Casino Night

The park sponsored a casino night and we decided to go up there and break the bank.  We bought $5.00 of chips (funny money) and Gerry proceeded to commence gambling.  I watched some high stakes gamblers play blackjack for a while and the dealer was loosing big time.  I think that is the first time I saw a dealer loose so much money so quickly.  He finally turned it around when another person sat down to play.  I think that changed the cards and he began to win.

I went over to watch Gerry and friends gamble at a game called "chuck a luck" with three big dice in a rotating wire cage.  There were numbers 1-6 and a couple other ways to win.  After a while I joined in and played for an hour or so with $2.00 of the funny money (20 cents).  Gerry almost went broke and I lent her some chips and she began to win again.  I finally went belly up and just watched for a while longer.

At the end of the night they collected all the money that the park won and raffled it off with tickets.  A woman was the big winner of $8.00 and the park broke even.  They can't legally win any money and it was all disbursed.  The idea wasn't to win big, but to play the game and socialize.  Everyone who attended had a great time and the party broke up around 10:30.  

We wound up loosing a grand total of $1.00 for the evening.  We did each have two drinks and some cheetos and peanuts.  I think we came out ahead on the evening.  

Gerry says it is a warmup for our trip to Las Vegas in February.  I hope we can do as well there and only loose a dollar. It would even be better if we could win some money.  Hope is eternal.