re: Man loses his hard earned money at the casino and loses it

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Someone told me a story about someone who has been dead for awhile, but the guy was known to drink and gamble and there were some good stories about him. One day he got paid. This was back in the early 80s.. He went to the bar where they played cards all the time. Lost his whole paycheck playing cards.. On the way home he tossed his wallet out of his truck and when he got home he told his wife he lost his wallet (which had his check in). That was a one time thing for him, but whats sad are the truck stop casinos that are just a bunch of video poker machines. One of my cousins used to work at one years back and she told me it was actually depressing working there. The people who would get their monthly government check and then go there and lose it all in a few hours, the people who would come across some money and the first thing they do is go to the poker machines. The people who no one would expect, who would wait until everyone at home was sleeping to go sit at a poker machine for 2-3 hours, several nights a week.. And the thing is, I don't understand how people become addicted to video poker. The biggest payout at one time is $100.. The only way to win is put $50 in and cash out the second you go over $50. If you are lucky you hit a hand that pays out $100.

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