Slotpourri

25 March 2001

By Larry Mak

I don't want to brag, but everybody takes me for forty. That is everybody but Las Vegas. They took me for six hundred.

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'Tis better to live rich than to die rich.

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Better a slim win than a fat loss.

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Always stay at the better hotel/casino. You meet a better class of loser.

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Sometimes the best slot machine to play is the one you search for and can't find.

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While table players aren't any dumber than slot players, they aren't any smarter.

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My bankroll was OK as bankrolls go. And as bankrolls go, it went.

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Discretion in a casino is defined as keeping your bets low.

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Slot machines are popular because they combine the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

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There is only one slot machine - although there are hundreds of versions of it.

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Winnings sweeten the purse, but they make losing all the more bitter.

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A losing session at the slots is much sooner forgotten than a winning one.

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Slot players are wise - and some are otherwise.

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Winning a little is OK. But not too little.

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Some people pursue their luck in a casino, but never quite manage to overtake it.