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[Forever]

I usually only go to a casino once a year.

I went the the casino at Walker Hill a couple of times.

I didn't like it because there was no (alcohol) drinking sold nor allowed.
and
The staff there are not that friendly and don't speak English that well.
and
I rarely saw any other foreign teachers there - just mainly gamblers from India and Japan.


Last night after having dinner at a restaurant at Coex I decided to visit the "7-Luck" casino there.

I found it was a much friendlier atmosphere, with very friendly English speaking staff and a variety of gamblers, including many Filipinos, Europeans, Chinese, and many, many foreign English Teachers.

There were free drinks for anyone (apple juice, lychee juice, grape juice, orange juice etc) and they sold alcohol beverages and meals) - also free if you gamble for more than 30 minutes.

I saw foreign teachers winning and losing.

I just walked in with 50,000won and walked out after 2 hours with 120,000won (from the roulette table).

No other foreign teachers were playing roulette - they were all playing card games.

I really enjoyed it and am thinking about going back at least once a week, just to make 50,000 ~ 100,000won profit and have a free meal and drinks.

So I am just interested to know if this is unusual amongst the foreign teacher crowd and if you do go often what games you play.

Also, what casino do you find the nicest, friendliest, etc?


p.s. - I did have a poll option "more than 4 times a month" but it seems to have disappeared??

[greene]

haha planning to make 50 ~ 100k each time...

i think the house has a 4% advantage at that game. it will catch up. i've experienced the lows 7 luck can bring..

[greene]

that said, i am admittedly a horrible gambler and i have a problem stopping when i am on a roll. up $200 i'll keep going cause i want that good, winning brain chemical to keep me feeling on top of the world

if you have more self control you'll probably never experience the truly bad side of casino gambling

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[thrylos]

Once a month (if that) for me. I've been to all 3, but I prefer Walker Hill, and not just because it's on my way in/out of Seoul and easy to get to w/ a car.
The one in COEX feels like someone's illegal home casino in the basement of a dodgy building (even though it's not). The ceiling is too low and the general feeling is a bit too claustrophobic.
The space in the Millenium Hilton is much nicer, but too many GI's for my liking.
Staff at all three places are friendly and very customer-service oriented. However, Walker Hill gets my vote-- very cute Japanese in tour groups frequent the place (which is a plus), and the fact that there AREN'T too many westerners there is a BIG plus for me. And I find the slots to be much looser there than elsewhere, as most players at WH are there for the table games and not slots.

[samd]

[Forever]

[ChilgokBlackHole]

[kinerry]