I still have difficulty understanding how anyone with half a brain could go and piss away money like that. I used to go with my buddies to sasinos, and I would drop 100 or 150 bucks as part of the evening. But I was never under any illusion that I could outsmart the casino. It was just the cost of the evening.
I would drop 100 or 150 bucks as part of the evening.Exactly. When I go to a casino, I take one or two hundred $$$, which I expect to see never again. It's the cost of the entertainment.
A "big win" is being able to extend the time at the blackjack tables with the original stake, or (even better) quitting at breakeven. Wow!
Compulsive gamblers focus on winning, recreational gamblers focus on playing.