# People Who Are Ignorant About Casino Life (RANT) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670 "2015-07-31T20:01:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/81 "2015-08-04T00:47:28Z")
You know what, I quit! Well, not quit. But I’m going to cut back on poker, and focus on other things. I cannot tolerate being viewed as a degenerate. I was at a party last weekend and people were giving me shit about playing poker more than ever. I’m about to walk away from something that I enjoy and can be potentially very lucrative. I’m letting ego, vanity, peer pressure, and desire of people’s acceptance rule me. I hope that I’m making the right decision. I guess people will be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/82 "2015-08-04T00:53:51Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > …I used my pet gator, _Mr. Snappy_. > > …It did not go as I anticipated, I’m sad to say. I’m not happy with Mr. Snappy. You’ve heard of “chicks with dicks”, right? …now, think of the complete opposite of that. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/83 "2015-08-04T00:55:38Z")
> [@Tibby or Not Tibby](#): > > You’ve heard of “chicks with dicks”, right? > > …now, think of the complete opposite of that. A peggee? ---
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/84 "2015-08-04T01:09:11Z")
Anyway, it’s been really fun posting here this summer. I hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/85 "2015-08-04T01:10:07Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know what, I quit! Blah, blah, blah. Doesn’t this sort of trolling drama-queen bullshit belong on Facebook? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/86 "2015-08-04T01:12:26Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know what, I quit! > > Well, not quit. But I’m going to cut back on poker, and focus on other things. I cannot tolerate being viewed as a degenerate. . . . Who cares? Think of the money and smile. If you want, tell people you sell used cars, but do what you like doing. You emphasized how much effort you’ve put into getting good at it. Why let that go to waste? On the other hand, if you find something else you like better, go for it. > [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > Anyway, it’s been really fun posting here this summer. I hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. 🙂 Aye! The SDMB is fun, even when it’s nasty and hostile and ugly! The Pit is where we can say, “You’re Jack full of Shit” … with a smile! And, now and then, by the workings of chance, we sometimes even learn stuff here! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/87 "2015-08-04T01:17:20Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > He’s like a lion saying he hates gazelles. Lame gazelles? > [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know what, I quit! > > Well, not quit. But I’m going to cut back on poker, and focus on other things. I’ve discovered a game at every casino I’ve been in where I never lose money. It’s like a slot machine but very nondescript and usually off to the side and out of the way–like the casino doesn’t want you to know about it. Every single time I put bills in it, I win the exact same amount in coins. Man, I can play for hours and I always break even! ---
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/88 "2015-08-04T01:26:32Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Lame gazelles? > > I’ve discovered a game at every casino I’ve been in where I never lose money. It’s like a slot machine but very nondescript and usually off to the side and out of the way–like the casino doesn’t want you to know about it. > > Every single time I put bills in it, I win the exact same amount in coins. Man, I can play for hours and I always break even! I smell some bullshit! Yeah, every now and then those kind of machines get released out onto the floor. But, casinos don’t know it. At first. The machines last a very short time on the floor, and is hard to make a lot of money from them. Think “Indiana Jones”. What happens is… 1. Someone, usually a degenerate, discovers a “good” slot machine. 2. Degenerate runs and tell everyone and their grandma, crackhead neighbors, the crackhead’s crack dealers, etc. 3. Degenerates start fighting over the slots…or the regular patrons get annoyed by the degenerates hovering and pacing back forth while they are playing. Patrons tell on the degenerates. 4. The casino either A. Pull out the slots. B. Tighten up the slots. C. Kick out the troublemakers. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/89 "2015-08-04T01:42:28Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > I smell some bullshit! > > Yeah, every now and then those kind of machines get released out onto the floor. But, casinos don’t know it. At first. The machines last a very short time on the floor, and is hard to make a lot of money from them. Think “Indiana Jones”. > > What happens is… > > 1. Someone, usually a degenerate, discovers a “good” slot machine. > 2. Degenerate runs and tell everyone and their grandma, crackhead neighbors, the crackhead’s crack dealers, etc. > 3. Degenerates start fighting over the slots…or the regular patrons get annoyed by the degenerates hovering and pacing back forth while they are playing. Patrons tell on the degenerates. > 4. The casino either A. Pull out the slots. B. Tighten up the slots. C. Kick out the troublemakers. Mmm…ignorant about casinos. Whoosh. I guarantee just about every casino has 'em. I’ve also seen them in every arcade I’ve been to, the payoff is the same but the graphics suck compared to everything else there. Yours truly, Degenerate break evener ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/90 "2015-08-04T01:47:26Z")
Shit, I know one even better than that. Seriously, it pays out every. Single. Time. Alls I have to do is insert my “player’s card,” and enter the secret “winner’s code,” and it spits out twenties. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/91 "2015-08-04T02:42:29Z")
You guys are lucky! I’ve been shoveling quarters into this damn parking meter for hours, and never won back a penny! ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/92 "2015-08-04T03:50:16Z")
The only guys I know who’ve made money at cards made it running the games, or, far less often, playing sober. The women made it playing black-jack and poker, mostly smaller pots with the infrequent big one. None of them talk about it much. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/93 "2015-08-04T04:07:29Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > {Snipped} You’re back posting in this thread? Didn’t you quit? Typical gambler! Can’t stay away. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/94 "2015-08-04T05:10:06Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > Anyone who put tons of money in craps is a gambling addicted degenerate. Also, craps players tend to get their money form selling drugs or gov’t checks. Any money that they win is spent on coke and hookers. Definition of a degenerate. Oh really. I play craps and am not addicted to gambling at all. I’ve also won and have not spent dime one on coke or a hooker. Your are making very sweeping generalizations, my friend. > [@](#): > > Poker players are usually normal guys who are students, businessmen, or gamer geeks. Surely, you have scientific surveys that back all these assertions about craps and poker players, correct? > [@](#): > > Not if you’re a woman. Craps players treat women like shit Again, another sweeping generality with no basis. I play craps, and treat women with respect. Ive yet to be at a craps table where I have seen any woman treated poorly. As a matter of fact, I’ve seen entire tables get behind good woman shooters, and cheer her on as they win money for the bettors. > [@](#): > > I have things to do, places to go, people to see. SUUUUUUUUURE you do. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/95 "2015-08-04T05:15:00Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know what, I quit! > > Well, not quit. But I’m going to cut back on poker, and focus on other things. I cannot tolerate being viewed as a degenerate. > > I was at a party last weekend and people were giving me shit about playing poker more than ever. I cant see this. I have a LOT of friends who play casino poker, and never have I seen or heard anyone at a party give them a hard time about it. First of all, I doubt you were invited to any party; and if you were, you probably were bragging about what a great poker player you were the other guests started getting sick of hearing it and started riding you about it. UUU there guy at parties who brags to everyone what a great poker player he is. > [@](#): > > I’m about to walk away from something that I enjoy and can be potentially very lucrative. I doubt the lucrative part. > [@](#): > > I’m letting ego, vanity, peer pressure, and desire of people’s acceptance rule me. We all have our problems, Sharing them here can be a misstake. > [@](#): > > I hope that I’m making the right decision. I guess people will be happy. Trust me, no one cares, either way. Wanna play poker? Knock yourself out. Just don’t bore us with it. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/96 "2015-08-04T05:16:54Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > Anyway, it’s been really fun posting here this summer. I hope you guys are having as much fun as I am. 🙂 Troll: "Oh shit. I’m in over my head. I KNOW what I’ll do: _ **“I WAS JUST JOKING! Thanks for taking the bait YOU FOOLS!!!”** _ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/97 "2015-08-04T10:14:56Z")
This is 13 feet deep of Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/98 "2015-08-04T13:40:27Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > Well, not quit. But I’m going to cut back on poker, and focus on other things. I cannot tolerate being viewed as a degenerate. > > I was at a party last weekend and people were giving me shit about playing poker more than ever. You know, it’s funny. I’ve played poker for 3, 4 years now, and have never once gotten shit about it from anyone. The only reactions I get are interest or apathy. Maybe it’s not the poker. Maybe it’s you. Actually, it IS you. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/99 "2015-08-04T14:00:19Z")
I’ve played craps and I’ve never been treated badly. In fact my 70+ year old mother won at craps a few weeks ago and she wouldn’t have been playing if she was treated badly. I’ve also not seen how poker players are any better than any other gamblers. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-ignorant-about-casino-life-rant/726670/100 "2015-08-04T14:28:06Z")
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