Because i went less often, i didnt pick the people that spent time there too much, but now i do, i do...if you know what i mean. Now even though i go as often as i do, i spend a LOT of time wandering the pits, watching other people gambling. It is quite easy to spot the people who have a gambling addiction. They spend most of the time by themselves, and are usually
completely oblivious to whats going on around them. The are transfixed with the rolling slot reels in front of them, and nothing else matters. I have seen people that will sit at the same slot machine for hours putting in more and more money because they are sure that the machine is going to start paying off.

One late morning my sister picked me up to go to the casino to
play the slots and to have lunch. We also had an appointment to get our nails done at the salon that is attached to the casino. When we walked in I noticed a man that I seem to see every time I go to the casino. He is one of the people that I think has a gambling addiction. One guy i noticed, definately an addict, just kept feeding that machine twenty dollar bills over and over, and offered mere mumbles to all those people that dared to go near him.

My sister and i treated ourselves to having our nails done, and I asked the manicurist how long she had worked at the salon. She said for two months, that she had worked in the casino prior to the salon opening. She talked about people having a gambling addiction and how some of the older women wear adult diapers so they do not have to leave their machines to go to the
restroom. She said that there were many people that had lost everything due to their gambling addiction. When my sister and I left the man was still sitting and playing the same machine. It makes me sad to think that something as stupid and useless as a slot machine can steal the life from someone so easily.