UNO Social Clubs are coming to Vegas. No word yet on whether you can actually bet money, but I assume you can.
Shit, I might have to do this when it comes to Virginia. Where’s our resident professional gambler? I’d like to hear his take.
From the article:
The popular card game UNO is owned by an estimated 80 percent of American households, according to the National Museum of Play, which dubbed it “America’s favorite game.”
incredible. I’d never even heard of it. And I wouldn’t have thought that any specific game would be so wildly popular that 80% of households would have one.
You’ve never heard of UNO, the most irritating card game that enthusiasts insist on everyone playing at family gatherings? It’s like Twister for the somnolescent, Sorry for people who don’t like rolling dice, Yahtzee for the mathematically challenged.
It is absolutely terrible which, of course, is why Las Vegas casinos are now promoting it.
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It’s also a very popular game in psych hospitals. Ask me how I know!
I like UNO but I can’t get anyone in my family to play it with me. We all kinda do our own thing.
It’s a fun enough game, for kids. But how many adults play it without kids involved?
I know about 8 adults who play regularly. Leaving me and the kids trying to watch Disney movies with subtitles. (You can’t hear because screaming, cursing and jumping up and down.)
Yeah, not my favorite game around here.
Most accurately…
It is Crazy Eights for the right-wing evangelical set who believe that poker decks are evil because they are used for gambling and UNO is good, wholesome family fun that no one would ever use for gambling or drinking.
I can’t wait to see how berserk folks get when $700,000 is on the line and some plays +4, Reverse or Skip.
UNO has a built-in scoring system; any gambling will likely monetize the points. I’ve never seen anyone actually keep score.
Really? How?
That’s funny, because until I had my own kids, Uno was the game we played when old people wanted to play with us 
80% seems crazy high to me. I used to have a deck, but I don’t now. My folks certainly don’t. I guarantee none of their friends do. My mother in law doesn’t. I could maybe believe that enough decks were sold in a certain time period that 80% of households could have one, but that’s it.
It’s probably bullshit.
The article references this source:
Which only claims that 80% of game playing households have played Uno, but doesn’t define what a game playing households is or source this claim.
I like playing Uno at family get togethers because it’s easy to chat and play. It doesn’t take a lot of thinking. Anyone can play at any skill level. It’s like doing a jigsaw puzzle. People can easily chat and play at the same time. Games with more strategy require more thinking, which means people aren’t really chatting during the game. They’re thinking about their next move. And games which require high skill are more difficult for newbies to jump in and have a good time. The game of Uno itself isn’t necessarily all that compelling or challenging, but the simple aspect is great for when you have lots of people hanging out and want to do something casual. However, it’s not a good game for someone who is hyper competitive and believes they have an inherent right to always win. The random aspect means that anyone can lose. If someone is a sore loser, their tantrums at things like getting a Draw 4 card can ruin the mood.
Yeah, and that’s a different claim of ownership referenced in the Newsweek article.
I also taught my kids Crazy Eights, which we played more often. Think we probably lost that UNO deck. And you can add your own rules to it if you want a more UNO-like mechanic.
Yes. I enjoy playing Uno, with the right people, but the game itself would have no appeal if I were playing against a computer, or against humans but with no interaction between the players.
At the slots trying to earn $250 to pay for screwing with the AC in his hotel room.
I play occasionally with my coworkers. Just for fun, we don’t count points or even keep track of who won hands.
He also just got banned, so we’ll never know his take on the UNO gambling.
Too bad, I liked his goofy posts.