Poll of the Day > My bro took me to the casino

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I never been to a proper* casino before... was kinda neat, lots of people there (mostly seniors).

They didn't have any table games with real dealers - which is ok I suppose, so there were like 100 or so different VLTs. But there also was group play simulated blackjack on a large screen and everyone was team-counting cards together (so I'm assuming the digital machine uses raw or progressive odds so card counting does nothing)...

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My bro and I both went in with $20. He lost it all in a few games, but I almost doubled my money. Ya. The first game I played I won $4 and quite goofily just quit right then and there and my bro was like "c'mon, play some more!" so I walked around... went to the blackjack table and won another $15.

:D

So I played a few nickel games, dropped to about $17 and just played one last game... brought me up to $38.75

So I bought my bro McDonalds :D

Cool. I mean all casino games are rigged for the house to win overall. But can be fun if you go in expecting to loose money. Its not my thing since most of the games aren't skill based. I mean Blackjack is to a VERY limited extent. But they are all luck based in the end for the most part.

But I am glad you had fun.

Back in the day, in nevada, you could ALWAYS come out ahead if you played nickle slots right. Alot of places have switched to digital setups etc and I'm not sure if the payouts are the same, but it used to be something like 97% return rate 20 years ago when I would go with my wife.

If you hopped on a machine and played till you won a jackpot and then just kept track of the machines around you that were being played but didn't pay out, and switched to one of those, you could steadily make money. I always left with about 2x what I started with.