Gambling: The most amazing experience for a human being or the worst nightmare ever

By Ernesto

Lets put it like this: You enter the Bellagio at 9pm, everything is beautiful: marble all around the place, beautiful people everywhere, all the little lights of the slot machines sparkling, the Craps table with a crowd cheering to the lucky sexy girl rolling the dice, the incredibly hypnotizing sound of the ball jumping among the numbers on the Roulette, you have a living room with huge screens playing the Monday Night Football game, open bar all night long (with Shrimp buffet of course) and some beautiful diva singing all night long on the lounge area of the most amazing hotel in the block. Anything can happen in a place like this. What other business provides such an excellent and lucrative product?

On the other side: Behind that beautiful atmosphere you have the drugs being sold, the offshore bookies not paying the Monday night winners, the Black Jack freak betting $100 a hand to go back home with not even a $1 to buy their 2 month baby girl some milk for breakfast, the millions of gallons of alcohol been pumped in to thousands of people in order to make them stay just one more hand collapsing their veins and causing all sorts of health problems, couple of wise guys making their way on the poker rooms to cheat every innocent soul who takes a sit for a chance to make some bucks with a lucky hand plus the most annoying and diabolic vibe you can only feel when you have been consumed by a way of life that resembles the same of a person who has been addicted to crack or heroine.

Gambling is amazing, only that as any other type of entertainment needs to be treated with respect.

There are people for everything. Some can gamble others can not. The ones who can, make sure to invite your friends for some beers and spend all those Sundays hoping to hit that 5 team parlay on NFL, some money always makes the game more interesting. The ones who like poker, make sure to know your cards, and don't be afraid to go ALL IN when that lucky straight flush show its face around the corner. If your passion is Bingo, fill out those cards and grab a cup of hot cocoa to enjoy a nice afternoon. For those of you who have tasted the sour part of the cake, careful, life has wonderful things to offer than spending 3 nights in a row trying to achieve and unreachable fantasy.

Think about it, what you believe is the most exciting way of entertainment, it is. However is in you to choose if it is going to be a pleasant experience or something to regret the rest of your life.