It’s astonishing to me at how quickly the world has changed.
When I was growing up — and it wasn’t that long ago — if I wanted to have any sort of gambling excitement, I’d have to go and take a trip to either Las Vegas or Atlantic City. (Okay, there was also a weekly poker game in my Uncle Frank’s basement but I didn’t like to go there because he always cheated.)
Now, part of what I loved about going to an actual casino was that they had the one game there that I actually did fairly well at — roulette.
Unfortunately, there just weren’t many places where I could actually play roulette. It’s one thing to invite some friends over for a friendly game of poker but it’s something else to pick up the phone and go, “Hey, guys, how about coming over and playing roulette at my place?”
You’d be surprised at how many people don’t really want to take you up on an offer like that.
Now, don’t get me wrong — I love poker and blackjack and even playing the slot machines. But for me, roulette was always something that I managed to do a decent job at winning....