The HOUSE always win yet silently Asks "Do you have a Gambling Addiction?"

Reply #13

Coin Toss — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:50:41 GMT

Yeah haymaker.

The Shoe (The Horseshoe, Binnion's place) had a reputation of 'no limit' but truth be known if somone walked in off the street and just kept letting a bet ride the limit for that bet was $10,000. If anyone wanted more than a $10,000 limit their forst bet established their limit.

Reply #12

haymaker — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:16 GMT

Yo, CT,

yea I think when you say Benny was a real gambler you mean that,

in his casino your 1st bet was your limit.

Reply #11

Coin Toss — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:35:11 GMT

You've got it, haymaker.

When Benny Binion died a lot of old timers in Vegas said the last real gambler was gone.

Reply #10

haymaker — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:12:10 GMT

ahh..,yes I think the original owners of the casino I work for are mormons.

they can't gamble, but they can game.

never thought about it til. I got a casino lic. which said gaming on it.

Reply #9

Coin Toss — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:48:23 GMT

haymaker,

You're right but the term 'gaming' took over from gambling in the 1980s. That was the first time a recession really hit Vegas and it happened when a lot of casinos had started building towers - clones of the original casino.

As the recession hit the original casinos weren't packed with players and hotel guests, let alone the new additions. So the casino had to go out of state for financing and in that part of the country that meant Salt Lake City and that meant Mormons. They don... [ More ]

Reply #8

GamBlur-TTF — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:13:06 GMT

GAM(bl)ING

the b l is very very silent........

Reply #7

haymaker — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:39:24 GMT

The house is'nt gambling, they don't even call it that,

they call it gaming.

Reply #6

GamBlur-TTF — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:08:29 GMT

i most definitely agree with you @ coin toss. very insightful

Reply #5

Boney526 — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:51:39 GMT

I'd have to generally agree with Coin Toss.

It doesn't matter whether you are winning or losing in a random event. If you NEED to have money in action somewhere, you're either a degnerate gambler, or getting close to it. Gambling addicition is usually extremely destructive.

The only people investing in gambling are the casinos and the advantage players. And so for the few peopole actually investing in gambling the actual gambling may not even be FUN for them. Chances are, if you... [ More ]

Reply #4

Coin Toss — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:32:27 GMT

Gamblur-TTF,

You're terms are defined a little differently than what the casinos use.

What counselors call problem gamblers are known in the casino business as degenerate gamblers.

A degernerate has to have some money riding on a decision on something, the flip of a card, a roll of the dice, a Keno game, a horse race, a football score, etc....

Having money riding on something is known as being in action and that's what degenerates live for.

The old time cainos bosses knew that for... [ More ]

Reply #3

sully16 — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:53:02 GMT

yep

Reply #2

GamBlur-TTF — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:36:16 GMT

LMAOO smartest answer .. there is hope for society after all.. lool

Reply #1

Nikkicute — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:32:50 GMT

Gambling is gambling whether you win or lose.

Makes no difference to me!

And a pot head is still a pot head if you smoke it lol

The HOUSE always win yet silently Asks "Do you have a Gambling Addiction?"

GamBlur-TTF — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:15:55 GMT

First off. Funny how people create inverse of context. Only a person who Loses all their money have Gambling addictions.

what about the guy who happenly wins by the win ? does he have a gambling addiction? nope.. yall would call him a winner.

what about when the guy wins? is he gambling? Nope. he is simply winning .. Whereas the guy who is 1 dice roll away from killing himself is a Gambler.

Tuh.

yall believe this?

Addiction is only an addiction if you CANNOT Have it, cannot own it... [ More ]