Feb 152011
I'm hot, hot, hot! On my way to visit the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park I took a wrong turn and ended up going by the Paradise Casino. Since I was there I figured I might as well stop in a drop a few bucks.
The casino is fairly small with slot machines, bingo, a restaurant and bar. They also have a part of the parking lot set aside for RV parking with overnight stays. I wasn't real impressed when I walked in and just wondered around for a bit to see if a slot machine looked interesting. I found a penny machine that had some progressive payouts so figured it was as good a place as any to start.
I slipped in a $20 and was betting 30 cents a shot (max was $3.00). Other then a couple of small payouts I wasn't doing much good and it drained me down to under 10 bucks. Then it started to hit! First I hit a $34 progressive, it went dry for a while then I hit a couple $20s then $60 jackpot. That put me over $120. I played a bit more until I was down to $100 and I quit. Sure felt nice to walk away with an extra $80 in my pocket.
So in two visits to two different casinos I've made $160. Considering I had already lost $80 earlier in my trip I'm now up $80. First time ever I've been able to say I was ahead of a casino!