Anybody here ever make money gambling?

[MossRoad]

Boy, that can be misconstrued... let's just leave it alone so the thread doesn't get closed.... :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Well now I am quite jealous!

Boy, that can be misconstrued... let's just leave it alone so the thread doesn't get closed.... :laughing:

All I have to say is he is a lot better man than me.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[TractorGuy]

I use to make a few bucks playing pool. Pretty sure I made more than I lost. Have seen guys bet and loose their cars on the pool table. I never played for those stakes.

 

[oosik]

When I was young and in my prime - no, not even then. For about a year, up in AK, I would go out to this local bar with my boss. I would sit - watch - he was a pool hustler. Several times I saw him win $5000+ in one game of pool. He won from a fellow one night and to pay the debt - we went to his store. My boss was measured and had three custom suits made for him.

Then this entire situation got old and I quit these evening activities. I finally came to realize - many of the "players" were pretty shady characters. This was the early '60's - in AK - it was still a tough environment. I was young and still learning.

 

[MossRoad]

My wife and I used to play a lot of pool, darts, euchre, etc... at pool halls and bars, but never for money. People that come in to pool halls, bars, etc... to play for money ended up in the alley eventually.

 

[DerbyRunner]

A wager in a casino is something like betting $1 on the roulette wheel that a particular number will come up, choosing numbers to play for Keno, or playing a hand at blackjack.

Question: Is there any wager in a typical casino where the odds are NOT in favor of the house?

 

[oosik]

"People who play for money eventually end up in the alley". Boy!! Did you ever get that right - Moss Road. And they aren't out in the alley counting their earnings nor playing tidily winks either.

 

[California]

When I was young and in my prime - no, not even then. For about a year, up in AK, I would go out to this local bar with my boss. ... I finally came to realize - many of the "players" were pretty shady characters. This was the early '60's - in AK - it was still a tough environment. I was young and still learning.

Not just AK.

When I was a starving student I worked a few hours a week in a gas station. I was just short of 21. Boss invited me to join him at the neighborhood bar. I wasn't really interested but wanted to stay on the right side of him. I'll skip ahead to the outcome: He and his bar buddies tried to set me up with their mutual friend who was newly pregnant ...

I dodged a bullet that time. Oakland CA.

 

[Al 2]

I haven't read all the reply's and this isn't related to casinos, just a thought. " Anyone who has investments is a gambler".
Al