Try to do the riight thing....

I'm at a casino last night and need to score a quick 200 points to get my weekly free gift. The bar is packed and the six All American(?) machines are taken so I decide to play some Buffalo. At $1.20 a spin, I figure 15 minutes and I'm out of there, hopefully breaking even. After I put in my $40, I see there was twenty six cents in the machine but no card, and the chair wasn't tilted or anything. I'm playing about ten minutes when some pretty drunk older guy comes along and says I'm playing his machine. Said he went home to get more money and it's his. I tell him I'll be done in a few minutes and I'll leave him 52 cents, double his money. He sits down and starts watching intently. I tell him if I win big, I'll take my $40 and split the difference with him. Why I said it, I have no idea. I'm at 196 points and down $8 when I hit the bonus round. Eight free spins or something like that. I've had really good bonuses but also had some pretty bad ones. This one, I don't hit much but keep getting the five more free spin coins. Have one nice hit , 24X four elks for about $60 and end up after it ends with $151.40 in the machine. I tell him I'll take my $40, he'll take the change and we'll split the 111 56-55. He's happy as hell when I give him $55. I go get my gift and am leaving when he confronts me at the door. Says I owe him another $20, that we should split it down the middle. I try to explain I took my stake and split the winnings but he is getting loud and stupid. I realize this isn't going to end well and as I outweigh him by about 200 pounds and am sober, it's best it happens here in front of witnesses rather than in the parking lot where there may or may not be a camera.
I stand my ground, he gets louder and nastier and of course the first security guy that shows up is about eighty years old and a buck fifty soaking wet. He doesn't even get involved, just calls for backup. Pretty quickly, two burly guys and a suit show up. They don't even ask what's going on and give the drunk the bums rush out the door. I ask them if they'll walk to my car, for that guys safety as now I'm getting pissed. Nothing else happens, as I drive off I see the guy still arguing with the guard and the suit.
By the way, the gift was a cool set of mason jar/goblets. Never seen anything like them. Mason jar on the top, but with a thick stem under it. Conversation piece, at a minimum.

Wow, people are never happy I suppose. Personally I wouldn't have looked down on you at ALL for NOT splitting anything with him. No card, no chair, if anything maybe I'd cash out the 26 cents and set the ticket down on the next machine... After that it's your money and your machine and your winnings. That was straight charity to give him any kind of action/free roll =).

I wouldn't blame you if you knew how to shoot a sniper rifle. Lol. He must have used some Jedi mind trick on you. I'll die laughing if his name was Phil from Florida.

You're a better person than me, I would have given him a quarter and told him to leave me alone. Hell if I had it I would give him a damn Canadian quarter haha.

Hey now.... that machine was due to hit and you took it from him. #PloppyLogic

I would've told him to #$%@ off!

Best part..."I tell him I'll leave him 52 cents"

Giving the guy a free roll, for no reason, was not the right thing to do.

Random act of kindness. Of course I regretted it when I hit the bonus, but my word is my word.

Quote: billryan

Random act of kindness. Of course I regretted it when I hit the bonus, but my word is my word.

Verbal is definitely binding in this situation to someone who understands and lives this type of lifestyle. In this culture players make deals all the time and usually honor them. They also lend thousands of dollars on a handshake or less. Your situation is a bit odd but I can see it happening. I would like to know why you were playing Buffalo though? Any good meter movement? You could only play reels? No other better choice? You had to have those mason jars that bad? Time Restrained?

If I was in the situation I may have just got up and gave the guy a dollar when he explained he was playing the machine. I have done some impulsive things like saying I'll chop this with you but usually I know the person. Just ugly that the guy took a few moments to realize he wanted to chop the initial money invested. I guess you could have told him you were in 120 instead of the 40. He was happy for the chop and probably didn't even know the term "chop" or "freeroll" that he was on. It is hard not to laugh that he was upset like you cheated him.

A week or so ago I had something similar but I knew the person. I also know he was operating on a BR of less than 500. He was playing some Reel Game that had a jackpot of 19X compared to the starting number and was telling me how he was going to give it up. I ended up saying I'll put in some money and we can go partners. He agreed. 30 mins went by and I couldn't take it any longer. I asked if I could buy my way out and make him even and I would end up losing about 80% of my investment. He agreed and I was happy but it was similar in that this deal came out of nowhere. I knew that it could take hours to spin off that jackpot and I was just being friendly instead of being all business like usual. Getting older makes you soft and I am finding that out more and more... ha ha.

A friend of mine once joked that keeping his word must be a sin because he keeps getting punished for it.

So now that guy is scattering quarters throughout the casino and approaching players with his scam. Should have told him to get lost after sticking a quarter up his nose.

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Getting older makes you soft and I am finding that out more and more... ha ha.

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So now that guy is scattering quarters throughout the casino and approaching players with his scam. Should have told him to get lost after sticking a quarter up his nose.

As I said yesterday, I would've told the guy to @#$% off!

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

As I said yesterday, I would've told the guy to @#$% off!

You would have told him that anyway ;)

There are no limits to the greediness of social parasites. I was once in Atlantic City a few years ago and found a Bus ticket to Port Authority in NYC. It was around a bank of Blazing 7's Slot Machines, so I sat down and started playing the machine until someone came by looking for it and I would gladly hand it over.

Alas nobody came by looking for the ticket so I thought I'd cut my losses on this $1 machine(down $65 by that point). As I hit the cash out button for $35, the machine makes a loud noise like most slot machines do when you cash out.

Out of nowhere, a young, scarecrow looking fella came up to me and gave me a sob story of how he needs $19 for Bus fare to Brooklyn. I told him I lost a lot today(actually won about $250) and I couldn't help out with cash. He walked away(or so I thought) and I decided to put the ticket back in the machine and play it out instead of going to a redemption machine and possibly being bothered again by the Scarecrow.

On the 10th spin of the $35, the machine hits 3 Red Sevens for $300! It wasn't even 5 seconds before the derelict came over again feigning excitement over MY win. Meaning he was sitting on the other side the whole time watching me play and waiting for an opportunity to pan handle. He says "Alright, looks like you won. Can you help me out with $20?"

I thought you said it was $19 for a ticket? He said "Well there might be taxes?" Which there aren't for bus tickets in AC from a casino ticket window. So I said, "I got something better , here's a ticket to Port Authority and the next bus comes here in about 20 minutes" I give him the ticket stub I found and he looks completely deflated, but doesn't say thank you or have a look of relief on his face.

I walk away thinking I did something good for this young man, only to see him trying to sell the ticket by the bus waiting area 2 hours later... I guess Cocaine is Helluva Drug!!!

If I found 26 cents in a slot machine I wanted to play, I would hit cash out and set it aside. If the owner shows up, here you go. If he tries to argue with me that it was "his" machine, I will ignore you until security comes around and then have them throw you out.

I can't believe what I'm reading. You agreed to split the winnings with a stranger who didn't invest anything? Why would you do that?

One time I was at my local casino and someone from my neighborhood happened to be there. He has this superstition that if the slot machine next to him is being played, he'll win more. He gave me a dollar and asked me to play the machine next to him. I said "no, that's not going to make any difference". He insisted. I told him to STFU and if he bothered me again, I will contact security and have him thrown out.

I don't go to casinos to be bothered by idiots. PERIOD!!!!!

Quote: KevinAA

If I found 26 cents in a slot machine I wanted to play, I would hit cash out and set it aside. If the owner shows up, here you go. If he tries to argue with me that it was "his" machine, I will ignore you until security comes around and then have them throw you out.

I can't believe what I'm reading. You agreed to split the winnings with a stranger who didn't invest anything? Why would you do that?

One time I was at my local casino and someone from my neighborhood happened to be there. He has this superstition that if the slot machine next to him is being played, he'll win more. He gave me a dollar and asked me to play the machine next to him. I said "no, that's not going to make any difference". He insisted. I told him to STFU and if he bothered me again, I will contact security and have him thrown out.

I don't go to casinos to be bothered by idiots. PERIOD!!!!!

High IQ but EQ.....

Quote: KevinAA

One time I was at my local casino and someone from my neighborhood happened to be there. He has this superstition that if the slot machine next to him is being played, he'll win more. He gave me a dollar and asked me to play the machine next to him. I said "no, that's not going to make any difference". He insisted. I told him to STFU and if he bothered me again, I will contact security and have him thrown out.

I don't go to casinos to be bothered by idiots. PERIOD!!!!!

Reminds of this 77 year old lady at Caesar's AC. She always plays $25 Blackjack with several stacks of green chips. She buys in big and plays big(200-300 per hand). Whenever she starts losing, she looks around and if anyone is standing within 15 ft. of her she starts yelling at them to "GO AWAY, you're making me lose!" The person innocently protests, "I'm just standing here, it has nothing to do with you losing!"

She then continues cursing at them and getting more agitated and then tells the Pit Boss to get rid of them. To which they usually acquiesce and the old battle axe keeps on throwing away piles of chips regardless of someone standing behind her or not.

And if anyone tries to sit down and play at the table with her. She'll start blaming them for losing hands and then start hitting 13 and 14 against dealer 5 or 6 to scare them off. Makes you wonder how they even got the money to begin with?

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She'll start blaming them for losing hands and then start hitting 13 and 14 against dealer 5 or 6 to scare them off.

I don't get it... why would that scare anyone off?

Quote: BedWetterBetter

Reminds of this 77 year old lady at Caesar's AC. She always plays $25 Blackjack with several stacks of green chips. She buys in big and plays big(200-300 per hand). Whenever she starts losing, she looks around and if anyone is standing within 15 ft. of her she starts yelling at them to "GO AWAY, you're making me lose!" The person innocently protests, "I'm just standing here, it has nothing to do with you losing!"

She then continues cursing at them and getting more agitated and then tells the Pit Boss to get rid of them. To which they usually acquiesce and the old battle axe keeps on throwing away piles of chips regardless of someone standing behind her or not.

And if anyone tries to sit down and play at the table with her. She'll start blaming them for losing hands and then start hitting 13 and 14 against dealer 5 or 6 to scare them off. Makes you wonder how they even got the money to begin with?

Doesn't anyone tell her to shut up?

Quote: KevinAA

Doesn't anyone tell her to shut up?

Maybe one of the voices inside her head?