Never been to Vegas so I don't know about them, but I have been to some of the regional casino's around here and am always appalled at how little fun they seem to be. I see sad, desperate looking people shoveling money into those games with these looks of grim determination on their faces. Pallid cigarette smoke hangs in the air and the noise is deafening. Do people really think this is fun? The only time I go to them is when I am seeing a show or something. Do people really think gambling is fun? I think it looks almost like torture. I'm not against gambling....it ain't my money...I just can't imagine sitting there for hours on end. If I had to WORK in one of those places, I would very quickly be up in a tower naked with a rifle.

slots bore me.. never done well but haven't played them a lot either... I can play BlackJack for hours tho...

I love Poker and Horse races but not casinos. Slot machines are boring and take your money fast. Vegas Casinos are like little towns and offer a lot of entertainment for everyone I rarley bet anything in Vegas but sports are on all over the place and start like 3 hours sooner there so you are watching football at 10:30 am sometimes. But the best part about Vegas are all the cool little desert towns and bars to visit around it..

I don't see the attraction to the slot machines myself either.

Poker, blackjack or some other card came with a live dealer, I can see how one can find an attraction to the game there.

Can't say I noticed much of a difference in the overall air from local Indian Casinos to Reno to Vegas.

Since I don't gamble, it's all just "meh" to me, so maybe I'm missing something (besides the free drinks).

"card came" ==> card games

Yes one time i played .25 cent slots built into the bar for 2 hours because the bartender kept offering me free mugs of beer. I had about 10 beers and lost 3 bucks..

Slots = Boring

Live Poker = Exciting

Plus is Vegas as important as gaming is, its not the only thing to do. Great shows, restaurants, shopping, and tons of interesting attractions make it a lot of fun.

I don't quite understand the attraction, either. I enjoy brief stints of blackjack, but how folk can spend hours and spend that kind of $, I don't know.

But spend it they do.

I've got a moderate-sized Indian casino 1 mile down the highway from me, and the parking lot is almost full, even at 4 a.m....

go figger

Been to Reno a couple of times. Mrs. Pacman dealt cards there for years before moving to WA. She hates Vegas, so we don't go (I don't feel like going solo...and with my OCD, it's a bad idea anyway).

Each time I've left Reno, I've ended up in the black, and both times it was from just randomly walking to slot machines and dropping in coins. I'll gamble 10-12 hours a day, including all night the first night we get there, be up hundreds and down hundreds, and then quit when I finally get ahead.

Given that living by slots seems about as likely as walking through a minefield without stepping on a mine, I'm not itching to return. Last time I got one a 2.5 day losing streak. It was NOT fun. Made it all back and a few hundred more trying to pace myself on nickel video poker. Hit a small jackpot.

Winning it all back at once really didn't cancel out the sour mood from 2.5 days of solid losses. Not as much as I would have thought. Just not a good place for someone with an addictive personality.

imagine the outcome if the payoff was in gummi's

Dude...don't EVEN joke about things like that.

I am not a gambler by a long shot but can say that there in no comparison between Vegas and anywhere else. Been on the Riverboats in St Louis and saw exactly what you're talking about. Very depressing and I wouldn't spend a dime there. Reno is not bad but very tight compared to Vegas. Won $400 there early on and never won a dime again.

Personally I think Vegas or any Casino is better enjoyed by being in a group of friends more than alone. YMMV.

I do not get it, either. Baffles me.

My wife, on the other hand...

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You are going to the wrong casinos.

make that #1

Craps is the only casino game, if played correctly, you can even your odds with the house. That's why Indian casino's rarely have a table.

Michigan has lots of tribal casinos.

My wife loves the nickle slots, and enjoys doing that with the mother-in-law, but I frankly don't get the fascination.

I'll play up to $100.00 on Blackjack, and then walk away.

A decade or so ago, I used to go to Vegas every year and spend the week playing $1 craps, blackjack, drinking free booze and tipping too much. Did it all on the cheap. Played during the week and limited myself to $100 or so a day for gambling. The food was great and really cheap.

And I loved it.

Gambling money does not have a home for long, so I learned to see it as the cost of entertainment. Don’t try to get rich or “win it back”. Just enjoy the entertainment and the people you are with.

Never had so much fun.

There are lots of sad and manic people in casinos. But with the right crowd at the table it can be a total hoot.

I’ve been to the several Indian casinos that had no bar, and were only slot machines. No fun at all.

Slots are Reverse ATMs

Poker is lots of fun...

wheel,

i don't get it either, generally. Occasionally I'll wander to a craps table, but that's about it.