Slotpourri

24 June 2001

By Larry Mak

Lady Luck laughs at the fool who takes her seriously.

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When the slot machines take our last dollar, we flatter ourselves that we had fun.

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If you get lucky and hit it real big in a casino, don't fail to go and tell it to your friends to annoy them.

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The casinos and gamblers have an agreement which satisfies both parties. The casinos give the gamblers the opportunity to lose, and the gamblers take advantage of it.

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Fun in a casino is like life insurance. The more you get, the more it costs.

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There's a new religious sect in Atlantic City with a very interesting approach. They say that when you die, you don't go to hell, you go to Las Vegas.

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When losing, positive attitude is the first victim.

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Washington's birthday is celebrated everywhere but in the Nevada casinos. There the casino managers figure that any man who couldn't tell a lie wasn't worth remembering.

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Casinos offer equal-opportunity employment and equal-opportunity losing.

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There is nothing in the Ten Commandments against gambling. Rather, it fits in well with what the Scriptures tell us. We are told to get rid of our worldly possessions. And gambling is the easiest, quickest, and most pleasant way of doing so.