On February 27th we drove to the Winstar Casino to see Kenny G. We'd had the tickets for about a month and we (Virgil, Carlene and I) were eagerly looking forward to the concert. Ronnie...not so much. He thought it would be boring. Well...suffice it to say that it was an incredible concert...very high energy and featuring solos by an awesome Swedish bassist and an indescribable percussion man. It was magic. Kenny...Mr. G...the Gster...whatever...KG began the concert at the back of the auditorium in the "cheap seats." He then worked his way toward the front. Our seats were on the back row of the front section and he stopped right behind our seats, looked at us and continued to play for a half minute or so. To see his fingers flying across that instrument was truly amazing!
Of course, knowing where we were going, we decided to drive up early and play a few slots. Good decision. Ronnie was the first to "hit big" if you can call turning $20 into $216 "big." I call it big. He took $100 bucks with him and ended up coming home with $200. Nice profit. I played a slot machine called Fortune Teller. I was blindly hitting the "repeat bet" button having no clue what to watch for. I don't take time to read the pay tables. At any rate, I hit a bonus spin which gave me six opportunities to ask the fortune teller questions (pick cards). As long as you get "good fortune" as a response you keep picking for the maximum six times. I was lucky...rather, I had good fortune. I got to move on to the "golden card" which is a multiplier. I was sitting there watching the screen when it popped up the number 14,563. I thought, "Awesome. I won 14 bucks." Then it hit me...there had to be a decimal in there somewhere...like between the 5 and the 6. So I got REALLY excited when I realized that it was $145 and change. All that from $20. Now, I realize that in the big scheme of things this is chump change...but it felt good to be a winner. I took $100 and came home with $210. Woo-hoo!
Carlene is another story. We figured her profit to be around $300. She plays with wild abandon. She bets on poker machines and maxes her bet...and wins. The problem...she can't quit. She can't walk away. At one point we saw her physically struggle with herself to cash out of a slot at $300. She truly enjoys gambling and is fun to watch. Virgil, on the other hand, is not a gambler/game player. He views it as a very expensive form of entertainment. Even he walked away breaking even.
This was my second trip to Winstar. The first time I broke even. This time I won a bit. CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK!!!!! Can anyone get me the number for Gambler's Anonymous???
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