# Friday night, $2,000 at the casino **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555 "2025-04-27T06:39:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/221 "2025-05-10T04:19:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > There isn’t any “deadline” for figuring totals. It’s all “math of large numbers.” Somewhere, I’ve seen a copy of the UK slot regulations, which, when you include the historical/grandfathered stuff, are a lot more complex than that. Specifically, I do think that there was something about recorded averages/deadlines. ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/222 "2025-05-22T17:14:03Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > > > K. They taste good tho! > > Its Friday. Did you spend 2,000? Last weekend was crazy. I broke even, and then I had two accidents…and made $300. I hopped on a machine and bet 320 credits. I thought I was on the 1 cent denomination and betting $3.20. And then I noticed I was down $500! I was actually on the 10 cent denomination, and was betting $32! Doh! Later on, I was playing video poker. I started off playing five hand and five cent video poker, and then switched to ten hand five cent video poker, so I thought. That would’ve been $5 per spin. But that machine had a fucking glitch. Whenever you change hand size, the screen switches over to another denomination! I wasn’t paying any attention. So I was playing ten hand 25 cent poker. $25 a spin! Thank goodness I won $800, if it had been a cold streak I probably would’ve been down a few hundred dollars before I realized. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/223 "2025-05-22T17:25:55Z")
For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details. How many drinks deep were you? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/224 "2025-05-22T18:19:26Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details He was too focused on the secret minute details and tells that guarantee a machine is about to pay out big, he didn’t have time to worry about silly crap like how much he was betting with each pull. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/225 "2025-05-22T19:44:35Z")
My thought exactly. Folks that win (or at least lose less) with some statistically valid strategy don’t drink. Drunks fund the casinos’ existence. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/226 "2025-05-23T08:55:06Z")
> [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > Last weekend was crazy. Have you factored in the time you spend gambling as a cost? Could you simply earn moey instead?! ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/227 "2025-05-24T00:54:14Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details. How many drinks deep were you? I was not drunk at all. When did I say I get drunk during my gambling sessions? The casino is an odd environment. So many flashing lights, buzzing sounds, people talking, the smells. Hard not to get distracted. Other times the casino is super boring, and I have a zillion thoughts going on through my head to entertain myself. What am I going to eat for dinner? What will I watch on Netflix? Why hasn’t the woman I met at the bar last night texted me yet? Where is my birth certificate? ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/228 "2025-05-24T00:58:42Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@wguy123](#): > > > > For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details > > He was too focused on the secret minute details and tells that guarantee a machine is about to pay out big, he didn’t have time to worry about silly crap like how much he was betting with each pull. > [@Babale](#): > > > [@wguy123](#): > > > > For a regular gambler, you sure do miss a lot of gambling details > > He was too focused on the secret minute details and tells that guarantee a machine is about to pay out big, he didn’t have time to worry about silly crap like how much he was betting with each pull. I know you’re being sarcastic, but there is a nugget of truth to your post. If I have been waiting for hours to find a machine left in +EV state and finally find one; I get excited, hop on the machine, and just start speed betting. I get tunnel vision and everything around me fades. If you’re an advantage player, you’ll relate. ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/229 "2025-05-24T00:59:58Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > My thought exactly. Folks that win (or at least lose less) with some statistically valid strategy don’t drink. Drunks fund the casinos’ existence. Right! That’s why I love the weekends. The weekend warriors get drunk and leave behind the best bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/230 "2025-05-24T01:00:17Z")
> [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > I know you’re being sarcastic Maybe you really _are_ incredibly good at spotting subtle tells! ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/231 "2025-05-24T01:01:48Z")
> [@glee](#): > > > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > > > Last weekend was crazy. > > Have you factored in the time you spend gambling as a cost? > Could you simply earn moey instead?! > [@glee](#): > > > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > > > Last weekend was crazy. > > Have you factored in the time you spend gambling as a cost? > Could you simply earn moey instead?! Do earn money. I am a semi-professional gambler. If I didn’t have a day job, I would be full time professional one. Here’s my introduction post… > [@I'm a frequent and sometimes foolish gambler from the midwest, ask me anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-frequent-and-sometimes-foolish-gambler-from-the-midwest-ask-me-anything/1004391/35): > > I’m in a SportsBall pool, and I’m continually astonished at how random NBA/MLB/NFL games can be. You can spend a week researching every little detail and come Sunday, the Browns end up beating the Chiefs! I’ll always remember the guy at the next barstool saying “Well, I did my homework, but I’m already down $3000 this weekend…” (And this was with all the Sunday afternoon and Monday night games still to go!) My point is… RESIST! Yeah. You can make profits from sports betting, but I heard… ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/232 "2025-05-24T01:02:41Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > > > I know you’re being sarcastic > > Maybe you really _are_ incredibly good at spotting subtle tells! I play poker too… ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/233 "2025-05-24T01:04:43Z")
Yall, I’m walking around with $4K in my fanny pack. For a REASON. Let’s see how tonight will end. I guess I can report back later. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/234 "2025-05-24T01:05:21Z")
Go big or go home. ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/235 "2025-05-24T01:07:47Z")
And that SOB game is called //Ascending Fortunes//. The one handed my ass to me last month. Midwest Degenerate Gambler -FUCK THAT GAME! 😡 😡 😡 😡 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/236 "2025-05-24T02:10:38Z")
Will you report every Friday? ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/237 "2025-06-03T03:32:33Z")
Sure, Suntan! I lost an unnecessary $88.80 over the weekend! I wanted to bet $8.80 on the 10 cent denomination. When I switched from the one cent to 10 cent denomination, the bet size was fixed to the max fucking bet. So, when I hit the “spin” button I bet $88.80 instead. With the older games, whenever you change denominations the “spin” button is fixed to the minimum bet. But with some of these newer games it is fixed to the max bet! I forgot last weekend. These casinos be doing this shit on purpose. That is predatory as fuck! Midwest Degenerate Gambler -Bastids! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/238 "2025-06-03T03:39:02Z")
Its like they want you to lose!🧐 ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/239 "2025-06-03T03:43:15Z")
> [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > Do earn money. I am a semi-professional gambler. If I didn’t have a day job, I would be full time professional one. What were your net profits last year? ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/240 "2025-06-03T03:44:29Z")
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