I had a really good day at the casino on Monday. I had a feeling it was going to happen, because I'd been in a scratcher slump. The two vices seem to work opposite each other. Even Steven wants credit for that.
Anyhoo... Hick dropped us off, and went to visit his pawn shop friend who usually has special deals on merchandise for his SUS2.5 (Storage Unit Store 2.5). We agreed to meet at 12:45 for lunch, and The Pony and I proceeded to feed our respective casino bankrolls into the slot machines. We move around together, and find machines to play where we are within speaking distance. You know, to brag about bonuses.
The slots sure did love me that day! Almost every one I played gave me a bonus. Multiple bonuses. Not saying they were all large amounts. A bonus is still a bonus. You have the excitement of an OPPORTUNITY to win something big, like the time I won $8,600. Or last Christmas when The Pony won $16,000. Nothing like that on Monday, though.
My best win was on a Buffalo Chief slot machine. All I caught in the picture was the last screen of my bonus, which didn't win much of anything. It's the TOTAL that counts, after all my free games played out.
That was a $402.65 bonus, on an 80-cent bet. I had put a twenty in, and was playing on what it was giving back. I had a little under ten dollars left in it when this bonus hit. The Pony was sitting to my right. Losing, on the same kind of machine. But happy for my win!
The next best bonus was on a Tall Fortunes slot machine, the Buffalo Gold game. I didn't get the tower bonus, but I DID get a regular bonus, and collected all 15 of the special Buffalo, which changed other animals into Buffalo.
That was a $312.84 bonus. Not quite as good as the other. Not only by the amount, but because the bet on this machine is $2.40 a spin, because there are four screens that you're playing at once. So money goes fast if you don't get any bonuses. It took me several twenties before this bonus hit.
Anyhoo... I had good luck at everything I sat down to play. I was getting so used to it that I didn't take any other pictures! I left with my entire casino bankroll intact, plus a healthy profit. Hick lost a bit, and The Pony lost a bit more. However...
Flush with my winnings, I decided to spend some on the way home. Hick always stops at a Love's Truck Stop halfway home, for a diet soda, candy bar, and the bathroom. They have a lottery machine inside. I knew better than to try, what with my casino luck. So I designated The Pony as my agent.
"Pony. I'm giving you some of my winnings to go in and buy tickets out of the machine. I'll give you $60, and me $40. Get whatever you want, but I'd like two tens, and four fives. Crossoword and Tetris if they have them, otherwise whatever you think."
The Pony came back with our tickets, and began scratching in the car. I always wait until I'm home. Not sure if it was my lucky money, or The Pony's flat-out scratcher luck, but here's what his tickets won. The Pony likes the high-dollar tickets, and chose two $30 scratchers.
The Pony is a lucky dog! Each ticket won $100! Of course The Pony was thrilled, being out of the red from the casino losses. That first ticket has a 10X symbol with a $10 prize, and the second had a 2X symbol with a $50 prize.
Once home, I discovered that I had two winning scratchers. One of the tens won $77. And one of the fives won $15. So I had $92 back of the $100 I gave The Pony to buy our tickets. I'm not going to complain about an $8 loss, heh, heh. Especially since my money gave The Pony $200 for just walking in and pushing buttons on a machine. Kind of like how I won my jackpots...
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