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I've been in a casino only once, some Southern California Indian casino that my wife insisted on going to for our anniversary. The old ladies and Mexicanas she used to work with said they enjoyed going there, so she dragged me there one night.
I found it loud and labyrinthine, and I couldn't grasp the idea of using the magnetic strip card with the slots. It was super easy to lose $20 in a short period of time, and when that was gone, I said that was enough. I would be damned if I was going to throw good money after bad. My wife may not understand the reality of money, but having worked for a living all of my life, I understood it all too well, and the money we lost represented my time and hard labor.
We also went to the buffet, which was the most horrible food I've ever eaten. I wasn't especially picky about food back then, but this slop was revolting. I don't remember if the buffet was free or if I had to pay for it, but if it were free, I paid for it with the money we lost in the slots, and we paid far too much.
First and last time in a casino. Never again.
I found it loud and labyrinthine, and I couldn't grasp the idea of using the magnetic strip card with the slots. It was super easy to lose $20 in a short period of time, and when that was gone, I said that was enough. I would be damned if I was going to throw good money after bad. My wife may not understand the reality of money, but having worked for a living all of my life, I understood it all too well, and the money we lost represented my time and hard labor.
We also went to the buffet, which was the most horrible food I've ever eaten. I wasn't especially picky about food back then, but this slop was revolting. I don't remember if the buffet was free or if I had to pay for it, but if it were free, I paid for it with the money we lost in the slots, and we paid far too much.
First and last time in a casino. Never again.
I dunno, I just never saw the appeal.
Haven't seen anyone here with a gambling addiction, but of course that doesn't mean they don't exist, or have existed.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a country were gambling was and still is illegal, or a state monopoly. Funny enough when somethnig is run by the government it's no longer cool and the amount of regulations affects the dopamine kick these facilities can provide.
A fren had a gambling addiction and brought me to the towns only casino once, it was nowhere near as much of a dopamine kick as the average US or UK casino, no bright colors, no slot machines, no maze layout or any of the other tricks, just the usual government furniture you'd expect to fins in schools, at hospitals or in prison, tables with card games, blackjack, poker etc and of course a bar with a decent selection of alcohol but that was it.
Gambling ads are illegal, funnily enough the government use the same tracking system as US and UK casinos to find the most addicted people or the biggest losers, but instead of preying on them, they use this information to help with with their addiction, banning them from entering the casino and offer psychological help. Seems a lot easier to quit gambling when not constantly exposed to ads and similar shenanigans.
They eventually lost their house.