Find a ticket, win a lottery.
Every night before I rest my head
See those dollar bills go swirling 'round my bed.
Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me,
Baby, I know our troubles will be gone.
Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin' gone
If we dream, dream, dream for free.
And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it,
Let's dream it, we'll dream it for free, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money,
Free money, free money, free money, free.
Yes, wouldn't it be great. Generally there's no such thing as free money but....
... I was early for the bus from the big smoke to home this morning so filled in time wandering around the casino. This was 7.30AM and there were a few die-hards sitting at the pokie machines, pouring their money in, seemingly unperturbed by the casino staff going around with big bins on trolleys, emptying the machines of millions of coins. I didn't see any punter celebrating winning millions or even hundreds of coins so I assume that the casino won. I wandered about just watching but noticed that on a few of the machines there was still some 'credit'. Now this wasn't big money that could be cashed you know. It was the remainder after people had cashed up by hitting the 'collect' button after a small win and their $2 coins tumbled out. In many cases though there is still some residual credit - not a lot - but on a 2c machine it could be say 7 credits to a total of 14c. Obviously 14c won't come out of the machine when you hit 'collect' but it can be used to spin the machine.
I found a few of these and hit the bet buttons. This resulted in a few small wins but not enough to collect the $2 coins. As I didn't have enough time I simply hit the bet all buttons and of couse it gurgled down the drain. If I had time though and had been a bit more patient those 6c, 14c, 2c credits could have been turned into dollars or, (if you are a crazy gambling optimist), thousands of dollars.
At casinos however, you are always watched and may be 'asked' to leave.
2 comments:
This weekend I won $5 on lotto. One friend at work won $125 for picking a try scorer, another won $125 for lotto.
Gambling pays, eventually!
"Gambling pays, eventually!"
No. Only if you actually win the big one.
I'm hooked on Lotto. I spend $20 a week. That's $1000 a year. I've cut down. I was spending $42.50 a week (Saturday Lotto plus Big Wednesday) - that was $2,200 a year. What a crock. I got about $100 a year winnings.
My mother won first prize in The Golden Kiwi in 1982. Big money that gave the folks a nice retirement fund. How much had she spent over the years though?
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