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Do you compensate friends loss with your winnings?

Discussion in 'Misc. Vegas Chat' started by RiddickBull, Feb 16, 2014.

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  1. firstkill

    firstkill High-Roller

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    For individual sessions. Sometimes we agree to buy in for the same amount and will split the win or loss.

    As a regular trip, I will only refund mom and dad. My brother, no way :evillaugh:

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  2. rgerards

    rgerards Low-Roller

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    same here, me and a friend share bankroll. Obviously that requires similar playstyle :)
     
  3. jackincols

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    Only one person I do this with. My best buddy who's been going to Vegas with me twice a year for about 25 years now. If I get a Royal I might pork chop him a CNote as well as buy dinner that night or he'll do the same.

    We'll also sometimes put some "pot money" together and play a $5 two coin slot and split if we win.
     
  4. Funkhouser

    Funkhouser In Charge of the Big Door

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    Only if those are friends with benefits. :evillaugh
     
  5. topcard

    topcard Here's to $10 3:2 two-deck, $5 Craps, and $5 UTH!

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    "Giving" away money? Never.
    Table-loans? Sure. Paying back can be on the next trip.
    On-the-way-to-the-airport loans? Sure. Again, does not have to be paid back until next trip.

    Now, what we will periodically do is give each other risk-free bets when the other is gettin' killed by the house... you know, the old, "bet this $25 - if it wins, just give the $25 back to me; if it loses, don't worry about it."

    We also 'team-play' on any bonus bets at a table we are playing at the same time. Any bonus-bet win that is $200 or more, provides $100 to the other person. Any 'progressive' jackpot is split 50/50, after taxes.
     
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  6. DonD

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    I've been a horse racing player for many years and if I'm with one of my regular friends, we will both give about 10% of a big hit to each other. It's just a common practice. It's just more fun when two people are happy.
     
  7. LolaDoggie

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    I have one friend who thinks gambling is a team sport. We start out with the same amount and we split the winnings. I go along with it but I don't this with other friends.

    In the situation you're describing, I would buy a meal and maybe get them a few drinks and generally try to take the sting out of it a bit. But, that would be as far as I'd go. If it's not fun anymore, like a problem gambling situation and it happens more than once, I would still buy them a meal and a drink but I would have to think about visiting a casino with them again.
     
  8. Iu25

    Iu25 High-Roller

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    I like how so many people say no or not a chance right off the bat! If its day 3 of 4 and your buddies have had a rough time of it, maybe out or almost out and you still have another night and day, I think alot of folks would change their tune! If I am in Vegas with friends, its because I want to spend time and enjoy a vacation with them. If I just hit 5k or even 1k and want everyone to enjoy, I will share the wealth. Not sure I would give 1k to each on a 5k win, but maybe a couple hundo each. Buy dinner and some drinks to keep the fun vacation or weekend afloat. NOthing like going to Vegas and friends or family blowing their bankroll on the first day!

    Think about it, its 5K, if you cant give your buddy or buddies a few hundered of that out of generosity, then what kind of friend are you exactly? If its 1k, then its different, maybe 50-75 at most. Still pretty much falls in the 10% rule I think.

    My wife and I have a sort of unspoken deal though, if either of us hit anything big on a slot, we do about a 70-30 split on it, always winnings after buy in amount. If I have been getting hammered that day and I am way down, then it can go down to maybe 10%, just depends on how the trip is going gambling wise. We almost always feed money back and forth to each other during a trip. She is usually the one not winnign so I feed her a bit more, keeps her happy too!
     
  9. ardee

    ardee It's only money.

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    I won't even do that for my wife. Why the hell would I do it for others? :D (Actually, SWMBO and I do pretty much what the above poster does after a big hit.)

    Spring for dinner, sure. Otherwise they can hang around the pool and relax if they can't master bankroll management.
     
  10. DMSCR

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    I am not saying it because I actually did it a few times. A second trip with my co-workers I literally told them that I don't want to see their arses until we are at the airport heading back. I went my very own way and avoided them altogether. After their pathetic losses they kept hounding me to buy them breakfast/lunch/dinner. I worked hard for my money at the tables and no I am not going to share it. They just don't deserve it. :thumbsdown:
     
  11. rvallez6

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    I've never really won big, but I wouldn't automatically share my winnings with friends. I do get a bit generous if I have money, but i'd rather buy drinks or food for the group. If its my brother or someone close like that, i have no problem giving them some money to keep them having a good time, but I wouldn't feel obligated to do so. I wouldn't expect anybody to share winnings with me, but I'd like to think that they could get me drunk :beer:
     
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    i played my 40 yesterday and lost it, the my sister gave me a few hundred and i played on it, lost. She kept getting lucky and she did take most of the money home. I have done the same for her and my mom..
     
  13. firstkill

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    maybe im an ass, but each of my friends are adults, if they blow their bankroll early then that's on them. If they over spend, that's on them also.

    they each have a job and their own bank account for their gambling. dinner/drinks/entertainment is covered by the winners or the hosts, but giving out chips/cash no way unless its a LOAN.

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  14. AlwaysVegas

    AlwaysVegas Now it's mostly Reno.

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    My friends tend to enjoy drinking more than gambling. But if we're all gambling, we agree that anyone who wins $500 or more buys dinner, which ends up being fun because if any of us wins, we all win.
     
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    If I'm the big winner in the group I'll pay for cabs, leave the tips, pay for seat upgrades at a show, pay for dinner, pick up other expenses, but never do I give cash to other gamblers who are not my wife.
     
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    I will not do it.
    Western Union can have money to you in minutes. Phone home!!!
     
  17. runningonthehub

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    Not even a loan. When grown people travel, they should have a way to get emergency cash. If not, plan better or stay home. I always have access to an ATM or at least can get money on a credit card, if it comes to that.
     
  18. Wanger1969

    Wanger1969 Iowa Nice

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    Money passes hands all the time between my friend and I when we are in Vegas. We aren't married or technically "together", but when in Vegas we look at it like we are. I've paid his buy ins to tournaments, he has dropped money for me on the craps table, etc etc etc. I had such a successful trip last December and a good year at work, so I am actually covering his airfare and our shared hotel room this trip. Vegas is about sharing it with the ones you enjoy. I would definitely give him cash if he was broke and I know he would do the same if he was winning. But, he is probably the only one I would do it with.
     
  19. heatherlovesvegas

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    Na, I might buy dinner or something, cover cabs or show tickets, but I would never give anyone (besides my Mom) cash. I won about $750 on my last trip (which was HUGE for me), we just went on as normal. I probably played a lot more than normal, but I didn't give him any money... when he was out, I stopped too and came home with money.

    I've never had anyone blow through ALL their money and then they can't pay for anything.
     
  20. Dutch34

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    I travel a bunch to Vegas with my BFF. He's been my best man (twice, dammit) and I'd do anything for the guy. There was one trip where he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat and I was just printing money. We'd sit down at a table and I'd make $1,000 and he'd lose his buy-in. It was comical how one-sided the trip was. He was a trooper and stuck with it, and eventually he lost his money. At one table I gave him $500 and I honestly don't remember if he won, lost or whatever. I didn't see a dime of it back and didn't need / want to. He'd do the same for me in a heartbeat, but only in a rare instance like I described. Otherwise, every man for himself, and I'd never do this for anyone but him (or my girlfriend, if she gambled).
     
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