I'd guess that most of the times you go to the casino, there's actually little choice as to who you go with. You have a day off and want to just pop in by yourself. You're on a business trip in LV and after the meeting/training you're free to do what you like alone. You are going on a family vacation and won't have a chance to really gamble. You want to take your wife out to dinner and fancy steak at the casino's smart restaurant. But once in a while you may consider inviting a friend/work colleague/spouse just for the company. May I suggest that you DO invite someone else along as often as you can. The reasons are fairly obvious. Firstly, you are unlikely to lose yourself, and stay till 4am. You are less likely to hit the ATM with your wife next to you! And you are less likely to hit the slot machine when you lose your last cent if your work colleague is sitting next to you. But more importantly to me, is that going with someone makes the experience SOCIAL instead of financial. If you look hard inside yourself you may find that although you love gambling, you also love your wife, or spending time with your friend, or getting to know your work colleague. Life isn't just about money, and tagging someone else along to your gambling experience lets you get it out of your system while also benefiting from the time spent there. I'll talk more about the effects of time spent on gambling in another entry, but for this post I just want to say I find going with someone, anyone, a very different experience from going alone. And although I don't get to gamble like I would otherwise, driving together, eating together, drinking together and driving home together making shared memories of a fun night out are more valuable (well, equally valuable) to just winning some money.
Nuff said.
Also, don't take your work colleague unless they are gamblers too. Non-gamblers really aren't good company.
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