I sit here and watch people put all their chips on the table and as I look and watch for several hands I sit closer and begin to talk to them and try not to ramble on but sometimes I get carried away and like to think I'm a know-it-all when I'm clearly not.

I sit in a room full of smoke sipping on a beer hoping to become rich quick. Not like any of my mom way made legally but all the casino wants is some sucker to come in and leave somewhat broke but win just enough times to come back again. With all the luck in the world, I wonder if I'm just lucky or just smart on how I play my odds. Who knows but lucky I'm half drunk so I don't notice all the chips I place on the table at once. If I ever find a casino that allows million dollar, I would bet in no time and dream big.

I'm like a nerd when it comes to blackjack, I play like I'm betting on my life. If the dealer has a 5 or 6, I may hold in hopes the dealer has 15 and hits and goes over. After all, once you have anything 12 or above the odds of going over are not in your favor but if the I'm about to go for a split or double I may take the risk.

You may call me a fool or idiot as I may lose more money then I win but looking at the odds, this is somewhat like and somewhat a thinkers game. Knowing when to hit and when to stay. I have went to double it before and won with a 10 while other times I lost it all. Its the risk you take but unlike the slots I have some control to make it the best possible move for a win.

I call people who play at the slots and craps sucks and people who play blackjack risk takers as they have some control and can play the odds in hopes to win. But when I see the dealer holding a 10 I just assume he has 20 and I get nerves and bet anyways even if I risk going over. The nerves get the best of me only and to find out we both went over it pisses me off.

I then leave the casino after getting pissed off and go to bed, only to come back the next day knowing what happened to me the day before. Call me a sucker or maybe even a idiot but I call myself a risk taker.

But unlike some of you, I put thoughts into my game to make sure I don't end up a sucker.

The world is full of people that do not believe they are wrong. You call yourself a risk taker and maybe you are, but ask yourself this, Am i making more money by going to the casino or by staying away?

Reditus...Over all I think I lose more but somedays I win loads and bank it and that may make up for days I lose some butrt he big picture is I may lose mroe but I'm not the type to say I'm wong even when I clearly may be.

Well John, I do not wish to be disrespectful. However a casino would consider you to be among the suckers.

So prehabs I'm what you call a "owners best friend" when it comes to money...

Yes sir, that is what i would say. But look at it this way. you getclots of free booze and hotel suites.

Smiles as he pulls out a few pictures.. from his various gambling sprees

Friend, I have won more than 10+ million in an hour, and have lost the same all in time. Maybe its the thrill, or the easy money or the laugh when you shut down a casino.. but I cant explain it and the rush you get when you gamble - you know what im saying?!

I mean sure I come to these casinos for the liquor, women entertainment but in reality this is a business and even though I lose sometimes it provides a nice cash flow other times

Oh hell what do I know, I have been gambling and drinking all day eh..

Laughs and folds up the pictures, putting them in his coat pocket.. next to some casino chips from a lovely NY casino

StripheCorelli maybe tis the liquor that amkes use bet more but when I bet 100k, and wi a few times in a role, I kpe saying I'll jsut bet one mroe time, jsut one mroe over and over but I only leave once they are out of rum.

John, it definitely seems to be the liquor in your case.

James chuckles and walks up to Striphe, putting an arm around his shoulder.

Still up to the old tricks eh pal? I don't think there's been a day in your life you've not been in a casino. Hell I'm half inclined to think you were born(and probably conceived) in one! All joking aside bud, best of luck out there.

James takes a drag from his cigarette, flicking the hair from his face.

For me it's the thrill of quick money. We spend so much time "cleaning" our money through our various businesses, or contorting it out of others... It's nice to sit down, pick a color or a number, or say hit/stand, and albeit instantly have the thrill of more money, or the defeat of being bested by the house.

Well The casino has cheap liquor, you can't blame me on that.