Betting on a horse or playing a slot machine is my form of going to the movies, or going out for dinner a few times a month, or going to a bar for Happy Hour.
Before going to Monmouth or Atlantic City it is a matter of budgeting money as I would if I were doing the above listed "activities". I very rarely go to the movies because they are overpriced and they come out on HBO or DVD not long after it is made. I can't stand to sit next to a person that does nothing but talk, talk, talk. And some people just don't get it about putting their cell phone on vibrate. I do like going out for dinner but it doesn't have to be once or twice a week, I enjoy cooking, and I am quite fond of leftovers. So, going out for dinner is a special occasion (sometimes a necessity), but I don't several special occasions in one month. And Happy Hour, I like to talk to friends and see how they are doing not shout to them, and there is nothing more repulsive that a loud mouth drunk female in a bar. I tolerate loud mouth men a lot better.
I always have a set aside a certain amount of money to take with me. I know I may win or I may lose. That is like going to a movie, it could be good or it could really stink, or the service in the restaurant was bad and so was the food. Happy Hour not for me.
So, when going to Monmouth I have to do a lot of reading. The program is a wealth of information but each time I go I have to ask Pete what all the columns mean. Some times I have been able to pick a winner and some times not. Again, it's like a good movie versus a bad movie, and I only every bet $2.00 a race. I always watch the horses as the jockeys parade them in front of us before they run. I don't go by the color of their silks, however I do sometimes go by the color of a horse. I have favorite jockeys, but will also bet on a jockey who I may not know. I worry about the races tho and about injures that could happen on the track. I haven't been to a race yet where that has happened.
NOW, about Atlantic City, that does take a little bit more money, so I definitely factor that into my budget. I never take bill money or food money because that would really be gambling. I have favorite slot machines like I have favorite jockeys. And, if I won on that machine last month I have to give it a whirl this month. People can stand and talk all they want to themselves or on their cell phones. It's fun to watch people in the casinos, and, I haven't seen or heard any loud mouth drunken women, although I am sure there are some there, and I don't have to shout to my friends. We just set a time and place where we are going to meet, or if I am with Pete, he watches out for me because he knows if I had to go and look for him in the Racebook Room, he would then have to come and look for me.
I am not an avid AC person or horse race fan, but, I do feel the need to do both, so I guess I can say that is what I do for FUN! If it is fun it can't be gambling because gambling can be a serious problem.
2 comments:
Thanks for explaining why you like gambling, now I understand. I'd bet on horses according to their name, most likely. I've played the slots but it just didn't do it for me.I'd rather go out for a few hours with a friend, maybe a flea market and breakfast, something like that. I like movies but usually don't go as my hubby hates going to the movies.
Horses' names are cool, there is usually a story behind it, although you wouldn't know it unless you checked it out prior to the race. I have an attic full of flea market items that I am sorting out to finally use or share, although I still go to fea markets but I shop cautiously, lol.Breakfast is always ago, and neither one of my husbands (2) nor my friend care for movies.
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