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Archae

(46,246 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:24 AM Jun 2014

I noticed something in ads for casinos...

Doesn't matter who runs them, they all, and I do mean ALL, avoid one word like the plague:

"Gambling."

Oh they have their own watered-down word, "Gaming."

Videogames and table-top games like Dungeons and Dragons are gaming.

Gambling is gambling.

Yes, that includes the lottery, which I am guilty of playing once in a while.

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I noticed something in ads for casinos... (Original Post) Archae Jun 2014 OP
Welcome to 1955. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #1
Viva Ned Flanders el_bryanto Jun 2014 #2
Potato Patatoe.... hangfire00 Jun 2014 #3
Old saying JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #4
Casinos are built by losers. Only real winners are the casinos misterhighwasted Jun 2014 #5

Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts)
1. Welcome to 1955.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:27 AM
Jun 2014

They've never used the word gambling, EVER.

It is most certainly gaming, on which money is wagered.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
2. Viva Ned Flanders
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:33 AM
Jun 2014
Ned Flanders - But I just don't feel right. (looks heavenward) Oh, Lord, what should I do?
Man With Deep Voice - Keep Gaming.
Ned Flanders - What?
Man With Deep Voice - It means gambling. Keep gambling.
Ned Flanders - Oh. Right-eo.


Episode written by David Stern.

El-Bryanto

hangfire00

(27 posts)
3. Potato Patatoe....
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:49 AM
Jun 2014

Call it what you want. not a fan and throwing money in slots well just plain foolish and thats where most of the poor suckers go

 

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)
4. Old saying
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:55 AM
Jun 2014
"Everyone builds dream castles; neurotics try to live in them."

Everyine fantasizes about winning the lottery; neurotics buy lottery tickets.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
5. Casinos are built by losers. Only real winners are the casinos
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 12:23 PM
Jun 2014

If we want our casinos to keep expanding, get in there and start gaming.
That's how it works. simply put.

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