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結束了7天的旅行，身體雖然叫囂著疲憊，大腦卻無論如何也平靜不了。一處處鬼斧神工呈現的壯闊，一個個美麗的傳說平添的浪漫，一幅幅田園的景致編織的溫暖，都隨著一張張照片重放在眼前......
7天的行程，總計3700MILES，途經9個州都留下了爸爸媽媽老公和我的足跡。出發前我曾很想每到一處，都在土地上悄悄留下豆沙到此一遊的印記......後來看到被風化腐蝕了幾億年的岩石後斷了想法。太渺小了，實在太渺小了......站在碧藍的天空下，我的內心充斥了敬畏。
一、寂寞沙洲熱
在內華達州境內奔馳的時候，大漠漫漫，黃沙遠眺，層巒疊障。這樣荒蕪淒涼的壯闊，讓我不由得生出碧血洗銀槍，茫茫大漠，英雄逐鹿的豪情，不自覺地脫口而出，《射雕英雄傳》真該到這裏來拍！！
結果引來豆沙小月媽咪好笑地一瞥，“俠女夢還在做啊？”老公也掐掐我的月餅臉，“哪個角色是圓臉啊？黃蓉估計演不了，可以試試反串一下老頑童吧，和你性格最近......” 哼，我......仇恨......
中午時分來到了沙漠中的硝魂金窟——拉斯維加斯。當時氣溫華氏110度，怎一個熱字了得。
西班牙語中LAS VEGAS譯為“肥沃的青草地”，因為這裏是周圍荒涼的沙漠和半沙漠地帶唯一有泉水的綠洲，也因此逐漸成為來往公路的驛站和鐵路的中轉站。一百五十多年前摩門教徒建造了這座城市，而真正為這座城市賦予新生的卻是賭博合法的法案。
這個荒漠中的綠洲，人類無窮無盡的欲望得以張揚，恨不能日日夜夜醉臥在這富貴溫柔，酒綠燈紅之地，枕著一夜致富的黃粱。
老公拉著我快速離開，生怕我的賭癮被勾起來：-） 好在回程時我們還會在這裏落腳，到時候再小賭怡情也不遲。
之後的沙漠旅途中，我竟然看到了深藍的海，浩瀚無邊。瞠目結舌之後，才恍然自己親眼看到了傳說中的海市蜃樓，與老公麵麵相覷，大喜過後的大悲，希望過後的絕望，造物主這翻雲覆雨手，是要懲罰多麽罪大惡極的人啊？
繁華落夢的淒涼貫穿了我，看著老公若有所思的眼光，賭博不就象這海市蜃樓麽？
我伸手拽拽他的衣袖，怯怯地說，“那我隻賭十塊錢好了。”
第一天，大多時間都在趕路。雖然穿越了大漠黃沙，將賭城的繁華終拋腦後，卻無論如何也洗不掉那留在心裏的風塵。
Craps 1.4% (drops to about .7% with odds bets)
Blackjack 1.5% (when using the complete "basic strategy")
Roulette 5.3%
Slots 2% on the few "loose" machines to 25%
Now you see why casinos consider slot machines their "bread and butter". Only the few loose machines in a casino offer the slot player anything close to the kind of favorable odds most table games offer.
Rule No. 1: Don't bet more than you can afford to lose financially or emotionally. If you're going to be miserable because you lost x number of dollars then don't bet x number of dollars. Go to Vegas to have fun, not make money. Gaming is a form of entertainment just like going to a concert or out for a night on the town. Your "bank-roll" should reflect how much this entertainment is worth to you.
Rule No. 2: When you go to Vegas expect to leave your bank-roll there. Chances are you will. Those multi-billion-dollar casinos got built by people just like you and I. "The house" has the mathematical advantage in every game and over the long run they will get most of your money. It's the ups and downs in the short run where you have a chance of coming out ahead.
Rule No. 3: Quit while you're ahead. If you hit a hot streak at a table greed kicks in and you try and ride it for as long as you possibly can. Streaks end and if a table turns "cold" take your winnings and end the session. If your luck is lousy from the start, try a different game or go to a different casino.
Most of all, don't get depressed if you have one of those nights where your luck is lousy no matter what you play or where you play it. We all have those. It's part of the game. I've even had entire trips where I couldn't find a lucky craps table anywhere on the Strip.
Rule No. 4: Don't "press" your bets. A press is when you use your winnings from one bet to increase the amount your next bet or other bets. (Players at a craps table will often have multiple bets down and will use the winnings from one bet to press another bet.) This too is a sign that greed is kicking in. Take your winnings while you can get them and stick to your original bet levels.
Rule No. 5: Lower your bet levels when you're losing. If you start to sense a down-turn in your luck go into "conservation mode" and play lesser amounts while you're waiting for lady luck to return.