I discovered one important thing while in Las Vegas earlier this week. Poker is bad. I love playing the game, but runs like I had recently really make me question why I bother. I could hardly get any good cards and, when I did, someone else would turn over a hand that would edge me […]
For the second year in a row, I am running the NCAA basketball pool at work. The person who had run it in previous years couldn’t swing it last year, so I stepped in. I didn’t have many problems so took it on again this year. Things are going well, with the exception of my […]
Today is a wonderful day. A casino will open within an hour or so of my house. I don’t plan on going there anytime soon, and the facility only offers slots, but I still think we should all celebrate. Pennsylvania passed its slots law a while back and turned down the application from a Gettysburg […]
Fantasy football has taken off the past few years. I have played it in some form for I don’t know how long, but it hasn’t been as pervasive until recently. This year, I think I’ll be in two leagues – one of which is just myself and two other friends so it’s hard to consider […]
Two bad bits of gambling news this week. First off, two West Virginia counties went to the polls to decide whether table games could join slot machines at race tracks there. One measure passed, one failed. Naturally, the one that failed is less than two hours from me and the one that passed is five […]
Sometimes when you spend money, don’t you feel like just throwing it down the sewer? I mean, aren’t there purchases or investment decisions that you know will go wrong even before you hand over your money? That’s exactly how I felt when I turned in my NCAA basketball brackets a little more than a week […]
I’m the king of the world! Well, not really. I’m the king of the poker tournaments at KClinger’s Tavern. Well, not really. But I was almost the king. And that has to count for something.
When the news broke that a group had formed to try and put a slots casino in Gettysburg, I knew I couldn’t sit idly by. I had to make my voice heard. I had to stand up for what I think is right. I had to join the cause. I had to do everything in […]