Casino Rama

We arrived in Orillia a little later than expected since we stopped for a bite to eat first. We checked into the hotel around 4:00pm. The room wasn't exactly the Hilton but it was nice enough, more importantly, it was clean. There were two double beds covered in gaudy, orange patterned coverlets, a table with two yellow arm chairs that sunk in a little too deeply when you sat in them, a T.V. on a low lying dresser, a desk with a half length mirror above it and finally, a bathroom with a sink, shower and an industrial type toilet that are usually found in public restrooms. The room served its purpose, as we didn't intend to hang out in it, just sleep and the beds were comfortable. The shuttle that took you to the casino would come at 5:20pm, which left us plenty of time to settle in and get ready to go. We made it to the casino around 6:00pm and got $100.00 each in quarter tokens for the slot machines. We must have played the slots for 4 hours or more, changing our tokens to 50 cent pieces and dollar pieces many times through out, never having to get more once. The hubby won $300.00 on one of the machines and my biggest win of the night was about $75.00. We won many smaller amounts that kept our cups full and allowed us to play as long as we did. Our luck probably would have let us play all night but we didn't. We cashed in our tokens and made our way to a "Let It Ride" table. For those who don't know what let it ride is, I'll give a brief description. You need a minimum of $45.00 to enter the game. You get three cards and the dealer has two face down and when added to your three, will make your poker hand. A pair of Jacks or better wins. You place your bets in groups of three, each consisting of $15.00. After you look at your hand you can either pull back the first $15.00 bet or if you are confident that you will win or have a chance at a hand that pays great odds you can let the bet ride. The dealer will then flip one of their cards, giving you a better idea at what your hand might be. You are again allowed to remove one of your $15.00 bets or let it ride. The bottom line is that you must put in $45.00 but, depending on what you choose to do, may only loose $15.00. We played for about 20min. and lost around $250.00. I had $30.00 in chips left and took them to a Roulette table. I won some and lost some. I turned my $30.00 into $75.00 at one point just betting on red or black but in the end I lost it. We decided that we had had enough and made our way to the bar near the entrance of the casino to wait for the shuttle. The last shuttle came at 1am so we had to wait for a half hour before it came. We ended up back at the hotel at 1:30am and went to bed. All in all, we had a great time and still came home with some money in our pockets. We didn't win the big money but we were definitely lucky since you can burn away $100.00 in a half an hour on the slots easily. We've decided to make the trip to the casino every 6mths or so from now on and just have a bit of fun with the chance of winning big. I can't wait!