Experience at the Casino!

Till last night, all I knew about a Casino was what I had read or seen in movies. I finally managed to get into a Casino and it was at Halifax, Canada. This was my third trip to the city and in spite of having a Casino next door, I never had the guts to visit the place till yesterday and when I finally did, what an experience it was! We (me along with 4 colleagues) had to take a long pedway from the hotel we were put up to the Casino. It was freezing cold outside but I did not affect us at all, thanks to the pedway. We handed over out jackets at the counter and were about to take the escalator down to the casino when 2 of my friends were stopped by the guard asking for an identity proof. Only then did we realize that no one under 19 was allowed entry and the guards could ask for identity proof from people who they thought were under 25. None of us were under 25 but two of my friends who always used to pride upon the fact that they never looked as old as they actually were, had to eat humble pie. One of them had his driving license that helped him and the other had to rush back to the hotel to collect his passport to show his age. The other 3 were let in and when we landed into the casino, we were literally stunned to see the new world around us. There were poker tables, gaming machines, slot machines and many more of these items which we had not even heard of. All of us were at a total loss as to where to start and what to do. Finally we decided to take the safest route! We started observing other people playing the various games. None of the board games made any sense to us and they were betting on big money, which unfortunately we did not have. Finally, we decided to try our luck at the slot machines. I deposited 5 Canadian dollars and started trying my luck and bingo! I did turn out to be quite lucky :-) At one point of time, I earned upto 200 dollars. I even encashed my money and thought it was time to leave the place but the lure of the casino and the many slotting machines available therein was so strong that I decided I should take more chances! It did excite me beyond all means but unfortunately mine was not a wise decision from the monetary point of view. I tried all kinds of slot machines and finally ended up losing all money except 12 dollars which was my net gain from the casino (a friend of mine lost 10 dollars and another lost 5 dollars!) We spent close to 2 hours at the casino and were really amused at the kind of money people were spending on betting and gambling. I am not going into the moralistic side of things but I would really want to remark that it was a totally different world out there and I enjoyed it beyond means (though it did not really help me financially). The visit to the Casino would definitely be an experience to cherish for a very long time... If you want to know more about the casino I visited, here you go