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According to Hofmann: A loser’s guide to gambling

By Mark Hofmann mhofmann@heraldstandard.Com 5 min read
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Editor无毛视频檚 note: If the title alone wasn无毛视频檛 a solid clue, don无毛视频檛 do anything this idiot tells you.

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The answer is 无毛视频渁nywhere on the human body where you can hide something, and soap,无毛视频 but the third question may take a little more of an explanation.

To be clear, I无毛视频檓 what they call a 无毛视频渃asual gambler,无毛视频 meaning I dress casually when I gamble, meaning I dress in shorts, flip-flops and an ill-fitting 无毛视频淒ukes of Hazard无毛视频 T-shirt when betting on cards, on machines, on tickets and on animals like garden slugs making their way through my salt obstacle course.

In my years of experience, I无毛视频檝e picked up a thing or two outside of casinos like trash to fulfill community service obligations, but the real lessons can be learned from the inside beginning with slot machines.

It doesn无毛视频檛 really matter how you play a slot machine to win money because it无毛视频檚 all about when you play the machine and under what circumstances.

What you need to do is observe the people who play the machines, taking note if they无毛视频檙e constantly losing and becoming more and more frustrated that the machine isn无毛视频檛 paying off.

The next thing you do is wait until their frustration makes them leave the machine. Now, it无毛视频檚 important that they move to the machine next to the one they abandoned or at the most two machines away because then you jump in and start playing.

I无毛视频檝e heard so many stories where someone pumped so much money in a machine that after they gave up on it and moved a seat or two away from it, someone else plays the machine and wins big so I figure there无毛视频檚 something to that.

Of course, I also once passionately argued that the minuet in G major by Christian Petzold was by Johann Sebastian Bach. So take my proclamations with a grain of salt unless you无毛视频檙e a slug.

Back to the slot machine, make about five or six bets, and if the machine is still a losing endeavor, then abandon it as well, but walk 无毛视频 nay run 无毛视频 to the other side of the casino so you won无毛视频檛 know if the next person to sit there will hit.

When it comes to table games, sports betting and track betting, the same observation skills apply, but in those cases, you need to look for the severely drunk people 无毛视频 they无毛视频檙e the ones who walk around like they无毛视频檙e on a ship floating on choppy waters.

When they score big, you无毛视频檒l know it by subtle clues like them screaming, 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 intoxicated, and I won money!无毛视频

At that point, you approach them and match their enthusiasm for their good fortune until they agree to have you as part of their entourage, and you say you need money for gas and parking and drinks until you bilk them out of the $75 they won at the Let It Ride table or until they sober up.

Finally, we have the lottery. This requires a bit more research, but to win at playing numbers or scratching tickets, you have to pay attention to previous winning lottery stories.

For example, a man in South Carolina won a lottery jackpot of $250,000 on a ticket he bought from the five bucks in quarters he vacuumed out of his car. Another South Carolina man mistakenly threw away a ticket worth $100,000 before realizing his mistake and fished it out of the trash, and a Maryland woman skipped purchasing a ticket at her usual store because she was hungry and wound up buying a ticket worth $30,000 at another retailer that sold snacks.

Now, before you go and vacuum quarters from your car or go though your trash for any discarded tickets, keep in mind that winning the lottery is a lot like lightning, meaning you can get electrocuted if you无毛视频檙e outdoors无毛视频lso, it doesn无毛视频檛 strike twice.

This is also where you have to become unique in the events leading up to purchasing the lottery ticket as well as your actions following the purchase of the ticket.

By my calculation, these future headlines can be used as guidelines, 无毛视频淲oman wins $140,000 after letting dog scratch her ticket,无毛视频 无毛视频淗ungry man eats lotto ticket, poops out a fortune,无毛视频 无毛视频淢ime 无毛视频榓sks无毛视频 for jackpot-winning ticket,无毛视频 and my retirement plan, 无毛视频淲riter wins jackpot after shakedown of drunken casino winner. Charges pending.无毛视频

According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. He co-hosts the 无毛视频淟ocally Yours无毛视频 radio show on WMBS 590 AM every Friday. His book, 无毛视频漇tupid Brain,无毛视频 is available on Amazon.com.

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