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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:27 PM Original message |
Bets are off--casinos feel economic pinch |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. they got about $1,000 of mine |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. PSA: Don't use paper money as a toothpick. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. and it bears repeating... |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a shame too... Unlike the Stock Market in most casinos you know what the odds are. |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. And yet, I am up a TON in the stock market |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That assumes they make enough to invest for a retirement... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. I would think the opposite would occur |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That is usually what happens in down turns of the economy... |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I think its different because |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The country could collapse into Great Depression 2... |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. But for the cost of gasoline and a modest meal, |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bill Bennett's been too busy at CNN covering the primaries. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. You'd never know it by the prices. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. How the hell anyone can afford to play table games |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. two of my coworkers gave up looking for that reasonable price |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. let me know when lottery ticket sales slow down |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Here it isn't vacation/travel |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. They *insisted* on banning Internet gambling |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Are you including Indian casinos? They mostly entice locals and not vacationers. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Well..... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Feh, it's easy as pie to still play on those online sites. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. don't get me started,you guys-it's good they don't have online slots....do they?! |
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ozu (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yep |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. awwwwwwwwwww..... (nt) |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ya think all that "security" might be slowing down vacationers wanting to visit the USA? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good, the one thing still being built in our crappy Michigan economy is Casino's. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'll be in LV on Monday to contribute my two bits. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Glad I sold my Harrah's stock |
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