Winner, Winner, Hot Dog Dinner

Perhaps Hick and I should not have indulged in such exotic fare for our casino lunch on the Tuesday of Christmas week. If we'd stuffed down a quick hot dog like The Pony, and gone right back to the gaming floor, maybe WE would have been winners like The Pony. But no. We took our time. Chewed our food thoroughly. Checked our phones. Asked for takeout containers for our leftovers. Hick took them out to A-Cad before returning to gamble. 

I left the dining area, walked to the second machine from the exit, and plopped my ample rumpus on the stool. It was an Indian Dreaming slot. A stand-alone version of the game I like to play on the Wonder 4 Rising Fortunes. Bets ranged from 30 cents a spin to 2 dollars, I think. I mainly played at 50 cents and 1 dollar. I played over a half hour there, winning and losing it back. A couple times I won $50. And a couple times I won $100. I added some to my cash-out ticket, and played the rest. I didn't get a picture of any winning screens. This slot is not very bright or colorful. It didn't occur to me. 

 

I finished the gambling day with a decent sum of cash, but I was not ahead from the casino bankroll that I brought along. Hick lost $40, and was thrilled about it, because it wasn't his own money, as I had given us each some Christmas money to wager. Hick had actually profited some, leaving with more than he'd brought to gamble with, since I doled out the Christmas cash in the parking lot before we entered.

I DID take one picture, just because the screen was all pretty with a win.

 

 

I really expected a better payout than $75. I guess that's why I don't play these kinds of slots. Hick is always plopping down in front of an unknown game, feeding it a twenty, and sometimes reaping a profit. This slot was called Winning Streak. It was over by the cash-out machines, next to a dragon game that had paid Hick $80 on a 30-cent bet a few trips ago. Guess I should have played THAT ONE! Or maybe bet 30 cents instead of a dollar! Anyhoo... I just took the picture for the colorful screen.

 

And now, for our big winner, THE PONY!

 

 

That's not The Pony. That's Heidi. Of Heidi's Bier Haus, the slot machine. You have to get 5 Heidis to trigger a bonus. The Pony got a few extra. This is right before time to leave. The Pony had upped his bet to $2.25 a spin, to play out his remaining money before cashing out and meeting us up front. I think he had about $15 in it when he hit this bonus. It paid him $671.10. He put in another ticket he'd been saving to cash out, and the amount he took to the cash-out machine was $777.06. Which kind of irritated The Pony, as he wished for one extra cent. Supposedly, 7s are lucky for gamblers. In fact, the address of many casinos, including this one is 777 Something-or-Other Boulevard.

So... The Pony was a big winner. Hick and I were okay with our losses. Everybody had a festive time on this December 22 casino trip!