Sara, Amy & I did a girl's trip to Island View Casino (courtesy of Sara's mom) for my last weekend in the deep south. Somehow we managed to not take a single picture of the three of us?! You may remember that Sara and I stayed at this hotel last summer, this go round we did a bit more game playing and tried out the buffet! Sara's parents were staying at the Beau Rivage this time so we met up with them on Saturday. All you can eat crab legs...yes please!
The sunset Friday night from our 14th floor room.
Video poker is my game of choice since I get to have a bit of control over which cards I hold and how I play them (as opposed to the slot machine where you push a button and the computer generates the icons that are shown). I know that video poker is a computer game too, but it makes me feel better to have some "power". Any way... it paid off at both Island View and the Beau Rivage! The vouchers you see below are right after I won $120 on a hand. I immediately cashed out both times this happened. The additional money is what I had left to play on before winning the $120. Unfortunately I did not have this luck continuously; however, I was up a little over $200 for the weekend so I was thrilled!
We saw a man win $3,240 on a Willy Wonka themed slot machine! He chatted with us a bit as he could tell we were interested in the process. In that case you can't simply print a cashout voucher, a casino employee comes and fills out paperwork, resets the machine and then gives you the cash. Sara's mom said that if you win over $1,000 that is the process because you have to report it on your taxes. None of us won anything close to that amount!
It was a really fun weekend and I am so thankful that we were able to go and make such fun memories!!
