Day 26- Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Every local knows you never win at gambling, unless you are my friend Amanda. She will take that risk and it pays off usually. I have never been that brave. If I gamble, it is usually when I'm drunk, and I will only play the nickel slot machines with a minimum bet. You never win that way but it is fun on occasion.

Tonight we went out to celebrate my birthday. We headed to downtown Reno to a bar to drink with a group of friends. It was there I announced my first for the night. I was planning on putting down one single bet of $100 on the roulette table. I couldn't believe I even said it let alone planned on doing it. I needed some liquid courage. 3 Irish Car Bombs and a Jager later, a group of us headed to the casino.

It was almost midnight, so we hurried along the streets. The Cal Neva Casino was the first one we came upon. We were running out of time so this one had to do. I walked in, felt weird, and walked right back out. The energy wasn't right there. We ran across the street to Harrah's Casino. I had just enough time. Everyone was telling me to bet on black so with 3 minutes left of the night I placed a $100 bill on red. "Red! I thought you would bet on black," my friends exclaimed. Amber sat down next to me and put $20 on black. Oh, we were betting against each other. It's on! The dealer spun the wheel and let the ball fly. Come on, red, come on. The ball fell onto a spot but I couldn't see which one. "Red!" yelled the dealer. I won! I couldn't believe it. The dealer paid out $200 to me. I took the money and left. Everyone knows that if you get lucky and win once, it won't happen again. My friends couldn't believe that I did it and won. It was so exciting!

Now I could go home and pay the babysitter.