While on my layover in Vegas this weekend I popped in $20 to the Wheel of Fortune slots machine. Within a couple of rounds I had spun my way to $90. I played a bit longer and cashed out ahead by $67.50 beyond my original twenty. I'm a happy guy.
However, I didn't do as well as another waiting passenger. When our flight was delayed again and we had a gate change, she put in two quarters and won several hundred. Now she was happy about winning, but was also bummed that she had not put in that third quarter which would have bumped her winnings into the thousands. Instead of being happy at winning a good chunk of change on $.50, she was only thinking about the "loss" of the other money. I wonder what lesson she learned today (if any) and if she will only max out her bets from now on when she plays?
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