when life's a gamble

I'm not one for the tables. I can barely hold a set of cards right, let alone play a game decently. My failure at winning a simple game of DONKEY, led me to completely dislike all games of cards, and in the process, stood me against gambling quite strongly. Gambling i believe is firstly for people with money to throw around. I don't have that sort of money. I barely make ends meet and i don't plan on loosing my rent money on a game of Black Jack. Al this withstanding, recently a friend got me to come aboard one of those floating casinos, for a bit of lady luck langdi. I made a fuss, but at last accented. I have often enough been to casinos for my stories, and this one was no different. OK, so maybe I want being shown around like at all the other places, since i Left he TOI tag at home, but it was nice none the less. The upstairs open areas is one kept for dancing, with a live band and a free bar. It is also where gamblers come for a quick smoke before hitting the tables again. I sat sipping my second Pepsi, watching middle aged, and those on the wrong side of middle age, dancing to a number of bollywood numbers, while laughing and drinking. These were not crass people, they were well dress, mild speaking tourists, all down for a bit of masti.

Off to the gambling area, i promised to kept o the slot machines, but found them dreadfully boring and instead decided to watch my friends bet away their earning.

Things didn't go just as easy as that. With all that free booze the friends got to tipsy to even stand properly, and i found it left to me to continue the betting. With no idea of how to play any of the games, i started off with five card poker and then to black jack. Oddly enough, i was winning. Not willing to get like the rest, i stuck to coffee and Pepsi's and found it helped my game considerably. I was winning, and being wise while at it. By the end of the night, i had made Friends with most of the staff, an bunch of the customers, and even went home, (well since it wasn't my money, id have to say my friend went home, with twice ass much as what they came with)

A good experience none the less, i would still guarantee myself, that a personal visit to a gambling joint is way out of my interest. I plan to stick to wasting my money on food and movies.

Moral: go ahead gamble, just use someone else's money