Popular Post grayhair Posted June 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) Most people (including me) leave money behind when they depart Las Vegas. Last year I saw a elderly woman hit it big on a $1.50 bet... Edited June 24, 2017 by grayhair 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Gray hair I won 25.00 on the Illinois lottery once😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dirtymilkman Posted June 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2017 A "friend of mine" bought a hooker there once. Way more fun than gambling......I heard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lmackattack Posted June 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2017 my luck is I would win and then walking back to my hotel I would get run over by a bus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted June 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 30, 2017 If you leave Vegas with a small fortune, it means you entered Vegas with a big fortune. 7 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I noticed many years ago that the food in the Nevada t.s . Was quite a bit cheaper than t.s in other states, they all had various gambling opportunities from blackjack to one armed bandits, I guess the profits from the gambling enabled them to sell food cheaper! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JTFormula Posted July 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2017 We used to vacation a lot in Vegas a few years ago.. Even got married there by Elvis! I always say bring the amount of money you can afford to lose. If you bring home some of it back, you won. 3 Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted July 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2017 i made money in vegas once....................and i was told if they ever caught me near that photocopy machine again, i would spend the next 20 years behind bars. so i left and never went back. 4 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fxfymn Posted July 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2017 My very astute DW went around the house cleaning out all of the loose change jars, old travelers checks, and un-exchanged foreign currency to fund our gambling in Vegas. Her logic was that we basically didn't have that money anyways, so if we lost it no big deal. I don't gamble much, but she managed to come out ahead at the slots. I did win at the airport slots on the way home and damn near missed the plane because I would not quit. We loved Vegas. Lots to see and do and almost everyone seemed happy. The few times I have been to Atlantic City on business it seemed like no one was happy and all of the players had that look of grim determination resulting from a fear of losing. One of my co-workers made the observation that AC must be where they send folks who are too old to be in nursing homes and God help you if you try to take over one of the 20 or so slots all of the old ladies play each. 3 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 JT Elvis married a whole lot of folks in Vegas!😁 I once read that there is some way to view the mechanism on the back of a slot machine and tell when it is ready to "hit"! However if that is true don't you think the " house" would put some kind of cover on the slot to hide the mechanism!? Either it is b.s. or so little known that it is not an issue! The real issue is knowing when to quit! Obviously enough people don't know when to quit that gambling remains a multi billion dollar business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I'll bet that the people who manufacture the slot machines know how to win on one! I will also bet that those same employees sign a written document forbidding them from "playing" the slots they build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 FXFYM, I've had about five lbs of Canadian coinage for years from returning home when there was no parking at the lot where you exchange your currency at least for an 18 wheeler! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayhair Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, BillyT said: I'll bet that the people who manufacture the slot machines know how to win on one! I will also bet that those same employees sign a written document forbidding them from "playing" the slots they build! Yo Billy T, ain't gonna happen. Maybe in the old days, but not today. The regulation and security of the machines, at least those in Nevada, is incredibly tight. Whatever cheat method we can imagine has already been tried and thwarted. The technical requirements for slot machines is incredible. Check out this link. Scroll down to the "Technical Standards" section. http://gaming.nv.gov/index.aspx?page=269#techpolicies Edited July 1, 2017 by grayhair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 lived in nevada 20 years now....i hit 200 bucks one time....but i dont gamble much.....saw a guy hit a millian dollars one time at sierra sids....he passed out....truck driver from out of state....they hadda bring him around to collect....the food is not that cheap here anymore....we lost alot of revinue....to indian casinos popping up everywhere...bob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 and yes they have tightened up slot machines conciderably...in the last 20 years thats alotta reason i dont gamble much....the machines now,,,just suck your money and give you nothing back...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfymn Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The casinos can set the win rate on any given slot, so the house never loses. I was told the airport slots are set for the highest win rate so it suckers you into playing at the casinos since no one spends much time at the airport. Probably another urban legend. Gambling has proliferated throughout the U.S. You cannot stop at any rural gas station in South Dakota that doesn't have slots for example. And there are casinos in almost every state we visit. Unfortunately it has really become a form of regressive taxation with those who can least afford it spending the most in the hope of hitting it big while the states take their share of the money as taxes. 2 Quote Money, sex, and fire; everybody thinks everyone else is getting more than they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Probably most of thier slot profit is government assistance checks anyway... So it's going right back to the kitty rather than spent on loop earings and tattoos lol....good thinking...bobSent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 or malt liquor and drugs. 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Yep Fxfym, it's a "tax on the poor" can't count the times I've seen a person from the "projects" the only one apparently with a car buying Florida lottery tickets for dozens of the other residents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Mower man didn't Sierra Sids used to be Bill and Effies years ago? I've been in both places but can't remember when it changed hands! The Seminole and Miccasaukie tribes have all the gambling in Florida Hard Rock Casino etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayhair Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 6/30/2017 at 8:11 AM, j hancock said: If you leave Vegas with a small fortune, it means you entered Vegas with a big fortune. Yep. But there is another way... Question: How do you make a small fortune? Answer: Begin with a large fortune and use that fortune to start up an airline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Yep. But there is another way... Question: How do you make a small fortune? Answer: Begin with a large fortune and use that fortune to start up an airline.Reminds me of a line I've heard all my career... How to become a millionaire in trucking... Start with 2 million!Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Mower man didn't Sierra Sids used to be Bill and Effies years ago? I've been in both places but can't remember when it changed hands! The Seminole and Miccasaukie tribes have all the gambling in Florida Hard Rock Casino etc.Don't know....ive only been trading there 29 years.. .I don't even go there anymore... Since it went to TA food went to shit but it's still a pretty good stop 4 over of the roaders other than having to pay to park you've got Western Village right next door where the fabulous Casino and really good restaurants ...but as far as just showers and decent meal and fuel.... I would prefer the petrol which used to be the Alamo of course I'm going to say it was a lot better as the Alamo frankly no days I don't really recommend either one of them but I personally prefer the Petro mainly the bar and free parking.. I wouldn't recommend the food at either place they both gone downhill since they turn Corporate America.bobSent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Thought maybe a better clear something up the food's not really horrible that either one of those truck stops just lost a personal touch with corporate America it used to be more like home cooking at both of them now it's really nothing to write home about it's filling and it goes down okay but most of it is frozen dishes they just heat up in the microwave... Somebody explain that to me while back anytime you see McClain delivering anywhere and now you're getting frozen dinners.lol...bobSent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayhair Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) The wife and I like Vegas for the restaurant choices, a restaurant for every mood... If we're having delusions of grandeur, then we like Nobu in Caesar's Palace. (Gonna cost at least a couple of hundred to get out of the place.) Then I adjourn to the cigar lounge also in Caesars and have a Macanudo and a couple of Drambuies. (Wife hates the smoke though.) If we did OK at the tables and we're feeling pretty good, then we like Tao in the Palazzo. Still gonna cost a couple of hundred there too. If we're doing just kinda OK at the tables, then maybe the Jasmine in the Bellagio, watch the fountain show from your table... Or more likely, we lost much of our money at the craps tables and therefore eat at the McDonald's next door to Harrah's. Edited July 5, 2017 by grayhair 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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