Before coming to Korea, I had only been to a casino once, when I was 19 in Canada. I gave a try to a few different games: roulette, the slots, and blackjack. By the end of the night, I was down $200 and kept it there. The next morning before we left Canada, I went back with $20 and won like $120, eventually to loose it all again. And that was my only casino experience.
When I first got here, I saw this biiiig building saying "Seven Lucks Casino"
It took me like 3 months to make it there, not to mention there's two of them. I'm sure there's more casinos but Seven Lucks is probably the best one. Another odd fact about it is that Koreans aren't allowed to go in. I'm not 100% sure why, but I believe it's just looked down upon for Koreans to gamble I guess. Entrance to the casino is only by having a passport from another country(unless you have a VIP membership card like me) so it's pretty strict. But I just read that there's one casino in a very remote location that Koreans are allowed to go to.
So I go for the first time about 3 weeks ago, with Tommy and Jamie(two other teachers at my school), after much practice at online blackjack and feeling ready to win big money. Mind you, it's about 3 in the morning, and the low betting blackjack tables are all full so we just browse and walk around for about an hour. I finally see a seat open and I rush to it, only to sit down and reach in all of my pockets not to find the 115,000 won that I brought. Salty! Ritz! Crackers! Lawrys! High sodium! Still not exactly sure what happened, but I either was pick-pocketed or I just dropped it somewhere. I should have just not played after that but I did, and I lost. I've decided to keep the amounts to myself, but I lost.
Went back the week after that, I lost. This time we went at like 8 am so I slightly blame it on the alcohol and being dead tired. Plus I played at the high roller tables this time(50,000 won minimum).
This past Saturday, we figured that the Seoul station one was not so lucky so we went to the other one near the Coex mall, I lost. I tried experimenting with 3 card poker and the slots here but mainly blackjack, still, I lost. Crazy thing is, while I'm sitting at the table I have my phone out learning how to count cards, which isn't illegal but if they see me start to win big money then I'm probably going to get a few gut uppercuts in the back room. Either way, I lost. I say I won't go again for a while, but I also said that after the first two times, so I might have a bit of a problem developing here, but let's hope the mind can overcome the matter!
