"...white folk’s money had retaken the continent..."
I’ve generally stuck to the opinion that casino gambling is not a very good investment – they are in the business of stacking the odds such that you won’t win, and all their gargantuan glitz is a pretty good testament that they’re doing pretty well.
It’s not so much a moral opposition as a mathematical realization mixed with my innate stinginess.
But I’m always interested in the cultures of our world and society, and I’d never been to a casino before, so I figured that when the friends I was camping with near Cherokee went over to Harrah’s I’d come along with $10 to do a little research.
A couple of the folks I was with had done this before and kinda showed me the ropes. I sat down at a nickel slot machine and put in my bill. The digital screen showed me I had a couple hundred credits and I started playing.
I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel. I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel. I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel….
And then after about ten tries I’d win one.
And then I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel….
After a few hundred tests of this experiment I figured I had a good enough sample size to conclude I wasn’t having all that great a time watching the screen count the disappearance of my money.
Not that I have any real authority to tell other people what to do with their finances, but I didn’t see the thrill. One person I was with said it was fun to get a nickel when you won, but at a 10:1 loss/win ration, I had a lot more money back at my apartment watching The Daily Show.
I emailed a buddy of mine from back in college who’s a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokees. He said that most of their folks thought it was a pretty good gig that paid for needed programs and whatnot and they themselves didn’t get too deep into it.
I wonder if all the Native American casinos started putting their profits towards buying land, how long would it be before white folk’s money had retaken the continent for them.
Hmmmm.
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Yeeehaaa!
It’s not so much a moral opposition as a mathematical realization mixed with my innate stinginess.
But I’m always interested in the cultures of our world and society, and I’d never been to a casino before, so I figured that when the friends I was camping with near Cherokee went over to Harrah’s I’d come along with $10 to do a little research.
A couple of the folks I was with had done this before and kinda showed me the ropes. I sat down at a nickel slot machine and put in my bill. The digital screen showed me I had a couple hundred credits and I started playing.
I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel. I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel. I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel….
And then after about ten tries I’d win one.
And then I’d press a button, the little wheels on the computer screen would spin, and I’d loose a nickel….
After a few hundred tests of this experiment I figured I had a good enough sample size to conclude I wasn’t having all that great a time watching the screen count the disappearance of my money.
Not that I have any real authority to tell other people what to do with their finances, but I didn’t see the thrill. One person I was with said it was fun to get a nickel when you won, but at a 10:1 loss/win ration, I had a lot more money back at my apartment watching The Daily Show.
I emailed a buddy of mine from back in college who’s a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokees. He said that most of their folks thought it was a pretty good gig that paid for needed programs and whatnot and they themselves didn’t get too deep into it.
I wonder if all the Native American casinos started putting their profits towards buying land, how long would it be before white folk’s money had retaken the continent for them.
Hmmmm.
GAMBLING IS GREAT!!!! TAKE YOUR NICKELS ON UP TO HARRAH’S FOR A GOOD TIME: http://www.blogger.com/www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/che/
Yeeehaaa!
posted by John Derrick | 12:30 PM
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