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结束了7天的旅行，身体虽然叫嚣着疲惫，大脑却无论如何也平静不了。一处处鬼斧神工呈现的壮阔，一个个美丽的传说平添的浪漫，一幅幅田园的景致编织的温暖，都随着一张张照片重放在眼前......
7天的行程，总计3700MILES，途经9个州都留下了爸爸妈妈老公和我的足迹。出发前我曾很想每到一处，都在土地上悄悄留下豆沙到此一游的印记......后来看到被风化腐蚀了几亿年的岩石后断了想法。太渺小了，实在太渺小了......站在碧蓝的天空下，我的内心充斥了敬畏。
一、寂寞沙洲热
在内华达州境内奔驰的时候，大漠漫漫，黄沙远眺，层峦叠障。这样荒芜凄凉的壮阔，让我不由得生出碧血洗银枪，茫茫大漠，英雄逐鹿的豪情，不自觉地脱口而出，《射雕英雄传》真该到这里来拍！！
结果引来豆沙小月妈咪好笑地一瞥，“侠女梦还在做啊？”老公也掐掐我的月饼脸，“哪个角色是圆脸啊？黄蓉估计演不了，可以试试反串一下老顽童吧，和你性格最近......” 哼，我......仇恨......
中午时分来到了沙漠中的硝魂金窟——拉斯维加斯。当时气温华氏110度，怎一个热字了得。
西班牙语中LAS VEGAS译为“肥沃的青草地”，因为这里是周围荒凉的沙漠和半沙漠地带唯一有泉水的绿洲，也因此逐渐成为来往公路的驿站和铁路的中转站。一百五十多年前摩门教徒建造了这座城市，而真正为这座城市赋予新生的却是赌博合法的法案。
这个荒漠中的绿洲，人类无穷无尽的欲望得以张扬，恨不能日日夜夜醉卧在这富贵温柔，酒绿灯红之地，枕着一夜致富的黄粱。
老公拉着我快速离开，生怕我的赌瘾被勾起来：-） 好在回程时我们还会在这里落脚，到时候再小赌怡情也不迟。
之后的沙漠旅途中，我竟然看到了深蓝的海，浩瀚无边。瞠目结舌之后，才恍然自己亲眼看到了传说中的海市蜃楼，与老公面面相觑，大喜过后的大悲，希望过后的绝望，造物主这翻云覆雨手，是要惩罚多么罪大恶极的人啊？
繁华落梦的凄凉贯穿了我，看着老公若有所思的眼光，赌博不就象这海市蜃楼么？
我伸手拽拽他的衣袖，怯怯地说，“那我只赌十块钱好了。”
第一天，大多时间都在赶路。虽然穿越了大漠黄沙，将赌城的繁华终抛脑后，却无论如何也洗不掉那留在心里的风尘。
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.