The Sheer Joys of Gambling
Artist, actor, poet, teacher, songwriter & actor with 4,000 poems & almost 1,000 songs written, performed recorded & published on line.
Banks that pay back double, triple and more or just eat your money...."BURP!"!
Casinos are an adult playground where you can teeter-totter on the brink of sudden riches or take a long slide back to an empty wallet. The reels are a merry-go
I have been enoying an every other weekly
junket to various casinos within four
hours of my home. My wife and I take
$600.00 in cash per day which gives us
$300.00 each to play with. Most of our
overnight stays are complimentary due
to the fact that we gamble so often.
so we get free rooms and free play.
We only take money that we can afford
to lose but if we win $10.00 or more
above the twenty dollars we bet, each
payout ticket goes right into her purse
Or my wallet and it remains there until
we leave the casino. Most of the time
this gives us a large stack of tickets to
cash out when we ate done working the
slots. Most folks stick their tickets back
in to try to win more money, but I beleive
that the ratio of wins is different from
when you use cash or when you use tickets.
We seem to win more using cash. And
we do win more than we expected to
In the last two trips we won over
$3,200.00 between us. That makes
for quite a profit, on the three hundred
dollars each we brought to spend.
Of course if you only win ten dollars
or so above each twenty you bet
you still wind up with three hundred
or so dollars and at least break even.
The God's of odds seem to be favoring
us over the last two years or so but
that does not mean that we also don't
lose our money as well. But we never
take money we need for other
expenses. I have observed many poorer
souls just outside the casino doors gazing
Forlornly into their empty wallets or purses
Where the mortgage money or grocery budget
Was spent down to the last dollar. No chances
of winning are worth that kind of suffering.
Everything in life has a dark side and that is
one dark side you should avoid at all costs.
Gambling has often over the years gotten a
bad rap, but what is the difference between
gambling or investing your money in stocks.
Horse racing is a whole different breed of
betting. You selct from eight horses and one
nag and you end up betting on the nag of course.
But I have seen betters win hiundreds and
thousands of doillars with the right pick.
playing the state lottery is boring,, scratch off
some boxes of wax to win two dollars or bet
on six numbers and wait to hear if you got any.
Yawn!!?? My form of betting-The Slots has
music and animation and lights and buzzers
and bells, It looks like an avalanche of Christmas
trees when you win.Some of the slots have 3-d
screens and vibrating seats.Some of the Jackpots
run from $25,000. to $65,000 dollars and up,
which means each push of a button with
the right bet could net you huge cash.. If you do
win a huge amount of money people from all over
the casino run over to see what you've won.
They pat you on the back or just stand their with
a glazed look and mumble "I wish it had been me."
You become an instant celebrity for about three
minutes till another machine hits and the winner
screams with joy.
I don't play craps because I am crappy at it.
Blackjack is O.K. if you like to sit for hours
and wait for a 21.The roulette wheel is always
good for a spur of the moment slap ten dollars
on number 7 black. I have won maybe three
times in my life. Anyway I am not trying to
encourage anyone to start gambling. But I
wanted to give you a peek into the cool,dark,
carpeted caves I inhabit vin searchof treasures
that lie dormant In all of the metal monsters
that live there.
if you never have tried it give it one chance,
who knows you just might put in a twenty
and go home with $1,600.00 dollars like
I did just two weeks ago as well as taking
home an additional $480 dollars from
another machine.
I wish you only the best of luck
and if you lose well....
A man can dream ....
can't he but you always
have to wake up, don't ya.??
© 2022 Matthew Frederick Blowers III
