What is it with casino’s? I really don’t get it. I went to one for the first time as an of-age gambler today and was bored out of my mind. Garish kept coming to mind, and I just couldn’t get excited about throwing my money away.
I’m guessing part of my aversion to casino’s–and gambling in general—has to do with the fact that I play a lot of video games, where skill is pretty much always more important than luck. What’s so exciting about sticking a dollar into a machine, pressing a button, and finding out you just lost your dollar for three-seconds of suspense? Games of chance where the house always has the upper hand are boring. Games of skill, however… that’s something different. If they built a casino that featured, say, arcade games, and skilled players could “beat the house”, that might be interesting. The entire time I was there I couldn’t help but think of what a waste it all seemed.
Anyways, I doubt I’ll be going again anytime soon. Maybe if I had a couple hundred dollars in disposable income and really couldn’t think of anything better to do with it.
Liliy said on August 21, 2007 @ 7:58 PM:
I tried gambling once…it was in an airport at Vegas during a layover. I think I did it out of spite - when we were looking at the machines a lady came over and said ‘I’m sorry, I need to see your ID” to check that I was over 18 (I was 21 at the time) which wouldn’t have been bad on its own - but she DIDN’T ask nor check my brother who was younger than me. I was ticked - so I walked over and played a machine. I came out $2 ahead.
Ha ha. Gambling’s only fun when you win - otherwise it really is a waste.
Though…it is fun to press the shiny blinking buttons. Keyword: Shiny. *easily distracted*
Maikeru said on August 21, 2007 @ 8:30 PM:
I’ll admit, I was in kind of a lousy mood to begin with, and it didn’t help that I only had like ten dollars on me. My parents go a couple times a year, so I’ll probably end up going with them again sometime.