Today I did a charitable deed that “cost” me $125. Brad said that this was nice of me and that probably something good would happen to us as a result of it. Brad is big on this bread-upon-the-water thing. He is always very generous but if we are in a losing streak he will look for a down-and-outer who will appreciate a dollar bill – or a five-dollar one if the losing streak has lasted a long time!

Anyway, this evening we were going to the Reba concert at the Orleans, thanks to some tickets given to us by friends, and we had a little time to spare before it started. We don’t play at the Orleans anymore, but I had a $25 matchplay coupon from the newspaper so I stopped by a blackjack table. I was dealt a fourteen against a dealer’s face card and had to risk busting twice with two hits. I was lucky - now I had twenty. Maybe a tie? But, no, the dealer busted and I was $50 richer. I told Brad maybe his bread-upon-the-water idea was working?   (I didn’t figure he meant I would get the whole $125 back.)  

After I cashed in my three green chips, it still wasn’t time to go to the concert, so I told Brad that since he still had a Club Coast card, he ought to put one point on it and get his birthday bonus. And let’s just pick a fun-looking slot machine instead of VP for such a fiddly play.  

 I saw a penny one that said “Quick Hit.” That sounded suitable. Brad put in a five-dollar bill. Should he play max coin? No, that would be 90 pennies – maybe 30 lines but only one penny per line. He played several hands – not much happened – either winning a few pennies or none. We couldn’t even figure out what it took to win. Then it looked like we had a pretty good hit and a bonus screen came up and we had to pick squares until we got 3 matches. Okay we could do that. Then we got a bunch of free plays – just sit and watch the reels go round – that is fun and no risk to our $5 investment. Then suddenly we saw the number 60000 come up. What did that mean? If we ever played this game again – which we wouldn’t - we’d read the Help screen and see what in the heck we were trying to get. 

The woman next to us started clapping and congratulating us on our good hit. We said we didn’t understand the machine so didn’t know what we had won because the credits were still adding up. 

We still didn’t understand the machine but knew how to cash out the ticket for $604.80.

Happy 77th birthday, Brad!    

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