A-ha!!!...So, THAT'S the difference between drinking liquor and soft drinks?! (hhh!)
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I believe that most of us players/gamblers have the mindset that we will end up losing in a casino. But there is also the potential to win at times also, especially if you are lucky enough to hit/win something that can be "life changing". What casino's and their managers hate the most is an "aware-(SBG/slot player)" and/or an "educated-disciplined" gambler that knows/understands the odds of the game. Most serious gamblers will only play table games such as Poker, Black-Jack, and Craps. Other serious gamblers that prefer less social interaction will play video poker with a good pay schedule. I think that if you are going to gamble and expect to receive the best odds at winning as well as the best in accommodations, entertainment, comp's, fine food, etc., the casino's in and around LV is your best bet, (AC is 2nd best). I know that if I'm in either of these destinations and end up losing it doesn't hurt so bad because of all of the compensations that I receive like I have already listed above. Very few of your local casino's can compare to this. Sorry if it seems like I'm rambling here. I just want to share from my point of view : )
I'm like @goldengreeke. It takes me a little over an hour to get to my local and I usually do well the first hour or so of being there.
I don't want to leave after being there an hour for another hour drive home and that is when sadly I tend to give it all back. I've been to my local several times and haven't written a report because the trip wasn't worth writing. :( :(
Good Luck to you on your upcoming trips :)
Slotdude, the forum (and any gambling forum for that matter) can give a skewed perspective. We generally love posting and reading about the excitement of winning, and often don't consider what happens between those beautiful wins. I've often felt like you, wondering what am I doing wrong if everyone else is winning. Once I got to know a few of the members and talk to them about what's happening between the winning pictures, I then realized we're all in the same boat relatively. We all love playing, hope to win, but generally end up on the losing side with a few break evens and winning trips. You're definitely not in the minority.
I lose 4 out of 5 trips for all casinos, including NA's. I've lost or broke even every trip (seven) to Vegas except one, where I came home with $33,000 (in cash). It was fun to bring that through security in Vegas (not a big deal, they see it all the time) and then in Dallas where I had to stop on the way back east to see a client (very big deal there -- airport police and INS got called and had to talk to them in a little room for 20 minutes).
Add me to the Loser's List! I went from Oct 2012 until March of this year without a handpay. In that timeframe I probably went to Vegas 10 times, Reno twice, took a few cruises and hit my locals (2 hours away) countless times. I lost on almost all of those trips, and quite often lost my entire bankroll. I got more serious about video poker, and that helped slow down the losing, but didn't magically fix it. I did better in Reno, managing to maintain more of my bankroll, but didn't win overall there either.
Luckily, this year has been much better so far, even after 3 Vegas trips along with Reno, Kansas City & my local trips. I had a brilliant run on video poker in March after a dismal start to a Vegas trip (I mean DISMAL, right @Cyndyga?) which put me up for that trip and slightly ahead for the year. My other trips were not winners, but I played smarter and lost less than allotted.
I went to my Local overnight Friday, and when all was said and done I lost $40. To me, that is a very successful trip - haha! I have a lovely bunch of winning pictures from that, and to look at them you would think for sure that I left well ahead. Pictures definitely do not tell the story!!
@Slotdude I gamble way too much and like to remember the wins & try to forget the losses. I get a HP one week & lose the money within a couple of weeks later. In my 21 years of slotting I had 2 winning streaks. My record was 7 winning trips back in the late 1990's & 6 winning trips in a row about a year ago. Much more common for me is losing 3 or 4 times in a row. I can usually tell if it will be a winning day by how the machines are paying in the first $100. Get down fast and it is real hard to claw back to even. When I had my last winning streak it was because I would walk out & go home when ahead. Staying overnight at casino hotel is usually a bad result cause it is too easy to play it back.
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I ALWAYS lose in Vegas and maybe win only one out of every seven times at local. Overall lose a lot more than win - but who wants to post pictures of a losing slot.
Like Goldengreeke and Jeani - we have to drive about 2 hours to our local so we always spend the night - sometimes two nights and many times we are up and put those wins back in. Oh well!! That's gambling.
I often post about wins in my TR's, however as many good hits as I may get, in the end I will usually say that I end up being down because I keep playing. We all know that you usually do end up losing if you keep playing. But as long as the slots play with me, giving me hits, I don't really care if I lose. I just want action while I'm playing.
I hate when I go and nothing seems to play with me and all I've done is play through my BR, lose and go home. But I don't think people want to hear about those trips.
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