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Plankton · 01-31-2020, 11:38 AM

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.

WWWP · 01-31-2020, 11:43 AM

Same it just gives me a stomach ache.

**Frownland** · 01-31-2020, 11:49 AM

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

OccultHawk · 01-31-2020, 12:09 PM

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.

~~jwb~~ · 01-31-2020, 02:54 PM

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He deals blackjack so he's kind of over it

yeh but slots are for old ladies

WWWP · 01-31-2020, 03:29 PM

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

Plankton · 01-31-2020, 04:25 PM

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.

Lisnaholic · 02-01-2020, 05:25 AM

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?

Psy-Fi · 02-01-2020, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

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.

Plankton · 02-01-2020, 06:46 AM

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lol

She was a pill poppin clepto.

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	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. __________________ See location...

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Gambling's fun but that casino **** is whack. I keep it simple and just stick to cockfighting. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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01-31-2020, 04:25 PM	#67317 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	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. __________________ See location...

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	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? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953