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Casinos are some of the most depressing places I've ever been to. Old people blowing their social security checks. Stressed out middle-aged dudes that look like they just lost their mortgage payment. Drunk bros going apeshit at tables. You'll see all these things within 20 minutes of your first casino visit. With that said, I do some of my best thinking when I plop a 20 into a video roulette machine, have some free beers, and people watch for a few hours as I keep putting quarters on Black/Even. It is almost the perfect environment for witnessing humans in unnatural situations. There's a casino in the next state over where it has stadium-style seating around a baccarat dealer, and you can place bets on a touch screen. There are always tons of old dudes chain-smoking and writing in a spreadsheet. I have no idea why, considering it's a glorified coin flip. At this same place, there was once a guy in the bathroom who had a duffle bag full of live eels. I was too taken aback to ask him why. There's a really lovely one in Philadelphia where I saw a guy punch a video roulette machine and straight-up shatter the screen. Sure, maybe it would make sense if he had lost a huge spin, but I was sitting pretty close and the guy had actually won about $50. Perhaps the one that made me the saddest was on vacation when I was checking out the boardwalk on Barry Island in Wales. Never seen a setup like this in the US but in the back of all the usual seaside arcades there were full-on real money slot parlors for adults. On a beautiful 85 degree day, there was just this one older man in this windowless room, pumping coins into a slot machine like a zombie. I am extraordinarily grateful that I don't seem to have that gene that makes people need to chase losses. However, I find casinos to be fascinating environments that engineer human behavior for the singular purpose of getting them to spend money. Share degenerate casino stories ITT.
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I'd also like to talk about slot theming. It makes sense why slot machines would use licensed themes; people gravitate toward the familiar, or a property they like outside of the windowless sadness hole. As a result, you get some really weird properties attached to slot machines. A couple odd ones I've seen (shoutout to the apparently very large community of youtube weirdos who film themselves playing slots) Ellen Degeneres https://youtu.be/Rua2Ce3av4k Avatar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rub2Rm79Elg Big Bang Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PnMN8H9C2A Orange Is The New Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vINmUoIvw8Q EDIT: Remember Farmville? It's back, in slot form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vavv2FqN8o chibi luda fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Dec 10, 2019 |
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foonykins posted:Buddy of mine threw 500 on the Washington Capitals tonight. It was a sure thing, given the standings! This entire state is littered with the god drat sportsbook app advertisements. I wonder how the NJ online betting is changing the casino landscape. I'm about 10 seconds away from playing slots, sports, table games, anything I want on the Poker Stars app and I'm sure a lot of people stopped making the drive to AC or PA when they realized they can get their dopamine rush at home
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Dec 10, 2019 03:53
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bird with big dick posted:The Walking Dead slot is one of my favorites. There’s some good Willy Wonka ones too. There’s a new Goonies one that’s pretty cool. I once won about 80 bucks on the Willy Wonka slot. Treated myself to dinner at the casino steakhouse afterward. Not a bad night.
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Dec 10, 2019 03:54
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BrigadierSensible posted:I used to work as a croupier at Crown Casino in Melbourne a while back. Strangely I don't have that many stories. Holy poo poo. I have a question: do Australian casinos allow smoking, and if so, how bad was it for you to live with on a daily basis? While it's banned in most establishments in the US, Casinos are mostly exempt here because any time people spend outside for a smoke break is time they aren't giving the house money. Fun fact: earlier in the decade, the state of New Jersey pumped a ton of money to help build and open the Revel casino on the Atlantic City boardwalk. It was a state of the art facility that had Beyonce play an opening show, lots of hype, the works. One of the big marketing draws was that it was going to be the only casino in AC that banned smoking. It closed about 2 years later.
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Dec 10, 2019 04:31
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If you lived in the Northeast in the 90s you prolly saw this ad all the time on TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj61bOvF14A Song is hella catchy
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Dec 10, 2019 05:37
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Chrs posted:These are standard throughout UK seaside towns. The really sketchy ones even turn a blind eye to little kids going back there. Another thing I noticed there is that gambling is presented in this far less glamorous, utilitarian form. Every third store on the high street was a Ladbrokes or a William Hill or some other little gambling parlor that I at first mistook for a bank branch. There was almost no pretending that it was anywhere near high-class entertainment outside of like maybe one or two bigger casinos I saw in Manchester and London. Like, in the US, even the casinos in kinda depressing places like Northeast Pennsylvania still have to project a "glitzed up" image with chandeliers, comfy leather seats, you name it.
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After watching that Foxwoods commercial YouTube is blowing me up with other old regional ads. Witness the nuclear vaporwave energy off of this one* : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AjIXRaCPJ8 * Also Trumped!: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump—His Cunning Rise and Spectacular Fall is a great book from 1991 if you find the casino business as interesting as I do. In summary, Donnie was a mushbrain even back in the day who refused to listen to even the most basic advice from his underlings. Gridlocked posted:Hi I can answer this: Depends on the state and the casino. MOST should have a DOSA (designated outdoor smoking area) and I do know a few used to have smoking rooms for pokies but not any tables or bars maned by staff (Work place health and safety started taking a very dim view of putting staff in places that give them cancer, also so did the staff and the companies when they started getting sued for letting their staff get cancer) I wish it was like that here. I quit smoking about 6-7 years back and I don't miss it at all. However, when I'm gambling I'll usually get a pack and just have a couple while I kick back. I enjoy it a lot but I always feel bad for the staff and I might abstain when I go up to a relatively new place upstate later this month. chibi luda fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Dec 10, 2019 |
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Dec 10, 2019 14:08
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Poker and blackjack are the only gambling I do because they’re the only ones where you have any real effect on the outcome. And even then, the house still has the edge in blackjack. I miss living in Brooklyn where I could usually find a poker game in someone’s apartment or a sketchy club, since casinos creep me the hell out. I've a read a lot about underground NYC clubs and it sounds alluring if not a little scary. I live right across the river so I might see if I can get in on a hold em game at least once just to say I did it. I love the movie Rounders because it uses the John Wick conceit that literally everyone in New York is a
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Colonel Cancer posted:All those Jews would probably die of something sooner or later, right mein fuhrer? 
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Dec 10, 2019 15:27
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There's gotta be at least a couple computer-touching goons that have developed slot machines before. It's pretty astounding how elaborate they've gotten over the years and I'd love to hear about that process. Behold the absolute avalanche of audiovisual poo poo flying at you in this Simpsons machine https://youtu.be/t_MEEHFvMLc
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Dec 10, 2019 15:34
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PG-13 SEX DUNGEON posted:I'll page some friends. Do you know that Fragmaster was in one of the greatest World Series of Poker videos of all time? Your regdate should allow you to appreciate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffp5rVnpsks Holy poo poo. I've been in the process of learning poker for fun. I just learned the rules of hold 'em a week ago and am now working on basic strategies in super micro stakes online games (literally 1 cent blinds). It's a lot of fun and its amazing how quick of an improvement you get when you apply basic things like folding most lovely hands before the flop and keeping limping to a minimum. Gonna maybe hit up a casino or two with some college buddies over the holidays and try my hand at a cash game for funsies in a few weeks. I'm sure I'll get my rear end handed to me but I am genuinely invested in getting better and I would consider it to be worthwhile if I learned some things.
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foonykins posted:AC is hurting big time at this point. Worse than post-recession if what I hear from some regulars is true. Some places are trying to pivot a little with more entertainment-focused stuff (case in point the Hard Rock, my ex's father is the treasurer for the theater there) but the fact that it's far from drat near anything makes people not want to bother taking the trip. I heard the new Hard Rock is nice and getting some decent traffic but yeah I'm not sure why most area residents would go considering how many closer casinos there are in other states. Hell, even the close ones like Resorts Catskills already had to file for bankruptcy IIRC. EDIT: Also that mall still doesn't even have stores open lmao it's just the half-assed Nickelodeon theme park. They already had to cut the parking fee because no one is coming. That project has been an albatross for almost as long as I've been alive. chibi luda fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Dec 10, 2019 |
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gleebster posted:I'm not a gambler. Does this actually mean something or did one of us just have a stroke? Ashamed to say I know exactly what this means Maybe I do have the degenerate gambling gene gently caress
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Dec 10, 2019 16:48
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Dick Bastardly posted:I was fired for being high on marijuanas when I worked at one so I think probably casinos hate drugs... now drug money on the other hand.... Would love to hear this story. Loling at the idea of trying to repeatedly point out my straight flush to a dealer with bloodshot eyes who just looks at me and giggles
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Dec 10, 2019 17:26
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Blistex posted:Last year my wife had a conference that was taking place at one of the conference rooms at the local casino in Calgary. I decided to blow a $20 in there and was surprised that none of the traditional slot machines existed anymore. There were not Cherries or Lemons, or Bars running around the drum, but instead it was all electronic cards with Chinese characters and absolutely (to me at least) no rhyme or reason to the games. Every casino I've ever been to has tons of Asian gamblers, so I'd imagine that it's catering to that market. I don't know why but I love that poo poo. I don't usually touch the Britney Spears or whatever other licensed games but I will usually throw a dollar into anything with dragons or lucky cats or Three Kingdoms warlords on them. Inject that poo poo into my veins. I think, with the proliferation of HD touch screens, they've been able to make more overwhelming machines with tons of different counters and side bets and all this other poo poo. I would bet you (lol) anything that half the old poopsies that are funneling money into the things also have no idea what the "rules" are, all they know is that its loud and bright and occasionally you might win some money.
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Wild. I had myself a good old time in Montreal earlier this year, especially with the legal weed. Feels like kinda a waste to lock myself into casino in a city with so much cool poo poo to do but I might have to block off some for some chill high gambling times.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:I worked at a Casino for a grand total of two weeks. There was a digital blackjack machine on one of the floors which had a very sexy model in a low-cut dress as the dealer. When no-one was there it would go into "attract" mode where she would just loudly ask people walling by to come play. None of this is very interesting but if no one came by for like 5 minutes the digital model would be replaced by a different woman of a different ethnicity or hair color because it just assumed that was the reason. For some reason that level of open cynicism really amused me. Casino/Gambling Stories: For some reason that level of open cynicism really amused me.
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SubnormalityStairs posted:Hoo boy are you in luck. I work as a game dev manager for a company that develops gaming products. My team in particular builds (primarily) casino games for electronic gaming machines (EGMs). By your first point, do you mean that you can easily change one game to suit multiple legal requirements? Like, for example, you'd make separate adjustments for an AC-market machine than for one in, say, a Delaware casino? What would you say is the overall "budget" of a given machine? Despite the big rear end screens and sounds found in most modern machines, everything has a decidedly "cheap" looking aesthetic to it. Like, in the case of a game of thrones machine, it's just literally images from the show and some text and sound effects. I can't imagine it costs that much, but then again, are there art directors that are making bank because they know the exact sort of aesthetics that attract gamblers? Also, are there specialized internal parts for most modern machines that wouldn't otherwise be found in your average PC? I would imagine companies save a ton now by not having to manufacture all those cranks and spinning wheels and all these other moving parts from the old-timey machines, but I also can't imagine its as simple as just loading up a game onto, like, a Linux machine and putting it in a cabinet with some buttons, can it?
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Ralph Crammed In posted:That's the stupidest goddamn thing I've read all day and I just got caught up on the r/relationships and boomer thread IIRC it is a Jeff Koons piece, a guy known for making extremely opulent poo poo for the sake of it and displaying it in public. fake edit: my god we are truly in the final stage of capitalism 
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SubnormalityStairs posted:Inside basebal-type info on gambling machines This is all fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
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Tetramin posted:Has anybody here ever gambled on one of those river boat casinos That guy got thrown off one in the Karma Chameleon video, OP
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I Brake For MILFs posted:Tips for poker players that are new to live games from a dealer perspective. How often do you get people at the table that are clearly online players trying their hand at a live game? I have a couple local casino trips planned for this month and I am a bit nervous about it but at the same time I want to rip the bandaid off so to speak because playing with real people sounds a lot more fun (Also in NJ you are restricted to playing online with other people in-state and I keep seeing the same people over and over) Do dealers generally state who is blind/BB? Are they in charge of moving the button? Whenever I play board games with friends I'm always the most aloof in all of the small housekeeping poo poo and I'm worried about how well I'll keep track of that stuff when software isn't doing it for me. Are you absolutely sure you don't want to hear about the time I called EaglesFanEarl_52's $2 raise but then he ended up having four aces?
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N. Senada posted:Also, it’s hard to miss where the action is. Sure, 99% of the time. But if I'm sitting there through so many hands there will inevitably be times where I stare off into space, check my phone for something, order a beer. That's what I'm worried about (see also: every time I play 7 Wonders). But I hear you.
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jase1 posted:I have all types of gambling stories you name it I have most likely gambled on it. I can regurgitate a few from my older threads I just have lovely memory due to a lot of years of hard partying so I might forget a few details. Most of my crazier stories are from a hustling pool but now I don't play as much and mostly gamble with a bookie and play poker. I do play a weekly mahjong game late on the weekends after they close and that's more fun than anything I gamble on. Lmao that owns. Moments like these are why I'm falling in love with poker. Even when I'm losing the situations it creates are just compelling as poo poo
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Was just made aware of virtual sports beting. Folks we've reached new degenerate heights https://www.betradar.com/virtual-sports-betting/football/
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BurgerQuest posted:Yeah, without wanting to poo poo on people who like gambling/poker/whatever and can afford it, the whole industry is a loving open wound society particularly affecting low income earners. Gambling addiction is real and destroys more lives than any other 'industry'. I like reading the stories but the whole thing is a miserable sad affair. Definitely agreed. I find the trashiness alluring but I legit find the implications of casinos everywhere depressing as gently caress. Also the fact that so many areas authorize casinos because its an easier way to raise revenues than, like, actually making meaningful improvements to the community. The aforementioned gambling parlors on the UK high streets are especially sad
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JAMOOOL posted:
Stuff like this happens even on big-timey televised games, including this years WSOP https://youtu.be/rbVn8KkpJu0 I feel bad for the dealer but human error is always going to be a thing lest we get robodealers or everyone just plays online and only online
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Also I would appreciate any gambling movies yall would recommend. Rounders is a really silly film but its a lot of fun. Hold em really lends itself well to the screen because of all of the tense moments and dramatic reveals that ensue. Makes Casino Royale a solid movie as well.
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Jase, have you ever considered trying to get your stories published somewhere? If you worked with a co-author to polish up your posts a bit for readability, I think you'd have something a lot of people would want to read.
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Update since I mentioned it before: I played a few hands of 1/2 holdem. Played really conservatively as the dude next to me was a total shark. Had two dealers who were both sweethearts and made my first time relatively embarrassment free. Lost about ten bucks plus whatever I tipped both dealers. One guy had roughly 1k in chips which strikes me as excessive for a low stakes table but at the same time he got to bully the poo poo out of me and the other nanostackers. I did not realize NY had legal sports betting and I am currently enjoying some cheap/free beers at the Catskills sports book bar while I watch the Eagles game They have comfy chairs here and TVs with every sporting event that is even semi-relevant. I put the princely sum of $10 on Philly winning and another 10 on the Chiefs Casinos are lots of fun if you don’t piss away tons of money on Buffalo Gold slots all evening
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Oh man, you went to the casino in the Catskills? I hear that’s a sinking ship, they sold half their slot machines recently. It’s loving dead here but it’s hard to beat $50 for a master suite. Fiancée gets a spa day while I get beer lovely yelling at football and degening If I could do so I’d wager this place closes by the end of 2020
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Uncut Gems is a great gambling movie, btw. Totally captures the visceral, sick thrill of blowing money on remote chances.
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What is the average age of a UK casino patron? I have no data to back this up offhand but I would imagine it’s mostly olds like in the US. Do UK casinos (and by casinos I assume you mean an actual gambling palace and not, like, the William Hill sandwiched between a Greggs and a McDonalds) have other entertainment options like most US casinos? For example, most places have at least a steakhouse or two (overpriced, but a fun trashy meal to cap off your fun trashy day), concerts, and other stuff.. What are the food options like at your places? And of course, any stories about weird regulars and co workers are extremely my poo poo
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Toxteth OGrady posted:
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I haven't even gambled that much in the past few months (like, literally -$200 across two casino trips. absolutely nothing in degen terms) but somehow one of the bigger hotels in AC got my information and I got a free two-night stay in February. Very much looking forward to getting drunk and eating overpriced steak when the boardwalk is post-apocalyptic quiet. Like the Vegas scene in Blade Runner 2049 but with slush and sleet.
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If you have never been to a)New Jersey b) a casino or c)a casino in New Jersey then this dude is all you really need to witness BROCCOLI GAHLIC CON-FIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1L4-U0JFNs&t=397s
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Nigmaetcetera posted:I’ve been invited on stage by Penn & Teller twice but turned it down both times , maybe I’ll be more enthused about being on stage when my and everybody’s faces are melting. This is one of the more unique flexes I've seen on these forums
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