Atlantic City

I went to Atlantic City with my girlfriend yesterday. A roundtrip only cost $20 from Chinatown and the ticket included a $50 voucher that could be used in two different casinos.

Atlantic City was smaller than I thought but I guess it looks more spectacular at night. The casinos and people definitely reminded me of Las Vegas though. I hope to go back there again soon.

It was not possible to redeem the vouchers for cash. Instead, we had to play the slot machines for $25 and a table game for the other $25. I actually won $26 at the slot machine and my girlfriend won another $10.

After gambling for a while, we went to check out the buffet. It was definitely not bad and had a lot of great dishes to offer. I particularly liked the freshly cut lamb and the mashed potatoes. Other dishes that we enjoyed included mussels, pork wings, fish, cake, and ice cream.

We actually did not plan to use the other $25 vouchers because that would require us to gamble another $25 in order to use it. However, I came up with an idea on how we could liquefy our two remaining vouchers.

The idea was to have my girlfriend bet on black while I bet on red. That way, we would almost secure a victory. One of us would, of course, lose but the other would win $25. That way, we would only lose $25 of our own money while the other would get back $75.

However, when we approached the table, we were told that with the vouchers we had, we could only bet on the number 1-19, even numbers, or the color of red. This definitely changed things and we were suddenly exposed to the risk of losing $50.

However, we decided to go with it and my girlfriend actually won while I lost. So, in practice, our strategy was successful and we were able to liquefy our vouchers. It pretty much paid for lunch in other words.

We plan to go back to Atlantic City in the spring. It was too cold for a walk on the boardwalk this time although that was something that I really wanted to do.