If you enjoy having a a drink every now and then, leave your cash at home if you plan to do your drinking in a casino. I am serious. Leave your pocketbook, your money belt, and leave all money, charge cards and checks at home. Grab only the cash you expect to use on refreshments, tips and few dollars you expect to squander and leave the rest behind.

Cynical? Not by any means. Realistic more like. You may well experience a profit after a boozy evening out with your acquaintances and be lucky sufficiently to catch a 25 minute roll at a smokin craps game. Hang on to that adventure seeing that it’s as brief as it gets if you consistently drink and gamble. These activities just do not mix.

Keeping your moola out of the casino is a bit dramatic, but preventative measures for drastic actions is essential. If you play to win, then do not drink and bet. If you are able to afford to be wasteful with your $$$$ without a worry, then consume all the no charge booze you can handle, but don’t carry credit cards and cheques to throw into the mix of following losses after your drunk as a skunk self throws away everything!

Let me to carry this a single step more. Don’t consume alcohol and then hop on to the internet to bet in your favorite casino either. I enjoy a cocktail from the comfort of my condo, however since I am linked up through Neteller, Firepay and have plastic credit at my fingertips, I can not drink alcohol and gamble.

Why? Although I do not drink alcohol to excess, once I drink, it’s definitely adequate to cloud my common sense. I gamble, so I do not consume alcohol when gambling. If you are a drinker, don’t bet when you do. Both make for a dangerous, and expensive, drink.