A few friends and I wanted to try our hands at the casino tables this past weekend, so we headed to Niagara Falls and the newly constructed Seneca Niagara Casino. It had been a while since I was in a casino, so it was a cool refresher of just how riveting the whole environment is. Lots of glitz, lots of people, and lots of money traveling from people’s wallets to the casino vault. Yes, the house always wins.
However, I was most entertained by the people who were completely stone-faced at the slot machines. There they were, with their little frequent gambler cards plugged into the machines and attached to their hips by curly cords, just hitting “bet one” and “spin” over and over and over again. (I think pulling the slot lever is half the fun, but apparently that’s too old school for these seasoned slot machine pros.) One guy won 600 credits – about $150 on a quarter slot – and barely moved a muscle on his face. Now that’s excitement.
Anthony, one of the guys who went, taught the rest of us how Craps works (somewhat), which has got to be one of the more confusing – but fun – table games. As a matter of fact, I think it’s more fun when you have no idea what’s going on. We just kept moving our money around the table, following the other players who seemed to know what they were doing. We fit in just fine!
So, did you win it big??
Absolutely!