Last night ...

Was Mark's work Christmas party. Normally, it is held at a local bar/restaurant but this year, they held it at the casino. Dinner was very nice, and then we went down to the floor to gamble a bit.
I haven't been to the casino in years. But when I did go, I only played 1 machine in the slot area ... Wheel of Fortune. Now the reason this is "my game" is one time I was up north with Deb and my dad and we saw someone win like $25,000 on this game. From then on .. it was the only game I played. I walked around for 10 minutes before realizing they had gotten rid of my game.
So I walked over to the high roller room, this is the room with the higher amount slots. I always play $20 on 2 different machines ... one pull.
See what happens.

But when I was looking for which machine to use ... I found "my machine". K, it wasn't mine, because my machine was a dollar slot. This is a $5 machine. So ... what to do, what to do.
Can't play this machine, this would be $15 a pull. omg ... I would be out of money in like 5 minutes. So this is what I came up with. I would take half the money I brought to gamble, and play this machine. That way, I still left with half, and I still got to play "my machine".
So ... put a hundred bucks in. Now it's $15 a pull, so this is going to be over pretty quick. Sit down, light a cigarette (you can still smoke in the casino's here) and start playing. On the second pull I realize ... damn I won't make it 5 minutes at $15 a pull. But whatever ... I understand the deal. On the third pull, I hear ... wheel .. of ... fortune. Which means- I got a spin on the big wheel. So I hit the button and ... omg I won $1000.
Now bigger question then before, I just won alot of money ... but it's not my money it's the casino's. Stay and play ... this is a huge money machine ... I could win like 10,000 maybe even 25,000 like the guy up north.

But those thoughts only lasted a second and my same old rules came into play ... which are
If you win ... alot ... you cash out and leave. I've even left before my car made it out of valet before.

So I cashed out and went off to find Mark. He was playing video poker (don't get it at all) So after watching him play for awhile, I was telling him the difference in our "gambling styles". I want to win huge or lose, not just play forever and stay even. ( which is by the way why I won't go to Vegas with his work for 2 weeks ... I would die) He finally hits for 4 of a kind (guess that's a big deal in video poker), but he won like ... $20. I'm like .. this is the problem .. here you get a great hand and since your playing such a cheap machine .. you don't win anything. So he changed machines and hit for 4 of a kind again ... this time he won $250.
Now this new theory of ... play big or don't play .. worked good tonight, but I'm sure will come back to haunt us later since ... he does have to go to Vegas for 2 weeks at a time. Maybe that way of playing will carry over in Vegas .... ahhh I doubt it. LOL