Alright, I was in California over the weekend and hit Barona (18 casino)
sooooo… my intent, for a few weeks in advance, make some $$$
I recall one LD where I told myself “I will make profits” … so anyway… 2 days before going I used “I will make large profits” as a mantra, and… I’m not sure if I ended up using the mantra in my dreams or not, I think I may have…
So here’s the deal… I’m playing Nickel machines with my grandparents, and I know I’m going to win, so… my grandma gives me a $20, I am consistantly winning 25-40-100 credits here and there, and i’d go down to about 200 credits then back up even to 400 then make it on up to 555 or so… ( when I saw that I had exactly 555 I considered walking… should have too)
well… see… I knew my grandma would be making a fuss, she was like “OOOH!! Oooh…! you’re doing good” OF COURSE I’M DOING GOOD… ugh… that annoyed me, I just had this feeling her noticing my success would jinx me…
well I ended up wasting $40 in that machine, I wanted to just get back up to even and I’d play something else… so I learned a lesson there… don’t press your luck.
anyways, I play a gone fishing machine, I think my grandpa hands me a $10… well not 3-4 spins into it I win a fishing contest and make $45 in nickels, cash out… so I’m up +$2 (i had put $3 in a megabucks, of my own money)
sooooo… I’m watching my grandma play, and, I’m sitting here looking at this dollar machine, I had talked briefly to my subconscious I was like “show me the machine, and really make me know it’s THE machine” so… anyway, this machine was kind of calling me… but these dollar machines are so expensive.
Well I was like what the hey, I’ll play $10… but then the kicker is to win on 7s you needed to bet $2 mininum, and for the big money, $4 a hit… well… it would be foolish to bet $1… something said “bet $2, bet $2” so, I bet $2.
Pulled it.
7 7 7
I won $150 dollars.
Cashed out with $194 … $150 of it being profit… but I mean, I had not spent a dime of my own money so that’s great… I gave my grandma $20 back…
so… I had the bills set up in my wallet $100, a few 20s, a 10, and the 10 is the divisor between money won at the casino, and money brought to it ($120 or so) which I had not yet spent.
I said I’ll keep the $100 bill and play until I reach the $10… I really wanted to hit $1000 bucks or so.
Well anyway… I fed all but the $100 back in and lost miserably, horrible cold luck the rest of the night, but I left with profit…
I came to Cali with $120 and left with $225… but also I was randomly given $20 when I got there as a “gift” so I don’t think I even made exactly $100 profit but… hell… it’s profit.
Luck?
I don’t know.
I do this a lot… not that I’ve been to a casino before… but like, flash back to new years, I asked my subconscious to let me win poker, I sat down knowing I’d win the first hand, and won it I did… and after winning one more a few hands later, I somehow just felt that this is it, my lucks gone… quit playing.
I was right, lost horribly, but we were only playing for like $2-3 so it doesn’t matter.
I’d need to gamble a lot more to see if I can make something of this, but the moral of the story seems to be listen to your subconscious, but don’t listen too much, because then you’ll just be thinking wishfully and greedily… I do theorize that I could overall, if I spent enough money, make a nice living out of casual gambling once a week, or once a month, etc.
that sounds like me. I have faith in the power of the mind, and I think many do but don’t admit it. It’s much like watching sports and clinching your fist hoping with all your might that the ball will go in. We can be definsive when other people say negative things in fear of a “jinx” too.