[Senator Pardek]

These games are also occasion for good conversation, moderate alcohol consumption, and all around good fellowship. In short, true poker has many virtues that videos and slots totally lack.

Great quote. I've been told I'm not a bad poker player, and I live within a few hours of casinos in Atlantic City and Connecticut.

Yet I've never been to either to gamble - why not?

Though I have many vices, I cannot count among then the idiocy of playing slots or video poker.

[mc5cents]

Though I have many vices, I cannot count among then the idiocy of playing slots or video poker.

Me neither. Video Blackjack however... that is another question.

[Brian S]

Slots I agree, idiots game but I'm beginning to wonder about video poker. This story has been around lately and it seems that some have learned to 'master the game'.

Greektown(Casino) ejects winning video poker players

[Howlin]

Though I have many vices, I cannot count among then the idiocy of playing slots or video poker.

A couple of years ago, some "high roller" friends of ours (a business associate of my husband's) invited us on a "junket" to the Taj Mahal. Everything paid for.

We lost $200 in about 30 minutes and were miserable the rest of the time. We decided right then and there that if we EVER had the urge to do it again, we'd just go out in the backyard and burn the money.

And the worst part of it was that it was the first weekend of the NCAA playoffs and we had to watch the Big East conference, instead of the ACC. :-)