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The Venetian in Macau is the largest casino in the world. | recently had the pleasure of being in Niagara Falls at the Ice Wine festival and decided to pop into the casino, just to see what it was like. | am not a big fan of gambling, as | seem to have no problem in losing money in stores and restaurants, without adding the world of gaming to my list, however, as entertainment value | think it's an experience not to be missed. | started with twenty dollars and a sure fire slot machine, which looked like | was ready to explode with coins. The one armed bandit quickly gobbled my twenty and gave me a number of credits. | started with the twenty-five cent spin, but that soon became 50 cents, $1.00 and then $1.25. | was down nearly sixteen dollars when suddenly the big gizmo began to ring its bells, flash its lights and how its sirens. | was stunned, as | was nearly asleep and tried to figure out what was happening. People were starting to look and | became quite proud of my achievement, whatever it might have been. Neon lights flashed reading that | had won ten free spins, which paid four times the amount shown. All | had done was push a button, but for the next twenty minutes | watched as the counter exceeded my origi- nal twenty dollars, climbed past fifty and finally ended up around $120. Quite proud of myself | cashed out, went to a clothing store and spent it all on their sixty percent off sale. People travel all over the world for different reasons — to escape from work, to find inner peace, and to have a good time. But there are also some who travel just to play at the casino in the hopes of winning big. There’s something about casinos that heightens a person's appetite to gamble — it could be the sounds of the slots or the fancy shuffling of the cards that make an individual feel that way. This is mirrored by the author David Daniel when he said, “Poker is a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature.” With tens of thousands of casinos located all over the world, gamblers can always find a place where they can enjoy their favourite games. What makes Please turn to page 40 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2014 39