Sam's Town Delivers Again

02/03/2008 03:33

I'm riding high this weekend. For the second week in a row, I've made a profit from Sam's Town.

Last week, having not visited the Devil's Den for a month or so, I had a hankering for the crab legs and shrimp at the Sam's Town buffet. Unfortunately, I didn't have any cash. I have a rule where I take $100 down there, but I didn't have a hundred bucks, because it was a week to payday. So I collected all of my change and turned it into real money using the CoinStar machine at Schnuck's, then headed south with a grand total of $60. $20, I figured, for the buffet; $20 to gamble with, and $20 to hold onto in order to buy lunches during the following week.

As it turned out, I had a comped buffet waiting, so I suddenly had $40 to play. I didn't need it, though; I put a few bills into a quarter slot, quickly hit the "500 pay" for $125, and from there on out, every machine I touched decided to pay me. I was up and down and up and down, but I returned home a couple of hours later and $240 richer, with three crisp $100 bills. I had turned $60 into $300. It had been a good night.

Tonight I went down with some money to risk, but as it turns out, I really didn't need the capital. There was a great band playing at Roxy's, probably the most impressive show I've ever seen down there. For quite awhile, Roxy's featured "Broad Band," an all-female act from Nashville that I really liked. They disappeared some months ago and it's been hit or miss since then. I'm not sure who the band was tonight but I sure hope I can see them again. Their repertoire included everything from Skynyrd to the Stones to Johnny Cash to ZZ Top.

And I managed to sit at the same machine for about two hours, watching a few of this band's shows. I'd primed the machine with $100 (400 credits). A couple of hours and any number of Heinekens later, I cashed out with 700 credits ($175). I've been down to Tunica many, many times. This was the first time I've spent my entire trip sitting at one machine. It wasn't a huge profit, but it was one hell of a good time. I've got to figure out how to express my enjoyment of the band they had at Roxy's.

I also set a new personal speed record, 110 mph on I-40 between the 240 flyover and Exit 16. I don't have to apologize to anyone for tailgating this time, the road was wide fucking open.