Tips for Seniors Visiting a Casino

More and more seniors are discovering the entertainment and pure fun they can derive from a few hours spent in a casino. There is no disputing the rush that comes from hitting the jackpot , but there is also no disputing the fact that a bad day at the casino can leave seniors depressed and financially drained. Keeping a few of these senior tips for visiting a casino in mind may help to increase the joy and lessen the likelihood of a less than fun visit to the casino.

1. Choose wisely Thanks to computers seniors can investigate casinos at no risk before they commit to any casino trip. Casinos surprisingly are not all alike. By carefully viewing the gaming options, compensation opportunities (comps) and accompanying facilities at the major casinos in your area, you can determine which casino is the best match for you and your style of play. Going to a casino that has very little of what you want and a lot of what you don't can start your casino visit off on the wrong foot. Seniors should make sure they can locate non-smoking venues within the larger casino. A good senior tip for visiting a casino : choose your casino wisely and with your needs in mind.

2.Get Comped Today most casinos,even the small ones, offer some kind of compensation or courtesy cards that allow players to gain points for the hours or the coins they play. Points can later be redeemed to pay for meals, shows, hotel rooms and merchandise. Of course acquiring points takes time and money but if you ever plan to come back to a particular casino it's worth the ten minutes to check in to a courtesy or information desk and inquire about what compensation cards are available. If nothing else having your own card will make you feel like a high roller, even if you aren't one. It's part of the fun.

3. Stay overnight A great senior tip for visiting casinos is to try, If financially possible, to turn your adventure at a casino into an overnight excursion. With a room of your own you can break up your time at the tables or slots with a snooze, some television or just some away time, all of which will add to your enjoyment when you return to the casino proper. No matter how you do with your gambling, staying overnight will give you the feeling of a mini vacation and a real change of scenery. Casinos make money when people are in the casino, they want you to stay. You may be pleasantly surprised at the room rates they offer.

4. Plan Your Gambling Money Gambling can be fun and even invigorating but not if you overspend. An important senior tip for visiting a casino is to consider how much total money you have available for gambling then break it into chunks like $25 for an hour or $40 until dinner. When you are out of money, you are done for that time period, but you can gamble later because you haven't blown all your money at one sitting.

5. Extend your Play There are several ways to get the most play for your money and extend your entertainment. A good senior tip is to first select games that have good odds. The best odds in most casinos are the poker machines like "Deuces Wild "or "Jacks or Better". You may not make a lot of money but you can play for a considerable length of time..

You can also extend your play time by cashing out of machines when you have reached a certain level of return. If you put $5 in a machine and you raise that to $10 or $15 you may want to get up and move to another machine, instead of pounding away at the same machine until you have lost whatever you gained.

A third method of extending your play is to select games that are offered for small denomination play. You can play much longer if you play pennies and nickles than you can at the half dollar level. True your winnings will not be extravagant but you will extend the amount of time you can enjoy the games.

6.Gamble in Good Health Many seniors have been encouraged by their physicians to walk. You can spread your money out and follow your doctor's orders by getting up from your machine at set intervals and taking a twenty minute walk around the casino proper or surrounding walkways. You can then return to your gaming with renewed energy and a feeling of doing something good for your health as well.

7. Bring What You Can Afford to Lose. Perhaps the most important senior tip for visiting casinos is to only take money that you can afford do lose. Going with the idea that you will probably win is just being in denial of gambling reality. If everyone won, there would be no casinos. Sure if you win that will be great , but it is far more likely that you will lose. So go with the idea of enjoying the opportunity of doing something entirely different and take only the money you can lose. Then you can go home happy and ready to take another casino trip in the near future.