I gamble in video games, with in-game money. I want to be able to afford soup.
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dwemthy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Went to a local casino with some friends and saw a Frankenstein themed slot machine with the big curved screen like that and decided to put a couple bucks in it to see what kind of stuff it did. A woman sitting at one warned me that they’re terrible and don’t pay out well before saying how many thousands of dollars she’d put into them, while still putting more in.
Gambling addiction is real
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Me too, and it reinforces how much I’d not want to actually gamble.. because no-stakes game gambling is often slanted in your favor, so if you play long enough you’ll probably hit big. It’s kinda fun.
I played one game (no clue what it was anymore) that had a “semi-realistic odds” setting with a big warning that while you’d still probably manage, you’d have to dig much further into your reserves to do so. And it wasn’t an easy win even with the setting off, it was fucking obnoxious because it was needed..
I went to a real casino a year or so ago, because it was a cheap hotel stay, and I got $10 free money for signing up and being a veteran (a demographic often plagued with gambling problems).. I played it and won $120 on the last pull, cashed out, and haven’t touched it since. It felt like a hook, because it was all done on tracking cards, and it gave me the icks big time.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Without money, pretty much all gambling games turn out to be extremely boring.
I don’t even do in-game gambling because it’s just annoying. The last time I tried that, I ended up instead buying the 9999 coins with cash to get a Porygon, because the slot machines were so boring.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I find it boring with money too. The main difference is that you lose money instead of fake money. So I still like it better in games.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The one exception is the Luigi casino minigames from Super Mario 64 DS/New Super Mario Bros
techt@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m exclusively a savescum gambler
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Depending on the game I’ll absolutely savescum, whoops sorry RNGsus
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fun fact, LA has independent Cambodian-run donut places because the so called Donut King lost his fortune to gambling addiction and had to relinquish his ownership to the families to pay debts.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I went to a casino once to see what it’s about. Ultimately just felt like I was staring at a visual stimulation machine more than anything (my local casino is basically only penny slots)
I spent an hour that felt like 3 there and turned $40 into $60 and I don’t feel like I ever need to do that again. Also worst of all was the ice cream place I was hoping to go to afterwards closed
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I legitimately do not get why people find casinos entertaining. Like even from the perspective of “I am willing to pay xyz dollars for the entertainment.”
It’s not fucking entertaining. It’s boring as hell, even in fancy vegas casinos. Even if you are just trying to scam the casino for drinks, you are just sitting there pretending to gamble in exchange for some watered down cocktails. I can do that at home. Hell I can spend $100 on a nice fucking bottle of whiskey and drink the whole thing while watching reruns of “That 70s show” and it will be more entertaining than feeding slots.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I couldn’t agree more. My pet theory is that those who enjoy slots haven’t tried better video games yet, and that the mainstreaming of video games will slowly kill slots off.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I have a family member that decided he had to go to Vegas. Alone.
On his son’s birthday.