Bank Roll

Bank Roll

How much money do you take to the casino with you? How much more can you get your hands on if you need to? How in control of your finances are you? What 'tactics' do YOU use to make sure you have fun and that you don't lose your shirt every time you go?

These questions assume you go to have fun. The reason you rarely win is often less to do with the winning bit, and more to do with the having fun bit. You've been there 100's of times when at some point you were up, possibly quite a good amount up, but then you got all excited, raised your bet, and kept on going till you lost it all. The house know this. You also know this. You don't have a problem losing, but you have a BIG PROBLEM winning. You are, in fact, great at losing - you've mastered it 1000 times. But you are a very poor winner. It might be guilt at taking the house for a loss, might be the excitement and thrill of making the big win ever bigger, might be you just didn't have your brain engaged at the time and all you wanted to do was just carry on playing and having fun, or it could be you couldn't stop as you don't have an "off button" unless and until you either lose all your money or hit something so big (taxable big) that the delay in getting paid calms you down enough to remember who you are and that you need 2 new tires really badly.

So, back to my first question - how much money do YOU take to the casino? If you are lucky enough to be very well off, and take thousands of dollars with you, then enjoy life, and appreciate what you have. But I also hope you are making the most out of those dollars you spend, although I suspect you probably don't worry too much about that anyway. Or, if you have saved a few dollars each pay-packet and have finally got $40 together and are going to the casino for the first time in 4 months and hope it's going to be your lucky day, then good luck to you too. But I don't think you're going to get to the higher levels of benefits my plan has to offer as you're not quite doing enough turnover to get recognized/appreciated by the house. On a side note - if you want to pace yourself so you have the longest time at the casino for your money, try the Keno or Poker machines rather than the quick turnover slots machines, but note they are far worse for getting comps and benefits.

Now, all the rest of you, listen up. You are my people! You have perhaps $100 to $500 a week to play with that is affordable money. You care about it, and you'd prefer not to lose it, but you do, almost every single week. You lot, keep reading this blog very very VERY carefully!