It Could Have Been a Beheading
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (90682)
United States
November 7, 2024 7:41am CST
Usually when you go to a casino, there are few memorable moments, unless you hit it big or something. A thing that has never really happened to me except for one time in Vegas hitting a $400 loot, but of course, that's not life changing money. My wife's biggest win that I can ever recall was also in the $400 range.
But there was one time when we were at "the boat" in East Saint Louis and we were walking past the blackjack tables when we saw an elderly man walking toward us.
It suddenly dawned on us that he had his telephone cord lanyard around his neck, and it was stretching out quite long, and we didn't catch it right away, but quickly realized that his player's card was still inside the slot on the machine he had been playing when he walked away.
It must have stretched about 6 or 7 feet when we noticed it, and he was completely oblivious.
"Sir. SIR," I said. "You are still attached to the machine."
He didn't immediately understand, but then he realized his mistake. It got a good laugh and even the blackjack dealer made a joke, "That could have gone badly."
Being I also have a bit of a sense of humor I remarked someone could have lost their head if that thing would have disconnected and got flung through the air attached to that springy cord.
It was certainly a memorable moment.
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@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Nov
Years ago, Juanita and I were having lunch at Fallsview Casino when an earthquake occurred. Juanita admonished me to stop shaking the table...
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@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Nov
@porwest It was interesting, to say the least. A friend in Hamilton at the time thought she was just having another seizure, but her hubby didn't feel a thing.
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@porwest (90682)
• United States
7 Nov
@BarBaraPrz I have been through small quakes when I lived in California for a spell, but never anything major. Luckily.
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@moffittjc (121581)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Nov
I wonder if the “bookies” issued odds of a beheading happening? I would have placed a few bets on that! Lol
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@moffittjc (121581)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Nov
@porwest I'm sure you could find just about anything and everything to bet on there!
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@porwest (90682)
• United States
19 Nov
@moffittjc Not untrue. Gamblers will take a gamble on everything, and where there's money involved, someone will let you place bets.
@lovebuglena (44524)
• Staten Island, New York
7 Nov
It happens quite often that people leave their cards in the slot machine. Heck it happened to me. But I realized it quickly and went to get the card back.
Maybe having a string or a cord helps. But I’ve never seen someone wear it around their neck while the card is inserted into the slot machine.
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@lovebuglena (44524)
• Staten Island, New York
8 Nov
@porwest have you seen the card in the machine while at the same time being on the string and around the person’s neck?
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@2ndchances24 (8905)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
7 Nov
it's a good thing you caught that B-4 some bad happened.2 people like this
@porwest (90682)
• United States
8 Nov
@2ndchances24 lol. I am sure it would have been.
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@2ndchances24 (8905)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
8 Nov
@porwest it would have been a BAD wake up call that's for sure.
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@allknowing (136368)
• India
8 Nov
You wanted a memorable event and you got it (lol)
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@FourWalls (67977)
• United States
7 Nov
Would he be allowed to keep the winnings if he’d won while NOT sitting at the machine? 
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@Fleura (30382)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov
Probably my most memorable casino-related moment was when I lived in MN. In my free time I liked to explore the countryside, but I wasn't organised enough to go to a regular camp-site; they all seemed to be booked up months in advance, and since I never knew how far I might travel in a day, I just gave up on that idea and would park up in some quiet spot and spend the night in the back of my old truck instead. And one morning when I had just got up and was enjoying the quiet dawn beside some lonely lake, along came a man who also fancied a bit of quiet contemplation, and he told me he had won some money in the casino. He actually had one of those giant cheques they present you with for publicity purposes! I had never seen one of those before. I can't remember how much he won but I do have a photo of him with it somewhere!
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
7 Nov
I'm glad you caught it! You know about my most memorable moment. I was just going to change machines; and a man came and sat down in front of it. He won jackpot after jackpot. It still irks me! lol Have a good day.
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@aureategloom (9462)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
7 Nov
good thing you told him that
my "gambling" experience is: getting 5KM (like 2 USD) on scratch
my "gambling" experience is: getting 5KM (like 2 USD) on scratch 2 people like this
