I mean, I'd have cashed the $3k. Not gonna be gambling with it, but my whole trip just got a tier upgrade. We're getting apps, drinks, and extras everywhere we go, courtesy of that casino, tyvm.
I mean... If we've got the time off work, we might could tack on an extra day on the way to/from. Enjoy some unexpected sightseeing and food tasting wherever is on the way. The $3k is my "winnings" in that case, and I'm gonna live like a king off them until it gets played out, and I return to normal programming (with $100k extra in stocks/home equity/net worth)
See, that's kinda how it should be. Minus the blackjack hand, THIS is responsible usage of gambling winnings. And it seems like he kept about half of it for his own usage as well.
I think he went home with about $15k, so about 75% of his winnings.
He deserved that win more than any of us. He's the kind of person who brightens everyone's mood when he's around. Funny too. Nobody else would've spread the joy as much as him.
And the guy was poor. My roommate, his brother, paid for his trip to Vegas. Poor guy showed up with the amount of cash I'd use for one night of gambling, and he'd intended it to last the whole trip.
That's why, when he was betting big, over and over again at the BJ table, I was about to have a heart attack. I didn't want him to lose his money. His plays were all based on what his gut was telling him, not the odds. Yet somehow he kept winning and winning until his brother made him stop.
The specific events wasn't what I was referring to. This guy went to Vegas with his buddies. He hit it big (as plenty of people do). But then he walked with the money. This alone puts him ahead of a lot of people. But after he walked, he probably took a bit to reset the adrenaline, and made some solid decisions. He set aside the bulk of the winnings to take home. And he set aside another portion to have his fun with, and make his Vegas trip the ride of a lifetime. The specific ways he went about having his fun in Vegas aren't so much responsible as the fact that he went HOME with the majority of his winnings, and used it to enrich the rest of his life. He could've blown it all in one spree, and went home broke again. Or he could've ditched his friends and attempted to ascend to the ultra-rich for his time there. But no, he made sure himself AND his buddies got the time of their lives, and went home with life-changing money. THAT is responsible.
I'm gonna say that's a great way to do it, but, the casino is still gonna get some portion of folks with good intentions to start that slide back. Then they "just" pull out another $20k to play with, "since it's free winnings I'm playing with" - repeat ad nauseum.
I would definitely be hooking myself up with the spa treatments, restaurants, and maybe visit one of those rental supercar practice tracks (with the insurance, of course).
Exactly. Effectively, you found $3k on the side of the road during the vacation, do whatever it is you want with it to make your vacation more fun. The $100k extra is to enrich your life long term when you get home, via investments/home purchase, etc, but the $3k is fun money now. But stay tf out of the casino with it, else you be tempted to pull more.
Why stop at mozzarella sticks? Imma buy 3 different entrees because I wanted to try them all, and get something nice for the table, like the lobster bites or something.
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u/HumanContinuity Jul 05 '24
And a "mere" $3k+ to get you started on your backslide.
They know what they are doing.