The benefits of being christian. Where are there???

[Haipule]

What makes you think that God is opposed to gambling? I LOVE blackjack and I am scary good! God need not tell me what the next card is.

As far as the lottery, gambling is illegal here in Hawaii and there is no lottery. However, the authorities turn a blind eye to chicken fights which is cultural and I am NOT invited.

(true story)When I lived in Florida, I put God to the test. He would not give me future lotto numbers but, scratch off lottery tickets are historical. So we picked a location and reel to follow. I told Him I wanted at least a $20.00 winner. Everyday I would ask Him how many tickets I needed to buy to win. It got closer and closer until it was time to act. I went to that location and asked how many tickets to buy: He said 12. I bought those twelve. The first one was the $20.00 winner! The 12th one was a $15.00 winner and I had $6.00 in between! Total: $41.00. Profit: $29.00.

I cashed them in and did not play again. Why? Because it was a pain in the ass and was not worth it! Yet, a nice confirmation.

Your guitar question is a good one. We have it pinned down to Europe. I enquired further, it was made in Portugal by Carvalho. Nice guitar dude!

You're an interesting guy.  It was made in Asuncion, Paraguay.  I love blackjack too.

Oh well, I tried! The answer then is FOOL!

They legalized blackjack in Florida but, $15.00 minimum and charged top dollar for drinks. I can't overcome that vig!

I have recently mostly played on cruise ships on $5.00 tables with six deck revolving shoes paying 6 to 5. Talk about a challenge! Regardless, I have done very well! Certainly, no big wins like Vegas or, Foxwoods.

I'll tell you a funny story. In my mid-twenties, in So Cal, we would party all night and then drive to Vegas. At the time, I used to get very drunk and practice card counting at home so I could do it in Vegas, hopefully, with out getting caught.

So, we're in Vegas and a friend(to me a shill who did not know I could count cards) wanted to play blackjack so we went to a multi-deck $3.00 game downtown buying in for $40.00. I was already drunk--perfect! I kept ordering drinks!

I was up $400.00 when they made an odd change of dealers. She was a large, tattooed biker chick! She dealt the cards nicely: except to me! She Frisbee-ed them as hard as she could! I had to duck to not get paper cuts and chase the cards across the room!

Time to go

I now realize when counting cards--DON'T be greedy.