The one and only time I've ever gambled was at a Hotel/Casino in Omaha in 1999. I plunked down $20 on a blackjack table, lost it, then went up to my room and went to bed. I was at a trade show.

I like my money just where it's at. In my pocket, thankyouverymuch.

Same it just gives me a stomach ache.

Gambling's fun but that casino **** is whack. I keep it simple and just stick to cockfighting.

I must have the right (or wrong) kind of brain for it but I can get so absorbed in black jack. It’s been a long time though. I’ve probably played my last hand. Casinos are ****ing evil.

yeh but slots are for old ladies

My bf actually came up hard on craps one time. Walked away up $800. Pretty fun to watch but still, the stomach ache.

There's a lady I knew who was a pretty bad gambling addict that had put her home up for mortgage a few times over the course of a few years, and then hit for $180,000. She dumped it all right back in. She is now ded tho. Her hubby's still kickin and pulled himself out of it as best he could. Scary stuff.

Anyone else find that long-drawn-out poker scene in Casino Royale really tedious?

I've never subscribed to the out-dated machismo that's attached to high-stakes gambling - all those steely looks that say, "This pile of chips is indicative of my huge genitalia." It's a movie cliché that turns up in the saloons of the Wild West as well as the casinos of Europe, but I wonder if it ever turns up in real life casinos? Do you see guys at the tables playing out that fantasy?

lol

She was a pill poppin clepto.