Gambling-The American Promise

August 5th, 2010 by Carlie Leave a reply »
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Isn’t that what gambling is all about. You are continually hopeful which you can acquire something for absolutely nothing, or at the very least quite little. Do you not keep in mind what your mother told you? You can’t obtain one thing for nothing. That’s what my mom told me, and I’ve discovered out since then that she was totally right. I feel Wilson Mizner said it greatest, when he mentioned, "Gambling: The positive way of obtaining absolutely nothing for something." Definitely, at the end of the day, that’s it…..right?

In the wonderful state of Montana they have these amazing small products, known as keno machines. These keno devices are everywhere, and the places that these devices reside are named "gambling dens". I place gambling dens is quotes because they are not gambling houses like you consider of casinos. There are no table game or slot machine equipments, just video poker and keno machines. In any case, I managed to get myself roped in to the dream of succeeding a couple hundred bucks in a sitting. The next thing I knew I was going back to these devices pretty much daily. After a couple of months of this I realized that no one really wins. Oh certain, you may win fifty dollars here and there, except over the a period of time your just feeding the devices 5 dollar bills like they were candy.

I managed to check myself and I don’t even go into the "gambling establishments" any more. I’ve met people who honestly almost lost everything they have playing the ridiculous keno machines. The point that gets me about this type of betting would be the fact that gambling establishments will advertise for the radio that they have an 85 per-cent payback rate. This would be the rate because it’s mandated by law. A eighty-five percent payback rate sounds wonderful, but when you believe about it this merely means that in the event you place $1 into the products it gives eighty five cents back . This is how it works. Just think of it as a reverse ATM. When I started thinking of gambling in these terms, I stopped.

I suppose that is my target with this article. To have you to realize which you definitely can’t win, no matter what other persons tell you. As Doc Holiday stated in Tombstone, "The odds are all on the house." That and only that will be the only reason there’s even a place on this planet called Vegas. Because the odds are all on the house.

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