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These 25 Casino Dealers Saw People Instantly Destroy Their Lives

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I worked as a croupier for 3 years, I had an Irish student come into the casino drunk. He proceeded to spend his entire years worth of student loads and bursary. He stood at my blackjack table and begged me and my manager for his money back, trying to explain to me that he was only 18 and why it was illegal for us to put him in such a position e.g. bent over the table and looted of all monies.

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We’d see players who clearly were just surviving above the breadline spend massive amounts to try and win big. They’d deposit their whole month’s pay into the casino to try and win big to get themselves out of the cycle. They’d come at the same time each month, play for a couple of days and leave. It was like clockwork every month.

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I wasn’t a dealer but i use to work security at a casino. I remember a relatively wealthy couple explaining to me that they sold their fridge and stove so that they could use the money to keep gambling. They said they had no need for them because the casino comped them so many meals. All i could think of was how sad of people they were.

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Seeing a mother leave her children at the entry gate so she could gamble. This was like 2:30am and the children were something like 4 and 16. We told her numerous times to take them home but she wouldn’t. We contacted DCI (state troopers basically that are always on property) to come and talk to her. Because the 16 year old was watching the other child they couldn’t do anything. We also had a policy that if they were at the table games, the pit boss had to make the call to kick her out. He wouldn’t because she was spending too much. I just watched as these kids sat on a bench for hours waiting for their mom. They complained they were hungry and thirsty but i couldn’t do much more than get a waitress to grab a soda.

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Serving drinks at the Casino, had a woman playing slots ask me the time. I said it was 4:30. She replied ‘Oh good, I still have time to get the cake for my sons birthday party, I just stopped in to play for a little while’ …. it was 4:30 am… she’d been in the Casino for over 12 hours at the slots and had totally missed her sons birthday.

Written by Alex Cogen

Alex is a New Yorker currently living in Austin. She loves cats, grass, and latex but unfortunately is allergic to all 3. She makes mom and dad jokes more than she cares to admit (jk she'll admit it loud and proud). She isn't as funny as she thinks she is. She is the founder of thelazygurl.com.