Insane Random Ramblings

No of course it wasn’t me that had extra money. It was my friend and her sister because they both won at the casino this past weekend. I seem to be a perpetual loser when I go. But my friend and her sister had a little lucky streak going on. They won over $4K between the two of them.

My friend is using her share to pay her taxes (which are really late) and to buy a new HDTV. Her sister will just use the money to go back and gamble on another day.

I need to hit the same lucky streak that they seem to be on.

I’m not really going for vacation, I would just be going for a few days. I went to a casino in Las Vegas almost 18 months ago and they still send me comps for free rooms. Most of the time it’s for 2 days but recently it’s been for an entire weekend. If I go in this month or next they will also give me some cash to play with.

The cost of airfare is cost prohibitive though. My airfare would be even higher than the amount of cash that I would be getting back by over $100.00. I don’t think I’ll be a winner because let’s face it, most people aren’t. If I could find a good deal on airfare I would definitely like to go.

Hopefully some airline will have a big fare sale pretty soon. I really want to go before it gets too hot.

Of course I have a ulterior motive behind my good deed though. If I take canned goods to my local casino, they will give me $5 to play with. 5 cans is the maximum for $25 to play on. The canned goods are for the local food bank. Even though people aren’t losing jobs here as much as they are in other places, people are still affected. I used the barcode scanners at my local grocery store to pay for the cans. Now I’m on my way to try and win a few extra dollars.

I guess I’m testing out that no good deed goes rewarded theory. I just hope it’s right.

We went to the casino in Erie called Presque Isle. We were just driving around and didn’t have anything to do. John was showing me the showing me the short cut that he uses to get to NJ so we were all the way in Clarion County. Then he asked if I wanted to go to the casino and I said sure. So we headed over to Erie since I had never been there.

It sucked big time. The casino was small and very smoky. We both played several machines and had no luck. Every machine just sucked money down, they weren’t paying off at all. I didn’t see anyone really hitting on their machine. Even John (who gambles $20 max) said he wished we had gone to Wheeling instead.

My first trip to Presque Isle was probably my last!

I don’t think the whole casino should be non-smoking. Although it would be in a perfect world. However, they designate this tiny section of the casino for non-smoking. I was only there for 2 1/2 hours and I reek of cigarette smoke. I’ll have to shower and wash my hair before I go to bed. I also had to hang my clothes to get the smell out. My poor coat is just done right now. I’m not really worrying about that though because I’m taking it to the cleaners next week.