― robin (robin), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)
Can we make it so every post in this thread ends with a question?
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)
Also, Martin, many states in the US have forms of legalized gambling now. There are many casinos between Atlantic City and Las Vegas, and more on the way (as desperate politicians continue to see legalized gambling as a way to increase tax revenue in a slumping economy).
So, um, what you gotta say about that?
― hstencil, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:43 (twenty-one years ago)
x-post-that must be it
― robin (robin), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― robin (robin), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)
(btw, my friend noticed another recurring element in the Simpsons: there are two fantasy sequences where someone gets extremely fat. One with Bart and one with Lisa. In both, they speak with a Southern accent. Lisa asks for a 'prying stick' to help her get up and Bart mentions his 'cleaning rod')
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)
Are there any states that do NOT allow even Native American casinos? I'm guessing just the southwest desert states, or maybe Utah or Idaho?
Are there provinces in Canada that allow reservation casinos? I'm guessing British Columbia doesn't, as I was talking with a guy there (on my very first Vancouver visit) who liked coming down to Washington state to gamble... and i doubt the casinos here are THAT much to shout about.
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)
DB, there's Native American casinos in Arizona.
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)
What do you mean? are the odds different? do they use different cards? are the games played differently? There are a ton of indian casinos in san diego, and as far as I can tell, it's pretty much the same as going to las vegas, for example (well, except for the fact that only card games and slot machines are legal)
― scott, Wednesday, 3 September 2003 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)
FWIW, I don't think this is correct. Indian casinos are regulated to some extent, if for no other reason than to keep them from completely screwing people (and getting sued).
But the main one here would be slot machines. In, say, Harrah's, legally they must pay off a certain percentage per slot machine. It's in the mid-90s.
For table games, I assume the regulation amounts to "don't cheat" - make sure roulette wheels are legit, dice aren't fixed, cards aren't marked (though a casino can still deal blackjack with as many decks as it wishes, to cut down on counting).
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil, Wednesday, 3 September 2003 01:15 (twenty-one years ago)
side note: native american casinos (at least, in san diego county) technically aren't allowed to have roulette and craps, only card games and slots. To get around that, they have card versions of the games, where a machine spits out random cards instead of someone rolling dice or spinning the roulette wheel. I don't know how cool that is though.
― scott, Wednesday, 3 September 2003 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 03:55 (twenty-one years ago)
As for casinos, I grew up on stories of when my grandparents lived in Vegas in the mid-60s, and my father dealing blackjack in Tahoe on college breaks. If I didn't enjoy gambling, I'd be kicked out of the family.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)
I've gambled a little in Lousiana (in Rayne) and at certain casinos in Oregon and Washington before. Lost my money right away.
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 3 September 2003 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 15 May 2004 02:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 15 May 2004 03:04 (twenty-one years ago)