Viva Las Vegas

Havoc · #1 10-15-2009, 11:38 AM

I'm off to fabulous Las Vegas in a few hours, so I will be seeing you all in two weeks! Wish me luck in the casino's

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OddjobAbe · #2 10-15-2009, 12:35 PM

Tell me if it's as tacky a place as I always thought it is. And don't trust the slot machines.

T-nex · #3 10-15-2009, 12:45 PM

Actually do like the old ladies do and wait by the slots and observe what people do... If a person has spent over 9000 hours at one slot, yet no prices came out, then take it immediately when they leave, as the chances for winning is higher

Spirrow · #4 10-15-2009, 12:50 PM

Ja, well HavoKing is lucky. Oddworld Blasterediest Tiger get's to enjoy more than just kreepy slot machines. (Though I can safely abmit that 82.9 percent of Americans couldn't tell Craps from crap or Black Jack from Jack Black.

But this of course is why Havoc isn't American.

Well, uh...go enjoy your business at the Gambler's Moon, the Pimpible City, or whayever the hell the call it in relations to Nar Shadaa.

Have fun

Havoc · #5 10-15-2009, 01:04 PM

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Tell me if it's as tacky a place as I always thought it is. And don't trust the slot machines.

I never play slots. Only card games.

shaman · #6 10-15-2009, 02:09 PM

Say hi to slog bait for me.

Bullet Magnet · #7 10-15-2009, 02:13 PM

Bring back a review of Penn and Teller.

moxco · #8 10-16-2009, 03:10 AM

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Actually do like the old ladies do and wait by the slots and observe what people do... If a person has spent over 9000 hours at one slot, yet no prices came out, then take it immediately when they leave, as the chances for winning is higher

I'm not sure if your joking but that stratergy is pointless. The outcome is random, regardless of the past.

***Nate*** · #9 10-16-2009, 03:54 AM

I'm not sure. If each run is completely independant (like a roll of dice), you're right. But it's possible that machines are programmed to give out a certain amount of money in a day, to keep punters interested, in which case it would be sound logic.

The best gambling advice* is to find machines that are directly visible (and within hearing distance) of non-gambling areas. Those ones are programmed to win more often, so that people outside are tempted to venture in.

* I mean, after recommending that you don't bother gambling at all.

T-nex · #10 10-16-2009, 04:05 AM

But gambling is also a form of income D=

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Actually there was a guy in Denmark who won about $20.000 in one year(i think that's about it) playing poker, and he was convicted of some stupid rule that you're not allowed to make a living on gambling, and got all his money taken away from him...

Mac Sirloin · #11 10-16-2009, 04:16 AM

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I'm not sure if your joking but that stratergy is pointless. The outcome is random, regardless of the past.

No, they're programmed to release money when it's been filled enough, as it keeps people coming back.

Wings of Fire · #12 10-16-2009, 04:18 AM

Don't card count unless you're really good at it. The staff will ask you to leave and you'll be banned from most of the big casinos in Vegas.

MA · #13 10-16-2009, 04:33 AM

fuck the blackjack. poker is the way to go.

use your noggin though. and be a nosy bastard.

EDIT: and i've never played a slot machine in my life. don't trust 'em, and generally see more people lose than win.

Wings of Fire · #14 10-16-2009, 04:35 AM

But as I said, don't card count unless you're good enough to not perceptibly do it.

MA · #15 10-16-2009, 04:37 AM

oh i know, sorry. didn't mean to sound so dickish.

Wings of Fire · #16 10-16-2009, 04:41 AM

You didn't. I just have a friend who grew up on a casino boat and told me quite a bit about gambling.

used:) · #17 10-16-2009, 08:17 AM

Have fun. Are you seeing Siegfried & Roy by any chance?

OANST · #18 10-16-2009, 08:28 AM

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Ja, well HavoKing is lucky. Oddworld Blasterediest Tiger get's to enjoy more than just kreepy slot machines. (Though I can safely abmit that 82.9 percent of Americans couldn't tell Craps from crap or Black Jack from Jack Black.

But this of course is why Havoc isn't American.

Well, uh...go enjoy your business at the Gambler's Moon, the Pimpible City, or whayever the hell the call it in relations to Nar Shadaa.

Have fun

Goddamnit, this post made my eyes ache.

Wings of Fire · #19 10-16-2009, 08:32 AM

Only that one? I've been negrepping posts by him as a knee-jerk reaction since I joined.

abe is now! · #20 10-17-2009, 01:56 PM

Have sex, Havoc!!!

Leto · #21 10-17-2009, 02:01 PM

tiger rejection

Pilot · #22 10-17-2009, 05:07 PM

I don't play slots, I just work on them. I'm not stupid.

Fave a fabulous time in Vegas. Wreak Havoc will ya?

Havoc · #23 10-18-2009, 05:31 PM

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Have fun. Are you seeing Siegfried & Roy by any chance?

Wish I could but ever since Roy's little accident with the tiger show has been canceled and prolly won't return. I have been to the secret garden today, though. It was pretty cool and really shows how much those two love their animals. Also got a DVD about them.

Aside from Siegfried and Roy not performing Las Vegas is one hell of an awesome city though. And America is a pretty cool country, except for airport security which is a fucking bitch. I had to fill in 4 different forms and had to answer 20 questions before I was allowed into the goddamn country.

It's a very cool adventure which I will tell all about when I get home. Might even put up a video compilation on youtube :P.

That's it for now. GF is bitching about finding dinner... buhbye!

MA · #24 10-19-2009, 03:45 AM

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GF is bitching about finding dinner... buhbye!

oh christ Havoc you're just asking for it.

Havoc · #25 10-26-2009, 08:55 AM

I be back bitches!!!

OANST · #26 10-26-2009, 09:29 AM

How was America? Did you get a hooker? Did the hotel staff rough you up? Tell us.

Havoc · #27 10-26-2009, 09:43 AM

America is... interesting. I did not get a hooker (did go to a topless show), the hotel staff did not rough me up.

It was interesting to see how the amount of space available in America makes the entire culture different. On our way to the Grand Canyon we came across houses, trailer parks and businesses in the middle of nowhere, just because they could.

The Las Vegas strip is cool, shiny and glamorous, go two feet off the strip and you end up in a god forsaken suburb with trash in the streets and electrical poles going everywhere. It's a very vivid contrast, one which became even more apparent when we decided to stay in a hotel in Chicago on our way back, because we had a very long wait for our flight to Amsterdam. Since I didn't feel like paying 200 dollars for a room in the Hilton, I decided on a small hotel a few miles from the airport. We took a cab there, at 5 in the morning, and ended up at something I would class as a motel, not a hotel. It was in the middle of a suburb which looked even worse than the ones in Las Vegas.

It was very interesting to see the many differences to our cozy life of luxury in Holland.

On a Vegas note, I did not win million, I only lost money. Vegas is a damn expensive town even if you don't gamble and I now officially hate indians, having me pay 30 dollars for a fucking picture on the skywalk.

OANST · #28 10-26-2009, 10:09 AM

You were maybe a two to a two and half hour drive from me when you were in Chicago.

shaman · #29 10-26-2009, 11:51 AM

God i'd love to go to las vegas.

MA · #30 10-26-2009, 12:02 PM

i wouldn't. i bet even the guns are plastic.