A new casino recently opened in Toledo, and last weekend we took a drive down there (about two hours) to check it out. It's a Hollywood Casino (owned by Penn National Gaming), and it's very nice, and smoke-free, which is even better.
So, in the space of about a week, we not only achieved my goal of gambling at every casino in Michigan, we also added another state to the ones we've gambled in (nine, plus Canada*), and added three names to the list of casinos I've been to (79) since my first casino experience in 1995.
Unlike the visit to Detroit the weekend before, I did not come home from Ohio with more money that I took with me. In fact, I came back with a great deal less, but that's what I save up that money for, and I consider it the cost of the entertainment.
I have never tried to figure out how much it would be, but I am occasionally tempted to say it would be nice to have all the money I've lost gambling in casinos. But it really doesn't matter, because if I did have all that money back -- I'd take it to a casino.
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*Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nevada, New York, Iowa, South Dakota, Ohio, and Ontario.
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