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We all know what an amazing night on the town can do to

your reputation. Casinos, in particular, with their flowing

alcohol, high-stakes atmosphere, and late-into-the-night

gambling sessions can be spaces where you can easily

lose yourself. Stories abound of well-intentioned patrons

who started an evening with lofty ambitions of fun and

sensible limits, and who left with credit card debts large

enough to sink them…permanently. Perhaps it’s the sense

of carefree-ness that gambling house like to engender in

their customers that makes losing your proverbial head

such an attractive proposition.

Everywhere you look, every object of the human gaze, will

be some sort of encouragement to spend. Don’t have the

cash? Draw it, the casino says. Don’t have enough in your

account to justify another few rounds on the roulette wheel?

Charge it. It’s no accident that auto-teller machines are

located virtually everywhere in and around the betting

areas. It’s one big spending orgy, and if you get caught off

guard you can live to regret it for a long time.

Remember, as much as casinos are spaces of adventure

and potential easy wins, they are also spaces of excess

and financial ruin. You have personal agency here, it’s your

choice what you bet, how much you bet, and where you

place that money. But once you’re in the round, once the

chips are on the table, once the slot machine is spinning,

you are reliant on the wheel of fortune, even “outrageous

fortune” as Shakespeare so aptly conceived it.

How do you protect yourself against an unintended loss

while still having a genuinely great evening? One

particularly effective way is to never go gambling alone.

Always take at least one good friend with you. And when

we say “good friend” we mean someone who has no issue

pulling you aside and telling you in no uncertain terms to

pull yourself together, finish your drink and leave

immediately when the stakes start getting higher than

you’re actually comfortable with.

A good friend will never allow you to buy casino chips on

credit. A good friend will make sure you stop at drink

number four when your pupils start to dilate and you’re

getting overconfident in a round of poker.

Good friends can also be instrumental in saving your life!

Are you really sober enough to drive home after that

cocktail-induced haze you put yourself in while going large

on a round of Bacarat? A good friend will immediately book

you a room at the casino hotel or personally take you home

before he or she will put you behind the wheel.

Take a buddy with you the next time you go gambling. It’s

more fun, it’s a safer, and it’ll really be a great night out,

sans regrets.

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