Oh, Mohegan Sun

If you are from the New England area, you are bound to have heard of, if not visted, Mohegan Sun. The Pequot Indians own and operate this little gem of a casino in Unkasville, CT, and profit grandly from the thousands of 65-year-old women playing penny machines every day. As a finance major, I don't really like casinos. You know the odds are against you. Really against you. And most finance majors would rather take calculated risks than uncalculated ones. I am one of them. I always had disdain for the casino and pitied anyone stupid enough to go there on a regular basis. You never come out ahead in the long run.

Unfortunately for me, my finacee's family likes to go there. So, during the past few months, I've been reluctantly dragged to Mohegan Sun on more Sunday's than I'd like to admit to, to spend quality time with the family while we all console each other in our losses at the slots. After going a few times, I can understand why people get addicted. These machines have little characters that dance and have catchy music, and when people next to you win $400 from a $4 bet, you get all excited and can't wait until it happens to you! I can't say I want to go all the time, but it has been fun wining and losing with the family, eating at the buffet together, and then talking about who won what afterwords :) For a little recreational fun, something to do on a sunday afternoon rather than watch a movie (because I only let my fiancee play the slots so we've never lost more than the cost of an afternoon at the movies!), it's not so bad. :)