| Author | Message | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2598 Registered: 6-2001 |
I know how to play blackjack. If i win towards the end ofthe deck its beacuase im counting cards though. Thats the skill. its also against the rules. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 3992 Registered: 5-2001 |
Casinos are a great way to make money..... if you own one! | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 3991 Registered: 5-2001 |
In Vegas last year I wanted to put $1000 on red and win or lose in one shot. Since I have no desire to gamble I did not. Ended up playing slots (worst chances ever) and lost $2.50. Mainly becuase I ended up waiting for my wife at the Airport next to a slot machine. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 646 Registered: 8-2001 |
Tim, theres alot more skill in blackjack than you think. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 514 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hah thats the ticket Tim! LOL. Each time you fall you can add another horse to the stables. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2596 Registered: 6-2001 |
Jordan, while you are waiting for ed mcmahon, i'll be out finding recently mopped floors without a "Caution: wet floor" sign, or uneven sidewalks to fall on. You woujld be suprised how rewarding stupidity is in this country. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2594 Registered: 6-2001 |
Blackjack is the game of choice and yes boiler room was where i got the idea from. That was a movie though, and we all know how real those are (rolling eyes). i dont want to get my ass arrested so its better to keep it among friends for recreational purposes. not for money. Blackjack is a fun game. $1 hands are best whe playing with friends, seeing how you can still end up down $40 at the end of the night if you arent lucky. $10 hands are too rich for my blood. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 641 Registered: 8-2001 |
Tim, I operated a small card game out of my room at the University of Michigan when I was there a couple summers ago every night for two months- more for fun then for money, but let me tell you- the best advice I can give you is: 1. Keep the max under 10 dollars, if you're drawing bad cards with 5 kids playing, after 2 or 4 hands, you're down a hundred bucks or so I assume you want to operate it like Boiler Room? lol I like to think I'm a decent Texas Hold 'em player and a good blackjack player. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 512 Registered: 12-2002 |
Im still waiting for Ed McMan to knock on the door. Did I even spell his name right? | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2589 Registered: 6-2001 |
I want to start gambling, only not on the gambling side. How much $ do you think i could pull in per weekend if i opened up a small hush-hush casino in my basement? | ||
| Craig (Beachbum)
Junior Member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 69 Registered: 9-2002 |
playing the lotto is a suckers bet, its like a friend of mine said, playing the lotto is the only form of gambling where your odds of winning are the same weather you buy i ticket or dont buy a ticket "0" if you want to gamble take the money go to vegas put it down on the black jack table and let it ride, your odds of winning 25 hands in a row are much better than winning the lotto | ||
| Dr Tommy Cosgrove (Vwalfa4re)
Member Username: Vwalfa4re Post Number: 646 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ken, we still have dry counties also. I bet there are people on this site that do not even know what that means. Not because they're stupid but because they live in a state that realizes it's not the 1920's anymore. | ||
| Mark (Markg)
Member Username: Markg Post Number: 403 Registered: 2-2001 |
I eat red meat and drive on I-25 in Colorado...that MORE than enough gambling for me!! | ||
| ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member Username: Rentiers Post Number: 95 Registered: 2-2003 |
"Down here we all vote no to the lottery then we all drive to the state line when a big pot happens. " That's like Texas: they have dry counties, but always vote in a wet sheriff. | ||
| Homer P. Hampton (Homer_h)
New member Username: Homer_h Post Number: 12 Registered: 2-2003 |
I think overtime is 1 1/2.... | ||
| John (Cohiba_man)
New member Username: Cohiba_man Post Number: 17 Registered: 1-2003 |
Quote "6.25 an hour; worked in excess of 100 hours a week; i was bringing home over $800 a week, after taxes" Ummm, $6.25 an hour at 100 hours a week.... wouldn't that be $625 before taxes? Math doesn't work.... ;) | ||
| Dr Tommy Cosgrove (Vwalfa4re)
Member Username: Vwalfa4re Post Number: 640 Registered: 5-2001 |
I'll get one every once in a while when I go over to Georgia. I live in Alabama. Down here we all vote no to the lottery then we all drive to the state line when a big pot happens. Go figure. | ||
| Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member Username: Ronsupercar Post Number: 486 Registered: 5-2002 |
I play lotto when it is over 10 million and above..I play no more than 3-5 dollars If it's ment to be, it will happen.. | ||
| Bill Sawyer (Wsawyer)
Member Username: Wsawyer Post Number: 710 Registered: 2-2002 |
There used to be a guy on this site who said he won the money to buy his 360 Spider in a poker tournament in Las Vegas. | ||
| Adam R (Arymarcz)
Junior Member Username: Arymarcz Post Number: 52 Registered: 8-2002 |
Every now and then I buy a BigGame ticket; usually when the pot is some huge amount. I play backjack regularly, as 'I'm in love with the numbers'  No, I don't have an F car.. wonder why | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 758 Registered: 7-2002 |
I buy em local as I figure $104 a year won't kill me, but a million could sure help! I also buy 1 when I travel as it seems some out of towner just passing through always wins..might as well be me. The sad part is when some working joe spends half his paycheck at 7-11 and won't/can't pay his phone bill or feed his kids. Sad. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2571 Registered: 8-2002 |
i used to work at a gas station for $6.25 an hour; worked in excess of 100 hours a week; i was bringing home over $800 a week, after taxes... i can distinctly recall one night, after work, going out to buy those scratch off lottery tickets... $350 later, i won maybe $75... This was a ritual that, DESpite the loss i took, EVERY TIME, i continued... i'm pretty sure it was a mild to moderate addiction... i rarely buy them, now... | ||
| Homer P. Hampton (Homer_h)
New member Username: Homer_h Post Number: 8 Registered: 2-2003 |
In certain cases, playing the lotto is actually a smart bet. If the dollar amount of the jackpot is higher that the odds of winning it is, then it does make sense to buy lottery tickets. At least that�s how I justify it when I buy lotto tickets ;o) | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 3806 Registered: 12-2000 |
I was more motivated to buy lotto tickets when I was dirt poor in high school. Now every once in a while I'll buy 10 consecutive picks for $10, with 2 drawings a week it lasts 5 weeks and I don't check the ticket until it's done. You have to play to win. I like to play black jack, but especially poker, played on a regular basis from about 12 years old through college. | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Advanced Member Username: Peter Post Number: 2554 Registered: 12-2000 |
After reading Bruno's post in this thread: http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/21/211311.html?1046717855 I wonder how many Ferrari owners here buy weekly lottery tickets? How many go and play in Vegas? Who here have what they have because of a lottery?... I admit it, I buy lotto tickets. I also buy the ones organised by the local hospitals, at least these go to a good cause. I've played at casinos, but I find them boring... My Ferrari is the result of my own, hard-earned money, but it would be nice to have more!  |