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W I N S T A R !!!
Kitty and DD do Winstar!!
After I finally got off work on Thursday, I stopped by the house, grabbed my stuff after ironing my 30AFunn T-shirt, and headed to Kitty's. We jumped in the car and headed north for a leisurely drive to the casino. We had never been to Winstar and had heard they had a new hotel and new and improved casino. We kept thinking we hadn't seen any signs for the place, but sure enough, when we topped the hill right before "Exit 1, Thackerville, OK.", there it rose out of the prairie....a huge mecca!!
We finally found the road to funn and parked. While standing in the parking lot, we met Josh from Texas, the bellman. Cute! He let us in on all the "rules" and stuff to keep us out of the "on site jail". I'm tellin' y'all, this place is a city in itself. The hotel's only been open a couple of weeks and is pretty impressive. Checked in, got our room, loaded up our fanny packs and headed for the casino. Had a cocktail while I tried to figure out video poker. I quickly discovered this would not be my game of choice. 
Found some slots among the hundreds of thousands of them. (Did I mention that Josh told us this is the third largest casino in the US and fifth largest in the world? It's 1.2 miles from the hotel to the end of the casino!) Started out on quarter slots, did some penny slots...which btw, are not actually penny slots when you're betting the max.:shock:
We were starving, so we headed to "Chip N Ales" for some fantastic beer battered fish, shrimp and some great fries.
Then, back to the slots. I think we finished off the evening both "up" about $200-300. I tried to keep Kitty up late so she wouldn't wake up at 1:30. Mission accomplished. We slept well and woke up about 7:30.
Decided to drive to the end of the casino for breakfast since we needed to check out before we got too serious into gambling. Not too many breakfast choices, but what we had was ok. Kitty talked to Mr. Kitty and jfunn.
Checked out, then headed for the casino. I think we figured we'd gamble for a couple of hours, then head home. Au contraire. We discoved some particularly generous slots called Lucky Ducky the night before, and again in the morning. I had the best time on one particular machine--for a couple of hours--or more. I was up, I was down, up again. I finally won $240 and cashed out. Kitty's luck was not as good as mine at the time, so we moved on and tried to find more generous machines. I lost some of my fortune and Kitty was beginning to get depressed. Finally, we make a trip to the ladies room and stop to take stock of our day. I was only up a couple of hundred from what I started with and decided I could only lose another hundred and not slit my wrists. Kitty had $16 (I think) + another hundred she swore she wasn't going to touch she was willing to risk, so we headed back for one last round. I won $120 in seconds. She wandered off for the penny slots. Next thing I know, she's walking toward me with tears in her eyes and a ticket for $1250.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Crap on a cracker!!! Needless to say, this made for a very good day at Winstar!!!!!!!!
The rest of the day was up and down, hit and miss for me. But total funn the whole time.
Reluctantly, we headed for home around 4:00--where had the day gone? Stopped in Sanger, Tx. at Babe's Fried Chicken for some fabulous vittles. Fabulous!!
Sat in traffic in Denton, TX for what seemed like an eternity. Made it home and I had to dash, but I sure did chuckle to myself a few times driving home!!
I'd say the whole 24 hours was a winner for sure. Jackpot!!
Kitty can fill in the blanks...
Kitty and DD do Winstar!!
After I finally got off work on Thursday, I stopped by the house, grabbed my stuff after ironing my 30AFunn T-shirt, and headed to Kitty's. We jumped in the car and headed north for a leisurely drive to the casino. We had never been to Winstar and had heard they had a new hotel and new and improved casino. We kept thinking we hadn't seen any signs for the place, but sure enough, when we topped the hill right before "Exit 1, Thackerville, OK.", there it rose out of the prairie....a huge mecca!!
We finally found the road to funn and parked. While standing in the parking lot, we met Josh from Texas, the bellman. Cute! He let us in on all the "rules" and stuff to keep us out of the "on site jail". I'm tellin' y'all, this place is a city in itself. The hotel's only been open a couple of weeks and is pretty impressive. Checked in, got our room, loaded up our fanny packs and headed for the casino. Had a cocktail while I tried to figure out video poker. I quickly discovered this would not be my game of choice. Found some slots among the hundreds of thousands of them. (Did I mention that Josh told us this is the third largest casino in the US and fifth largest in the world? It's 1.2 miles from the hotel to the end of the casino!) Started out on quarter slots, did some penny slots...which btw, are not actually penny slots when you're betting the max.:shock:
We were starving, so we headed to "Chip N Ales" for some fantastic beer battered fish, shrimp and some great fries.
Then, back to the slots. I think we finished off the evening both "up" about $200-300. I tried to keep Kitty up late so she wouldn't wake up at 1:30. Mission accomplished. We slept well and woke up about 7:30.
Decided to drive to the end of the casino for breakfast since we needed to check out before we got too serious into gambling. Not too many breakfast choices, but what we had was ok. Kitty talked to Mr. Kitty and jfunn.
Checked out, then headed for the casino. I think we figured we'd gamble for a couple of hours, then head home. Au contraire. We discoved some particularly generous slots called Lucky Ducky the night before, and again in the morning. I had the best time on one particular machine--for a couple of hours--or more. I was up, I was down, up again. I finally won $240 and cashed out. Kitty's luck was not as good as mine at the time, so we moved on and tried to find more generous machines. I lost some of my fortune and Kitty was beginning to get depressed. Finally, we make a trip to the ladies room and stop to take stock of our day. I was only up a couple of hundred from what I started with and decided I could only lose another hundred and not slit my wrists. Kitty had $16 (I think) + another hundred she swore she wasn't going to touch she was willing to risk, so we headed back for one last round. I won $120 in seconds. She wandered off for the penny slots. Next thing I know, she's walking toward me with tears in her eyes and a ticket for $1250.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy Crap on a cracker!!! Needless to say, this made for a very good day at Winstar!!!!!!!!
The rest of the day was up and down, hit and miss for me. But total funn the whole time.
Reluctantly, we headed for home around 4:00--where had the day gone? Stopped in Sanger, Tx. at Babe's Fried Chicken for some fabulous vittles. Fabulous!!
Sat in traffic in Denton, TX for what seemed like an eternity. Made it home and I had to dash, but I sure did chuckle to myself a few times driving home!!
I'd say the whole 24 hours was a winner for sure. Jackpot!!
Kitty can fill in the blanks...
That being said, it would be funn being with these gulls in action.
