by eclps0
I won 1000.00 on the slots.
Yeah, but, how much have you lost at the casinos? :D

are you old enough to gamble? ;)

Aren't you too young to go to a casino? :)

I'm glad to see that someone can leave with money though.

the casinos in Fl are 18 and up. i lost some money all togeater but overall i won more than i lost.

if you can walk out of there even you've won in a sense. the odds are stacked against you.

I won twenty dollars in winsor one night and I was happy. I think 1000 dollars would make me ecstatic.

-JiM

The casinos down here are on Indian Reservations. They only have video poker type machines and a few poker (Texas Hold'em) tables. Pretty much you can't bet against the house. It was 25cents per hand /w a max pot of $10. At least that was a couple of years ago when I would go with some friends. We could sit there /w $20 for a few hours just to kill some time. Then we have casino boats that go out to international waters and you can bet on the weather if you wish.

Eclps0, enjoy the winning but remember that casinos are there to take your money.

When I was in collaged I worked at a casino as a bus dispatcher, and my wife(girlfriend then) worked as a dealer......Have never gambled since, EXCEPT when I eat chinese food!:D

A casino is really a rotten place

Originally posted by klegg

A casino is really a rotten place


no

Always remember to think about this when you visit a casino in Las Vegas for instance... They are huge, spectacular, expensive, bright shiny effects, lots of hotel rooms, and tons of games to play. Do you think all of that happened because casinos "lose" money? Hells NO.

When/If I gamble I use the money as if it's like going to Disneyland or the movies.. it's for my amusement. Don't use money you can't risk losing.


Indian Reservation Casinos here in California is pure corruption at work. They are suppose to use a portion of their profits to help their Native American community, but if you check their records, less than 1% is actually used. Leaving many still destitude and lacking the support that was promised.

I'll be in vegas in eight days
and if I win enough my rx8 might have some new stuff

Originally posted by mikeb
I'll be in vegas in eight days
and if I win enough my rx8 might have some new stuff

it's going to have some new stuff whether you win or not. :)

Originally posted by mikeb
I'll be in vegas in eight days
and if I win enough my rx8 might have some new stuff

What games do you usually play? Stay away from Slot machines... boooo... I usually play high stakes Texas Hold'em at Monte Carlo because the people their just blows. But never slots.

Originally posted by Outlaws eXtreme
Always remember to think about this when you visit a casino in Las Vegas for instance... They are huge, spectacular, expensive, bright shiny effects, lots of hotel rooms, and tons of games to play. Do you think all of that happened because casinos "lose" money? Hells NO.



exactly thats why i play games of skill, not games of chance, IE texas holdem. casinos are there to make money. every single game of chance u play, you're playing against the house and the house always has the advantage. in poker, you're not playing against the house, you're playing against other players. altho the house does rake every pot, thats just the price u pay for playing



Originally posted by Outlaws eXtreme


Indian Reservation Casinos here in California is pure corruption at work. They are suppose to use a portion of their profits to help their Native American community, but if you check their records, less than 1% is actually used. Leaving many still destitude and lacking the support that was promised.

again no. 1) indian casinos dont report on profits and any records, because they dont need to. where are u getting the 1% figure?

2)although this isnt cali, it still applies.

"There have been big changes on the 20,000-acre Oneida reservation near Green Bay. A gleaming new $16 million wood-and-stone health center has doctors, dentists, an optometrist and a pharmacy. Nearby are a day-care center and a modern elementary school that teaches children their Oneida history.


The family poverty rate on the reservation dropped to 4 percent in 2000 from nearly 23 percent in 1990, while the median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose nearly 145 percent to $60,404 during the decade.


After years of working off-reservation in dangerous, depressing jobs such as in a steel mill, Oneida member Dennison Danforth, 59, now works the land in the fresh air at an organic garden on an Oneida farm.

"There's more opportunity for the tribal members than when I was growing up," Danforth said. "It's changed."

Seven round-the-clock casinos with more than 3,200 slot and video poker machines, a huge bingo hall and investments in banks and hotels pay for it all.

The Potawatomi have a flashy off-reservation casino in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley, packed with restaurants and other attractions, and another casino about 200 miles north. Census figures show that while the Potawatomi had the lowest median income of all Wisconsin reservations in 1990, they now have the highest at $62,250 in 2000.

For the Ho-Chunk Nation, another tribe, progress has been slower. But the facilities are improving on the reservation, and adult tribal members receive a monthly payout of $1,000 from gambling.

"It's a godsend," tribal spokesman Ed Littlejohn said. "We've ended up getting our people out of the tar-paper shacks in the backwoods and getting them into decent housing."

Originally posted by Outlaws eXtreme
What games do you usually play? Stay away from Slot machines... boooo... I usually play high stakes Texas Hold'em at Monte Carlo because the people their just blows. But never slots.


high stakes as in 30/60 or 100/200? why dont u just go to L.A. and play at commerce or any of the other fine establishments? better yet, why not just stay at home and play online?



since everyones talking about going to vegas. my parents are going this week too. they go like every month since they get comp'ed up the ass at the mirage. theres a alot of azn's that work in the upper management there and my parents are azn, and they're azn so it all works out. and since my dads azn too, he likes to play pai gow there.

Originally posted by tribal azn2
[B]exactly thats why i play games of skill, not games of chance,

/B]

There is no such thing, Poker comes closest, but there is still a strong element of chance.

If you want to place a bet, lets see some odds on whether IKE's girlfriend says "YES" when he pops the question:)

Wow big guy (tribal azn2), you write just like a newspaper columnist.

You ought to read what you're saying though.

"A better way of life, thanks to our gambling touristo trade." Makes me want to puke! Blech!

No offense, my bloody bro, but, this is the modern way of living in the USA, to live off of other people's disposable income. Where's the end to it all? Cheeseburgers & shoeshines. Hotels, motels & dairy queens. Thank God for Henry Fords and Thomas Edisons and other people who make money, not take money.

One day, this full sevice America is gonna be so played-out serving each other, it's all gonna come down. I really think that's why we can't really get out of this recessionary period we're in (neglecting the short-term "recovery" we are experiencing for the time being") Where's the beef?!?

Originally posted by klegg
There is no such thing, Poker comes closest, but there is still a strong element of chance.



poker is a game of skill, not a game of chance. thats why the state of california legalized poker rooms, the state deemed poker a game of skill, not a game of chance.

yes there is some amount of luck involved in poker. just like there is in all games. theres luck when u play golf, but that doesnt make it any less skillful. the only true pure game of skill i can think of in which ABSOLUTLY NO LUCK is invovled is the game of chess. there is absolutly no luck in chess.

why is it that constant winners keep wining and constant losers keep losing? are these the luckiest and unluckiest guys in the world?

how is it that the same 5 people end up at the final table of the world series of poker every year? must be the luckiest guys in the world. if u look at no limit hold'em tournment rankings, the same players win all the tournments. make no mistake about it, its a game of skill. this is something that non poker players and losing poker players fail to understand. please stop this non sense about poker being a game of chance

Originally posted by Racer X-8
Wow big guy (tribal azn2), you write just like a newspaper columnist.

You ought to read what you're saying though.

"A better way of life, thanks to our gambling touristo trade." Makes me want to puke! Blech!

No offense, my bloody bro, but, this is the modern way of living in the USA, to live off of other people's disposable income. Where's the end to it all? Cheeseburgers & shoeshines. Hotels, motels & dairy queens. Thank God for Henry Fords and Thomas Edisons and other people who make money, not take money.

One day, this full sevice America is gonna be so played-out serving each other, it's all gonna come down. I really think that's why we can't really get out of this recessionary period we're in (neglecting the short-term "recovery" we are experiencing for the time being") Where's the beef?!?


english please

Tilt?

Originally posted by tribal azn2

how is it that the same 5 people end up at the final table of the world series of poker every year? must be the luckiest guys in the world.

Somebody's been watching too much of 'Rounders' and not enough WSOP re-runs on ESPN2... It's not really true.

Yes there is a lot of skill involved with poker, but there's also an element of chance. I think you probably control your own destinity a lot more playing poker than anything else in a casino.

And yes, I play in AC about once a month or so, and more often around home, but usually only 5/10 or maybe 10/20 if I'm feeling adventureous. I switch between 7 card stud and limit hold 'em depending on which is a better game. And I usually end up loosing to the full-time sharks who live there. But it's fun, and each time I play I do a little better.

---Andy

Originally posted by tribal azn2
poker is a game of skill, not a game of chance. thats why the state of california legalized poker rooms, the state deemed poker a game of skill, not a game of chance.

yes there is some amount of luck involved in poker. just like there is in all games. theres luck when u play golf, but that doesnt make it any less skillful. the only true pure game of skill i can think of in which ABSOLUTLY NO LUCK is invovled is the game of chess. there is absolutly no luck in chess.

why is it that constant winners keep wining and constant losers keep losing? are these the luckiest and unluckiest guys in the world?

how is it that the same 5 people end up at the final table of the world series of poker every year? must be the luckiest guys in the world. if u look at no limit hold'em tournment rankings, the same players win all the tournments. make no mistake about it, its a game of skill. this is something that non poker players and losing poker players fail to understand. please stop this non sense about poker being a game of chance

Incorrect, in 1973, by the mandate of the Gaming commision of California, Poker was legalized because the house <ownership of the casino> has no stakes in the game. It was ruled since the pot was always accumulated because of the Players, not the owner of the Casinos. Casinos only get a small percentage for the usage of their play area. This is for Poker in California. But in Las Vegas, the House "can" play as part of the game if and only if that player isn't the dealer... obviously.