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pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Darth123123 posted:

the poor gamble alot, but the elderly poor gamble a poo poo ton if my local casino demographic has any bearing

my hometown was overrun by old people with credit cards on their necklaces (for quicker swiping) and pawn shops after the casino came to town.

now, there are literally hundreds of "cafes" up and down the main route offering just slots. there are more of these cafes than all other businesses combined. the average income in the area is 18,900. i have no loving clue how anyone stays in business

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zoux
Apr 28, 2006

One the one hand I think people should be allowed to do what they want with their money on the other hand, uhhhhhhhh.

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo

pathetic little tramp posted:

my hometown was overrun by old people with credit cards on their necklaces (for quicker swiping) and pawn shops after the casino came to town.

now, there are literally hundreds of "cafes" up and down the main route offering just slots. there are more of these cafes than all other businesses combined. the average income in the area is 18,900. i have no loving clue how anyone stays in business

Right? So they are poor therefore bad with money, save it by eating cat food for dinner, and have tons of time on their hands - perfect demographic.

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


i remember when sweepstakes places were huge for a like a year. imagine a computer lab filled with the most desperate people in town clicking on random poo poo in hopes in getting more playing time, let alone actual money

the lotto and casinos seem tame in comparison now

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

Lotto tickets ain't got nothing on slots

http://www.theonion.com/articles/casino-reporting-steady-profits-from-slot-machine,36906/

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

zoux posted:

One the one hand I think people should be allowed to do what they want with their money on the other hand, uhhhhhhhh.

that's a whole different issue than the fact that there's a state-run system of skimming money from poor people

if you think playing the lottery is a cool game then you could design one with fair odds and have that be state-run but as it is it's just evil

Jeffrey of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Sep 15, 2014

Effectronica
May 31, 2011
Fallen Rib
Neighborhood lottos back in the Gilded Age largely served as a way for poor immigrants to accumulate capital to start small businesses with. The current system metastasized as the political machines transfigured into the modern party infrastructure and people began really howling about taxation being theft.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Yes let's do things Gilded Age style.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
The best part of winning a buck on a scratcher is the little trumpet fanfare the machine plays when they scan your ticket.

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
gambling became a whole lot less fun when machines stopped spitting out real money.

1gnoirents
Jun 28, 2014

hello :)
its fine

sometimes I buy a lotto ticket when its like 400 million. who cares, once I got one number.

dont take away my joy because other people are literally loving retards

jarjarbinksfan621
Mar 4, 2012
i kinda like buying a dollar ticket for the big ones. it's not to win, it's for the daydreams. i want to own a fast car. i want to own a big house. i want to own a beautiful wife. i want to buy factories just to shut them down.

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
I don't see as many of those electronic bar games as I used to. I guess paying $1 per play for a match three game isn't as enticing to a drunk person when they can just play Candy Crush on their phone instead.

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
Just use your gambling money on poo poo like cockfights instead

School Nickname
Apr 23, 2010

*fffffff-fffaaaaaaarrrtt*
:ussr:
op if you're despairing about lottery odds just buy scratch cards the odds are way better

Entropic
Feb 21, 2007

patriarchy sucks

ArbitraryC posted:

There's a dive bar I go to now and then for their amazing burgers. They also have pulltabs. There's something uniquely depressing about seeing someone spend money you know they don't really have on losing tab after tab.

Then they win one and get back like 1/5th of what they spent that day alone.

Kyrie eleison
Jan 26, 2013

by Ralp
people believe they are destined for greatness lol

LifeSizePotato
Mar 3, 2005

"temporarily embarrassed millionaires" is like the truest quote in the world

BigBoss
Jan 26, 2012

by Lowtax
I think we should also ban fiction books because I agree that spending money on something that's just fantasy is dumb and bad.

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


I got a scratch-off ticket the other day and I won a free ticket on it

what now op what now

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

BigBoss posted:

I think we should also ban fiction books because I agree that spending money on something that's just fantasy is dumb and bad.

are we banning your sex life as well then

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

raditts posted:

I got a scratch-off ticket the other day and I won a free ticket on it

what now op what now

M..my premise :negative:

Kyrie eleison
Jan 26, 2013

by Ralp
i have had to suffer many indignities throughout my life. i'm sure god is observing my pain and is just planning some really great victory in my life. he knows i'm trying my best, yeah i know i mess up sometimes and sometimes i'm downright mean, sometimes i lie and cheat and hurt others and let people down, and i'm awfully lazy, but you know, i think god sees my inner heart and knows that deep down i'm a good guy. and i think god is going to reward me by making this ticket a winner. i have a good feeling about this one. i think he wants me to turn things around. heck i'll donate some of the winnings to charity. i'll help my mother pay for her medical care. i'll be able to buy everyone a nice place to live. nobody's going to have to worry anymore. i just know it

raditts
Feb 21, 2001

The Kwanzaa Bot is here to protect me.


Kyrie eleison posted:

i have had to suffer many indignities throughout my life. i'm sure god is observing my pain and is just planning some really great victory in my life. he knows i'm trying my best, yeah i know i mess up sometimes and sometimes i'm downright mean, sometimes i lie and cheat and hurt others and let people down, and i'm awfully lazy, but you know, i think god sees my inner heart and knows that deep down i'm a good guy. and i think god is going to reward me by making this ticket a winner. i have a good feeling about this one. i think he wants me to turn things around. heck i'll donate some of the winnings to charity. i'll help my mother pay for her medical care. i'll be able to buy everyone a nice place to live. nobody's going to have to worry anymore. i just know it

same

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Kyrie eleison posted:

i have had to suffer many indignities throughout my life. i'm sure god is observing my pain and is just planning some really great victory in my life. he knows i'm trying my best, yeah i know i mess up sometimes and sometimes i'm downright mean, sometimes i lie and cheat and hurt others and let people down, and i'm awfully lazy, but you know, i think god sees my inner heart and knows that deep down i'm a good guy. and i think god is going to reward me by making this ticket a winner. i have a good feeling about this one. i think he wants me to turn things around. heck i'll donate some of the winnings to charity. i'll help my mother pay for her medical care. i'll be able to buy everyone a nice place to live. nobody's going to have to worry anymore. i just know it

Uh arent you like super religious?

LifeSizePotato
Mar 3, 2005

Kyrie eleison posted:

i have had to suffer many indignities throughout my life. i'm sure god is observing my pain and is just planning some really great victory in my life. he knows i'm trying my best, yeah i know i mess up sometimes and sometimes i'm downright mean, sometimes i lie and cheat and hurt others and let people down, and i'm awfully lazy, but you know, i think god sees my inner heart and knows that deep down i'm a good guy. and i think god is going to reward me by making this ticket a winner. i have a good feeling about this one. i think he wants me to turn things around. heck i'll donate some of the winnings to charity. i'll help my mother pay for her medical care. i'll be able to buy everyone a nice place to live. nobody's going to have to worry anymore. i just know it

genuinely sad stuff itt

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib

zoux posted:

Uh arent you like super religious?

yeah but most poors are the wrong kind of religious (ie not dirty papists)

Corey Plumper
Nov 22, 2008

Scratchers are fun once in a while OP

Dubious
Mar 7, 2006

The Heroes the Vikings Deserve
Lipstick Apathy
i bought a lotto ticket once

I won 2 dollars, fygm

jarjarbinksfan621
Mar 4, 2012
The research that casinos tout is that only 2% of gamblers are problem gamblers. lol, I'm pretty sure if you flip that statistic (i.e. 98%) it's closer to the truth.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Oh yeah also legal bingo. smfh.

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug
I have a hard time not associating the lotto with Elliot Rodgers after reading all those excerpts.

cthulusnewzulubbq
Jan 26, 2009

I saw something
NASTY
in the woodshed.
getting crazy over gambling is one of the few things we can compete with the Chinese at so

Oil of Paris
Feb 13, 2004

100% DIRTY

Nap Ghost
"a tax only stupid people have to pay"

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Oil of Paris posted:

"a tax only stupid people have to pay"

holy drat

Haverchuck
May 6, 2005

the coolest
Im not a gambler but I like getting scratchers as a stocking stuffer on christmas

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


I won +$60 two weekends ago at three card poker then another +$80 last weekend, gambling is fun and is a social experience since you meet all sorts of characters (old man cowboys, rich librarian looking fat ladies, etc) and get drunk playing a bunch of card games with the thrill of actual money coming and going. Seeing hundreds of dollars being won and lost on one hand is exciting!

I wanna steel my nerves enough to play legitimate poker on the floor tables (not the dedicated poker room, those people would clean me out) because it has always looked fun but I have never tried in a casino. People who rage about casinos are boring faggots who hate fun imo. Except slots. Slots are the stupidest thing, like what is so much more fun about slots than blackjack that you'd like to sit at the idiot box watching the flashy lights saying "HOUSE PAYS: 10c". Plus it's statistically proven that by utilizing certain hitting/staying strategies (not counting) you can get the house odds to virtually 50% on blackjack (it's a little over, to get to exactly 50% you have to count cards).

Nothing wrong with taking $60 or so for a night of fun with some friends once or twice a month. Lord knows goons spend that much on steam games per month.

Justin Tyme fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Sep 15, 2014

Puppy Galaxy
Aug 1, 2004

gambling is fun as hell though

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

Darth123123 posted:

can't win if you don't play!

hosed up if true

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inkmoth
Apr 25, 2014


One time in a bar, I got pretty drunk, and saw a weird looking vending machine I had no idea what it dispensed, but had a large label affixed stating that it cost a single dollar. Determined to see what it was, I fed it a dollar and discovered what a "pull tab" was.

Won two dollars off it, and still felt like I lost, because it was a cool looking machine, and it didn't even do anything cool at all.:confuoot:

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