Sunday's Adventure

For some years now I have been invited by the most loyal client of my home-based business (as well as his willing minions) to go on the annual trip he sponsors for his friends and associates, and I have always politely declined citing the following reasons:

1)It's a chartered bus trip to a major casino
2)My uncanny (and, I believe genetically endowed) tendacy to be very, very unlucky.

But this time I said yes, went, and dammit I had a good time.
I actually came out ahead, not by luck though, but by calculation.

How? It would seem that the casino, in an attempt to cater to those that it hopes to make regular customers "comps" first time visitors on the buffet (quite tasty and all-you-can-eat) and on drinks; moderation being key, but even so, a man can down a quite a few over a 6 hour foray and barely keep get a buzz given the free chow.

Here's the math:
Buffett ............................................ $13.50 (comp.)
Black coffee w/shot of Wild turkey (energy drink)... $ 5.00 (comp.)
Beer (Budwieser, of course)..................... 8 @ $ 3.00 (comp.)
Live band performance in lounge(based on local shows) $ 5.00 (comp.)
Watching the pit bosses swarm about nervously as my esteemed client and his buddies run the blackjack table out of $1000.00 chips, twice.
................ Priceless
---------------- total complementary stuff... $47.50
total gaming losses......... $40.00
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Net gains ....... $ 7.50

Woo hoo!

Even if one doesn't count the band, I still came out ahead, had a fun day away from the usual drudgery, and got to watch what I swear to be the luckiest S.O.B. on Earth in action!
Not to mention the fact that I gave myself over 100 chances to come home a jackpot winner.... Yeah, right! Like that could happen!