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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zombieslayer" data-source="post: 207883" data-attributes="member: 627">Heh.  That's what my wife and I did in Vegas.  We went to the nickel slots, got free drinks, and tipped the cocktail waitresses $2 a drink and of course said our pleases and thank yous and treated them very kindly.  Needless to say, we got them coming back often.I put in about $10 and lost it all.  Wife put in $20 and came back with $38, then bought 2 pairs of shoes at the mall in Henderson.All in all, it was a great time.Sports betting, I put money aside "no questions asked."  It's money I can lose.  Food, mortgage, bills, the allowance I give my wife, and my 401k come first.  Always.Gambling doesn't have to be a fool's sport.  It can actually be quite fun.  But you have to always partition your money.  If you don't, gambling can be very dangerous.  Losing $40,000 is nothing compared to getting your legs broken and your teeth knocked out or going to jail, which is what ends up happens to some gamblers.  This is probably a good lesson to your friend.  I doubt he'd do something this dumb again.</blockquote>

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