Internet Gambling?

[Kanewpadle]

What do you think? Good? Or bad?

I know the casinos aren't going to like it. But maybe it won't hurt them at all.

I admit I like to gamble. But I don't much cause it's a losing proposition. But there's nothing like sitting in a casino atmosphere.

 

[feralmerril]

My biggest vice has always been gambling. I started around the late 1950s. To make matters worse my first wife was as bad or worse than me. From what I hear she still is a big gambler. My pattern was to work tons of ot and work straight through maybe anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks without a day off and then go to nevada and have a blowout 3 day weekend. I never kept a record of my winnings/loseings but I have no doubt it probley would buy a nice house or two. I know I would have to be behind the game. Since I retired I have next to stopped gambling as I now have no way to make money as I did durring my working years.
We went a couple days ago to mesquite for a few hours on my brithday. I belive it had been around 5 months since our last trip.
I was raised by strict christian parents that were death on gambling. In their early years up until I was a young kid they also had a gambling past, or at least dad did before they became strong christians. In the late 1930s dad and mom ran a resort with a bar, dance floor and illegal slot machines. They been there.
I get a laugh when people say they dont gamble. Liveing is a gamble. You can get T-boned and killed on your way to thursday night prayer meeting. I used to gamble so much I seldom paid for a room or a meal. Compted. While I lost money, I would hate to have to pay now for all I was ever compted. If you gamble on line there arent any freebies. Once I missed a gambler special flight. Needed overtime came up and I didnt go. That flight crashed into Mt whitney killing 35.
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On line gambling would take most the fun out of gambling for me. I enjoyed the driveing, all the action, drama watching people etc. I saw a lot, good and bad.

 

[mr.jbk79]

I guess I would like the atmosphere the best if I were a winner. Maybe go once a year, have a buffet, look around and gamble a bit. It doesn't take long, and I'm ready to leave. I'd rather find some nice S&Ws with my money anyway. The amounts of money I have seen people throw at a slot machine in just a short time has made my head spin.

 

[rwsmith]

I don't like gambling

The main reason i don't gamble is that I'm no darn good at it!

 

[Maddog 521]

IMHO---Why would any person go to their computer and bet real hard earned money on something that they have NO control of at all.
At least when you go to a casino you have some entertainment. We go to casino's quite often and enjoy it. We would never bet real money on an internet game.
Internet gambling. Really

 

[HAWKEYE10]

I have blown a lot of money on different things but gambling isn't one of them. I just can't stand to see my money go so easy. Several years ago we went on a cruise to Hawaii and I was bored riding on that boat so I played the slot machine and lost $30. I quit playing and was bored and mad. That was the last time I went on a cruise and the last time I gambled. Don

 

[ordy]

I work too darned hard for my money to risk it gambling. I've been to the casinos in Atlantic city a few times and didn't really enjoy myself. I'd rather have a couple guys over and sit around the kitchen table for some low stakes poker and a few cold ones. Good times for everyone without getting hurt financially.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Once I searched on the internet for a little blackjack game to put on my desktop, like solitaire, just something to kill some time now and then.
Four years later and I'm still getting spam emails from gambling sites!

 

[shouldazagged]

Four words:

The house always wins.

 

[feralmerril]

There is a unfinished mansion near us. I would say probley would be one of the most exspendsive homes in southern utah were it finished. Looks like they stopped work on it three or four years ago. It belongs (?) to a casino owner that I wont mention. There is a huge casino in mesquite that was finished about four years ago, opened for just a week or two, closed up and just sits. Another in mesquite is empty too. Times are bad. A favorite of mine was the nevada landing at jean nevada. I seen it built and must have spent at least 50 (free ?) various nights there. Today only the huge sign remains, the rest where it sat is sagebrush. The house doesnt always win.
Years ago right after I retired I had to get home quick to wisconsin. At the time for whatever reason I didnt have too much loose money for the trip and didnt know how long I would have to stay there to help dad.
I left california for home. I stopped at the goldstrike with the idea of eating and spending maybe just $80s or so. I walked out $1,200 up a hour later. Drove another 150 miles to mesquite, stopped and won about another $1,400 on BJ. Had another good trip home.
Maybe a month or two before that trip right after I retired I got a call from a hospital in vegas that they had a old friend of mine. The only leads to anyone was he had my phone number in his wallet. I went to handel things for him. He was in and out of concious for a month untill he died. I went home to lancaster maybe twice for a few days to check on things and would return to be by him. It of course started to tap me.
One day I took a break and went into the gold nugget downtown and won close to $5,000 on BJ in around a hour! It financed my stay. Sometimes God looks after fools. I guess he wanted me to stay.
Of course well over half my other trips through the years I am sure I lost but sometimes I had fun doing it.