SanFranciscan
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2007
I am not a gambler myself and don't even know how to play the games. However, due to my interest in business books I was reading "Jackpot," which is about the casino business. It is apparently pretty hard to turn a profit in many casinos due largely to the large amount of comping of hotel rooms, drinks, etc. to heavier gamblers whether these big players win or lose.
Do you consider yourself a high-roller? If gambling is your entertainment, that is fine because I don't always spend my money on the most practical of things either. I do things like buy dog magazines while I don't even have a dog, soft drinks with no nutritional value, and so on. I just felt uncomfortable in the few casinos that I have been in and found the atmosphere very cold. Maybe it is not like that in all of them. Do you enjoy gambling? If you do so in large sums, how much are you motivated by the things you get "on the house"? There are things that I would go to Las Vegas or Lake Tahoe for, but I don't think that I would ever be a frequent visitor because I don't think that I would fit in with the culture there.
Do you consider yourself a high-roller? If gambling is your entertainment, that is fine because I don't always spend my money on the most practical of things either. I do things like buy dog magazines while I don't even have a dog, soft drinks with no nutritional value, and so on. I just felt uncomfortable in the few casinos that I have been in and found the atmosphere very cold. Maybe it is not like that in all of them. Do you enjoy gambling? If you do so in large sums, how much are you motivated by the things you get "on the house"? There are things that I would go to Las Vegas or Lake Tahoe for, but I don't think that I would ever be a frequent visitor because I don't think that I would fit in with the culture there.