It depends on who your with, if you’re looking for some laughs and have some money to burn, I’m not seeing casino gambling as any worse than, say, general aviation. On the other hand, claiming any of these games require any form of intellectual thought is an over-reach I think. If you want to impress me, play chess.
Uno with kids doesn’t really compare with blackjack with beautiful women dressed to the nines.
Wasn’t it in “Witches Abroad” where Nanny Ogg got taken by some riverboat gamblers and, upon hearing that, Granny Weatherwax went out and taught them how to really play Cripple Mister Onion? Of course, I wouldn’t want to play cards against Granny. she beat DEATH in a game with a pair of fours. All DEATH had was a pair of ones.
I knew some people who were fond of Skitgubbe or Hurtenflurst. Remarkably complicated game. I tried it once and fled in dismay.
“Cerebus hates ‘cute’ card games!”
And, yeah… Roulette is fun…for about ten minutes. Blackjack is fun…for about ten minutes.
Poker night with the boys can be fun…if you’re all pretty good friends, the stakes are nickel-dime, and you’re somewhere that you don’t have anything better to do. But even then, some jasper will want to play something screwy, like “Buck” and the whole thing turns into “fairy chess.”
At least with Strip Poker, there’s a purpose!
Okay, I just checked. It was “Masquerade”. DEATH and Granny were playing for the soul of a baby. DEATH had 4 aces. Granny showed 4 queens. He pondered it for a moment, and then said “I LOSE. ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES.”
The OP hasn’t posted at all since starting this thread.
And then he winked.
I miss Pratchett.
Yosemite Sam vs. Bugs Bunny playing five card draw … “Hot tooting, I’ve got 7 Kings”, “Well, Doc, I’ve got nine Aces” … gun fire ensued …
Yes. Craps will beat you out of money in the long run. You used to can beat craps by practicing dice control but now the casinos caught on to that, and designed the crap tables where it’s nearly impossible to do such. 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. Poker players are usually normal guys who are students, businessmen, or gamer geeks.
Agreed.
The buffets are usually awful. Except for the champagne brunches, unlimited omelets and champagne! Check out the steak houses and Italian restaurants, they are usually pretty good.
No. But I used to write for Demand Media.
You’re proving my point. You don’t know much about poker.
I mean to say that people consider poker as gambling.
First paragraph. Agreed.
Second paragraph, you’ve must have played in some really shitty poker games, if you described it as that. 
That’s true. The more suckers the better. Sometimes my ego gets in the way. I wish poker would be viewed as a more prestigious thing, but in reality if more smart and disciplined people started playing poker, we’ll be in big trouble.
It depends on how successful of a poker player you are.
It’s hard to fake careers these days…
Your friend needs to reevaluate his poker skills, or he needs better table selection skills.
If you’re comparing poker to uno, you obviously have not played enough poker.
Not if you’re a woman. Craps players treat women like shit.
Huh?
See above replies.
I have things to do, places to go, people to see.
What’s up with the mentioning of “diamonds” in my threads? Is this some kind of inside joke that I’m not aware of? 
I’m in no way affiliated with diamonds.
They are associated with stupid showing off, old fashion dating rituals, and smuggling.
Since you don’t seem to mind sharing your intimacies anonymously on this MB, what is your mental health diagnosis OP?
They’re called fish and any group of poker players needs a constant diet of them. The second rule of poker* is when you sit down, look around the table to see if you can spot the fish. If you can’t, it’s you.
*The first is don’t play with a man called Doc.
Also on average how many times a week are you having sex? How big is your wing-wang? When was the last time you put peanut butter on your wing-wang and had the dog lick it off?
Did you skip the other threads?
I’m completely ignorant about “casino life”, and having read your descriptions, choose to remain so. Blissfully.
At this point, it is obvious that the OP is just your garden variety troll, and a rather stupid one at that. His comments on “dice control” prove he knows nothing.
Diamonds, diamonds, diamonds!
There’s that! He’s done a good service for many of us, guiding us away to more compatible pastimes.
I was really sad to hear him say that the buffets aren’t very good. That was one of the very few remaining reasons I might have wanted ever to visit a casino.
(He may well be wrong: I’ve heard only good about the buffets in the Indian Casinos here in San Diego County. Barona, Viejas, etc. Friends of mine go there quite often, and come back very happy…and stuffed. Oh, yeah, and they tend to lose a little money at gaming, too!)
At least the racetrack gives you a horse-show for your money. Watching the nags run is impressive, at least the first few times.
If you travel up to Vegas, the buffets range from bad to outstanding. Top marks going to Caesars Palace, Wynn, Cosmo, and M Resort.
In SoCal but not in San Diego County, the buffet at Fantasy Springs in La Quinta is small but very good.
Who…me?
Oh, the last time I did that was back in ’05. I didn’t enlist my dog as the licker, however—that’s seems kind of desperate if you ask me.
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.
I’ve heard the term, but never had the experience!
Pl*ny, you plebs