Val Didn't Need a Bag To Carry Her Winnings Home From the Casino

After Hick declared that he was finished with his pulled pork nachos, there were still a good number of plain chips left. They weren't standard right-out-of-the-bag chips. I think they were made in some way by the casino chef minimum wage cook.

"Are you taking those home?"

"Nah. I'm not messing with chips. I'm not carrying them around the casino."

"I'll take them."

That meant Hick was in charge of getting a styrofoam box and a plastic bag. So he did.

How much trouble could a bag of box of chips be? It's not like I had to hold it flat so it didn't spill. I wasn't heavy or smelly. Just dry chips. If I'd been smarter, I would have only asked Hick to get a bag, and put them in the bag and then in my gambling purse. But that's an afterthought.

"I think this should work, right? If I just put my purse strap through the bag handles? Then I can wear my purse like normal, and the bag will hang there, and I won't forget it or have to find a place to set it."

Yes. That arrangement worked. However... when I put my purse strap over my opposite shoulder, the bagged box hung over my hip. More accurately, over the ample padding of my hip. So when I sat down at a stool at a slot machine, in the stall made by clear plastic dividers, it was like I was wearing blow-up sumo suit like we used to have at our spirit week assembly for teacher volunteers to battle each other for entertainment. Still, I got those chips home safely. Which was all that mattered. 

No Thevictorian left that casino a winner. I was the smallest loser. After 3.5 hours, I left $15 poorer than when I arrived. That's as good as a victory for me! 

Don't think every slot was a loser! I had some small jackpots. But I don't go to the casino to break even. I go in hopes of hitting another $8,600 jackpot! The guy ahead of us in the food line said he won $2000. Good for him.

Anyhoo... you have to spend money to win money. I'm not someone to nurse a $20 bill for 3.5 hours. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Some of my best friends are low rollers, heh, heh! Okay. Not friends, but Hick, and my sister the ex-ex-mayor's wife. They have just as good a time as I do, and feel superior to me for their miserly conservative bets. I don't judge. 

The first rule of gambling is: Don't enter the casino with money you are not prepared to lose! It's taken me 30 years to amass my casino bankroll. I started out with small bets, and put back part of my winnings to not gamble. It adds up. One thing for sure, the casino doesn't care where that money comes from. It will TAKE your money and not care if it's your accumulated casino bankroll, your hard-earned wages, your generous inheritance, your ill-gotten gains, or the baby's milk money. Whatever you carry across that casino threshold will disappear into a money slot before you know it, and most likely it will NOT be regurgitated on a cash-out ticket. Play responsibly, or don't play at all!

That said, I DID have a couple small jackpots that made the trip fun.

 

 

I always start at Wild Wild Nugget. I hit 15 free games, at a $1.50 bet, and won $93.45. From there I went to play Wild Americoin (it WAS Independence Day, so I had to play the little leprechaun dressed like Uncle Sam). It paid and took back, giving me small bonuses. Nothing worth taking a picture of. Then just before lunch, I sat down at my new favorite, Jackpot Streak, Garden of Amazon:

 

During a bonus streak, I hit the MINOR jackpot that was up to $100.49. Here it is, counting up. In case you can't see the GRAND jackpot, it's $9,326.17. Wouldn't THAT have been great! After lunch, I went back to another of my new favorites, a Wonder 4 slot that has four screens, and a choice of four games.

 

 

I was playing four screens of Indian Dreaming, and hit the bonus of 10 free games. On the second spin, I got this screen. I think I had buffalo heads, but it's blanked out during the coin cascade. Anyhoo... the screen paid $10, but since I got the two bonus symbols, they got multiplied by 15. At the top you can see, this screen paid $150.00. Sadly, the other spins didn't amount to anything. I think I finished with $159.20.

Here's what the screen looks like when I'm playing:

 

All those screens spin at once. It's fun to watch. Though too rich for Hick's blood. He won't play them. I was betting $2 a spin, which is 50 cents per game, but you CAN bet $1 a spin on this one.

Anyhoo... that concludes our casino trip. But WAIT! On the way home, we stopped at a truck stop for Hick's bladder and my scratchers. I spent $20 on tickets, and won $30. So there's $10 of my $15 loss recouped! I guess ALMOST Even Steven was riding with us that day.