A fool and his money are.....

[Darth Wagtaros]

The psychology behind this whole story is interesting, as in what motivates someone to do something so blatantly self-destructive, and what techniques do the casinos use to keep them leashed and gambling (and losing) almost robotically?

I don't have any interest in gambling per se, but I do like to people watch in casinos.  It's particularly interesting, and sad, to watch the slots rooms.  They tend to be full of seniors--usually women--robotically plunking in quarter after quarter.

I kind of wonder if it's some sort of religion substitute for a certain kind of individual.

I'll never go to a casino again after my two trips to Foxwoods.  Rows of old ladies playing several slots at a time, snarling at anyone who goes near 'their' machines.  Fucksake lady!

They play four machines at a time.

I ignore the slots and go for blackjack.

I was young and broke. I just remember being carded constantly while my friend's sixteen year old girlfriend was there for hours without anyone looking twice.

[MadImmortalMan]

I was young and broke. I just remember being carded constantly while my friend's sixteen year old girlfriend was there for hours without anyone looking twice.

Oh, the security guys were looking. They just liked what they saw.

[DGuller]

The psychology behind this whole story is interesting, as in what motivates someone to do something so blatantly self-destructive, and what techniques do the casinos use to keep them leashed and gambling (and losing) almost robotically?

I don't have any interest in gambling per se, but I do like to people watch in casinos.  It's particularly interesting, and sad, to watch the slots rooms.  They tend to be full of seniors--usually women--robotically plunking in quarter after quarter.

I kind of wonder if it's some sort of religion substitute for a certain kind of individual.

Every time I go through the slots area on the way to the poker room, I want to keep my eyes closed.  It's hard to imagine a group of people more pathetic looking.  It reminds me of a scene from Matrix, where ever human is hooked up to a machine.

[DGuller]

Pity he isn't too big to fall. Otherwise the federal government would have bailed him out for making bad bets.

Why do so many people act is if the bank bail out was a gift and not a loan?

Because truth is easily scared away by mobs with torches and pitchforks.  And, in a way, those loans were partially a gift, since they were offered on too-favorable terms, given the circumstances.  Of course, I doubt that it's this kind of subtlety that's on the minds of people.

[Razgovory]

  It's hard to imagine a group of people more pathetic looking. 

Go to a State mental hospital.

[DGuller]

  It's hard to imagine a group of people more pathetic looking. 

Go to a State mental hospital.

Sorry, I don't do Languish meet-ups.

[Iormlund]

Go to a State mental hospital.

Sorry, I don't do Languish meet-ups.

[Habbaku]

Every Catholic church in the midwest holds bingo night. 

RTFM, Papists. 

Maybe you should read it yourself.  The Bible doesn't say that gambling is evil, per se.

[Maximus]

Maybe you should read it yourself.  The Bible doesn't say that gambling is evil, per se.

That's what I was going to say. The arguments I've heard against it from a christian perspective are "the love of money is the root of all evil" type arguments and the "associated evils" drunkenness, fornication etc.

[Admiral Yi]

The Messiah wasn't above spending an afternoon at the dog track.

[Faeelin]

The Messiah wasn't above spending an afternoon at the dog track.

He also wasn't above being whipped and crucified. Doesn't mean I'm gonna rush to follow him.

[Caliga]

Maybe you should read it yourself.  The Bible doesn't say that gambling is evil, per se.

No, it's boring. 

[Habbaku]

Maybe you should read it yourself.  The Bible doesn't say that gambling is evil, per se.

No, it's boring. 

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