It's not Singer's $1.2 million, but it will have to suffice

[MisterV]

But with machines, and again I don't play them but you could tell me, is it easier to maintain that smaller bet? If you pick a "smaller" machine will it be impossible to dump say $100. a spin into it? If so, then I could see how a machine player, absent moving to higher limit machines, could keep himself from betting bigger and bigger, while as mentioned above, if the table has the same max bet of $5000. even with a smaller minimum, then what's to stop the player from betting more and more?

I appreciate the measured responses; now, to respond...

I played craps exclusively for many years; slots didn't do it for me.

Alas, one day I wandered into a high limit room and decided to make some five dollar bets and hit for four grand: that, as they say, "set the hook" for this gamblin' fish.

Over time I gravitated my play more toward slots; I still shoot craps but not like I used to do.

These days I prefer to play in the "Elite" or "High Limit" room at Chinook Winds, as they're the only casino that offers the games I like at the denominations I enjoy.

I play multi-denomination slots, typically one, five, ten or twenty-five dollar credits; usually I bet a buck or two but quite frequently I bet higher, depending on how I'm doing or how I "feel" at that moment, i.e. on a whim.

While I bet lower amounts most of the time, I always "take shots," betting higher amounts: that is the most exciting time, but also the most perilous.

I have the discipline to stick to this method of play: it would be pretty easy to say "Fuck it, let's go" and shoot for the moon, but that is the door to crazy-town.

Looking in my crystal ball, I suspect my average bet amount will continue to increase, which will be great...if I win.