Some thoughts as the Holidays approach — The Best Online Casino Guru - TheBestCasinoGuide.com
As Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and Christmas draw near, the Casino Guru has a few things on his mind that he would like to share with you. First up, while certainly every visit to http://www.thebestcasinoguide.com/ is appreciated and wonderful, there is much to be gained by taking 2 minutes of your time to become a member of website. We will never share or sell our membership list or your email address. When you join, your privacy is respected completely. By joining the website, you receive additional benefits that only membership will bring you. Among those are our upcoming, monthly update newsletter that will be going out to all members, notification of special members only contests and events and email alerts on high risk casinos that are engaging in seriously questionable activities. Also when you join the website, you join a community and this is a growing, vital community that will continue to expand its members only content in many new and innovative ways over the weeks and months ahead. That said, take a minute or two when you visit http://www.thebestcasinoguide.com/ and sign up for membership.
The next item on the Casino Guru’s list this week is to ask the readers to share with us what sort of gambling related activities they might be planning for the holiday season. Certainly, with the hard economic times the world is going through at the moment, some of you might be toning down your recreational expenses. Let us know if you have planned any gambling related activities for the holidays or if you have curtailed your gambling at all due to the economy. Post your comments and share you ideas and experiences with fellow users of http://www.thebestcasinoguide.com/.
On the topic of gambling and the holidays, even with the difficult economic situation, there are still things one can do to share the holiday spirit with friends and fellow gamblers. One thing that gamblers can do that is inexpensive and alot of fun is to have a holiday gambler’s LAN (Local Area Network) party. LAN parties are very popular among computer users and since almost all online gamblers own a computer, these parties can happen with a little effort and minimal expense. A LAN party is a party that involves the guests bringing computers to the host’s house and is centered around a computer based activity. In addition, the host will need to have the knowledge of how to setup the computers into a LAN and have the hub and various cables on hand to do so. If you are the host and you do not have the needed computer skills, you can turn to a friend who does, or to your local internet service provider, to help you setup the LAN. You can even contact a local computer store and pay them to setup the LAN and maintain it during the party. Many of the smaller, privately owned computer stores will be happy to have the extra business over the holidays. Be aware that a LAN party does require a high speed connection to the internet, such as cable or dsl. If you are unsure about your internet connection, contact your internet service provider and check with them. The setup does require some advance planning, so be sure to leave yourself enough time to set everything up. Try to get get the guests who are bringing their computers to bring them a day in advance if possible and check each of the connections to the LAN. There is a vast amount of information on setting up LAN parties on the internet and search engines like Google can provide much useful information.
A great way to hold a successful gambler’s LAN party, and promote the social aspect of the event, is take your guest list and divide it up into pre-formed teams. This not only increases socialization at the party but it reduces the number of guests who will have to bring laptops or desktop computers with monitors to the party. You can have contests in various games like poker or blackjack and even give prizes, for example, to the teams with the highest winning total in a specific game. The possibilities are endless for the different things you can do and they are only limited by your imagination. If you have the guests bring their favorite food dish to the party, expenses can be greatly reduced. Another hint is to tone down the focus on alcoholic consumption at this sort of party by offering guests non-alcoholic beverages, and for those who insist on alcohol, try making something like a big bowl of delicious Sangria wine punch. Sangria is much lower in alcohol than hard liquor and tastes great. Here is a very useful internet link on making Sangria wine punch to start you off in the right direction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangria. You can have a great holiday with friends without even leaving home, and enjoy your gambling as well, by throwing a LAN party.
For Gamblers who prefer gambling in land based casinos, there are many casinos that will assist you in planning special events for the holiday season. Try contacting the events planner at casinos in your area to see what they might be willing to do to help with the planning of a group event for you and your friends. Most land based casinos are happy to assist gamblers when it comes to promotions and special events. By taking the time to contact nearby casinos, you can often find several that will be happy to assist you. They will also be glad to let you know about any special holiday events they have already planned and very often you can get invitations and perks for your group. It is certainly worth the time to explore this area as a part of your holiday planning. Be sure to check http://www.thebestcasinoguide.com/ to see what is coming up in the future for special casino promotions and events.
My final item for this week is for the singles out there who are into gambling. At this risk of being accused of being a preachy, I would like to suggest, as the holiday season approaches, that single gamblers give some thought to the types of games they play. Holidays are a social time of year and it is very easy for singles to start feeling alone, cut off and depressed over the holidays. To help avoid these feelings and enjoy your gambling, giving some thought to which games you play over the holidays can make a difference, especially for the online gambler. Games like online slots and online blackjack are, most often, played alone. It’s just you against the computer. Try playing games that are more social and are group based, like the various poker games. Online poker rooms are a great place to be social and many of the online poker rooms have chat rooms included where you can actually get to know each other. It certainly makes one feel less alone when you log on to your favorite poker site and join a table at which you know some of the players. Avoid falling into the trap of getting lulled into endless play, where you can almost get hypnotized into playing for hours on end, just to pass the time and to avoid thinking. Gambling is for fun. If you are gambling over the holidays because you are feeling sad and alone, it is probably a good time to take a break and reach out to family members and friends. Try getting in touch with a friend or two and making a trip to the nearest land based casino instead of spending endless hours in front of a computer playing alone as the holidays approach. Remember the first rule of good gambling. Gamble for fun and within your limits.
Ok, that’s the end of my lecture. I don’t mean to tell others how to behave but i do sincerely wish everyone friendship and happiness as the holidays draw near. Try to find ways of your own to enjoy your favorite gambling activities while staying social and out in the world over the holidays. The Casino Guru invites the users and members of http://www.thebestcasinoguide.com/ to share with us their ideas for their favorite ways to enjoy gambling in the holiday spirit. Post your comments and ideas for the holidays for all of us to read and tell us about any special events you have planned for the holidays. Also, please tell the Casino Guru about other subjects you would like to see covered in What the Casino Guru Says. After all, this column is for you and it is important to the Casino Guru that you have major input into what subjects will be covered here in the future. Now enjoy that turkey on Thanksgiving and have fun planning for the holidays. May all your bets be winners.
