Betting-The American Promise

Thursday, 5. August 2010

[ English ]

Is not that what betting is all about. You’re continually hopeful which you can obtain one thing for practically nothing, or at least extremely little. Do you not remember what your mother told you? You cannot obtain a thing for nothing. That’s what my mom told me, and I have discovered out since then that she was completely right. I consider Wilson Mizner stated it best, when he stated, "Gambling: The certain way of acquiring absolutely nothing for something." Actually, at the end of the day, that’s it…..right?

In the wonderful state of Montana they have these amazing small machines, known as keno machines. These keno equipments are everywhere, and the places that these equipments reside are named "betting houses". I place betting houses is quotes because they are not betting houses like you consider of gambling establishments. You will find no table casino game or slot machine machines, just video slot machines poker and keno machines. In any case, I managed to have myself roped in to the dream of winning a few hundred dollars in a sitting. The next point I knew I was heading back to these equipments nearly daily. After a couple of months of this I realized that no one truly wins. Oh sure, you might win $50 here and there, but over span of time your just feeding the machines 5 dollar bills like they were candy.

I was able to check myself and I do not even go into the "betting houses" any more. I’ve met people who seriously virtually lost everything they’ve wagering the stupid keno machines. The issue that gets me about this type of wagering could be the fact that gambling dens will advertise about the radio that they’ve an eighty five % payback rate. This could be the rate because it is mandated by law. A eighty-five per cent payback rate sounds fantastic, except whenever you believe about it this simply means that if you put a dollar into the products it gives eighty five cents back . That is how it works. Just believe of it as a reverse ATM. When I started thinking of gambling in these terms, I stopped.

I suppose that’s my objective with this article. To get you to realize that you simply actually can’t win, no matter what other persons tell you. As Doc Holiday said in Tombstone, "The odds are all for the casino." That and only that is the only reason there’s even a place on this planet named Sin City. Because the odds are all around the casino.

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