I live and work within 4/20/40 minutes of three riverboat casinos (Hollywood/Grand Victoria/Belterra respectively). My wife and I only go to the boats when a visiting family member or friend wants to check them out. While there I will 1st go and get a cold one, and then proceed to wherever the rest of the group may be, usually the slots. I will then loudly and proudly announce, while holding my cold one above my head, "Look what I just won, and it only cost me $2.50". Then I usually sit down @ one of the slots and give them 15-20 dollars, makes me feel like I'm helping the local economy.
The best part about visiting the casinos is putting on the feed bag @ the food buffet once everyone has had their fill of gambling. I must say that they do put out a pretty good spread.