Life Continued

Hello new friends and … to old friends who’ve followed me from http://bootsandbraids.com/blog/, Hey, it’s me again, continuing from where I left off – heading off for my second trip to the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino with the other seniors.

Reluctantly so, because that first trip back in May was so overwhelming due to slot machines no longer having slots where you drop in nickels, dimes, quarters, pull down a lever and watch money come out. Instead, everything now is player’s cards, vouchers, push buttons that aren’t much fun and eat up money so fast that one doesn’t get to feel the thrill of play. As well as bingo is now overly complicated with daubers, machines, combinations like Crazy Bowtie, Crazy Shooting Star, Pack Hardway, Small Crazy Kite & 4 Corners, etc.

At any rate, determined to get out of my comfort zone and give the casino a second try, I boarded the bus and we took off with 21 seniors on board.

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Our Very Handsome Driver

All of us ladies were smitten with him, which prompted me to ask if he’d accept telephone numbers in lieu of tips. He just laughed.

The casino experience itself wasn’t as confusing as that first visit, but I have definitely decided gambling is NOT for me. It’s not my brand of fun. I don’t mind spending money when I’m enjoying the activity and feel like I’m getting my money’s worth. The slots did not give me my money’s worth of play.

Bingo gave me my money’s worth—27 games for $20. In addition to which, I doubled my odds by investing an additional $20 in a computerized version.

Paper and computer versions combined, I played 54 games and won not a one.

The payoff on the games were $100, $150, $300 AND, if more than one person called “bingo” the pot was split. So, after thinking about it … bingo was kinda sorta fun, I got my money’s worth in play, but the payoff isn’t worth hassling myself with a third trip.

The only way I can see myself ever going back to the casino is if it’s a different casino. I hear odds are better, wins are higher elsewhere.