Casino Workers Share The Saddest Moments They've Witnessed

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Eric Lund
Sep 8, 2019 1:00 PM EDT

Gambling addictions are real, and casinos make it incredibly easy for people to lose everything, so naturally the people who work there have seen some incredibly not right shit. As fun as gambling can be, it's important to remember that you are not special, luck is fake, and casinos aren't your friend. That said, to ensure the world isn't completely bleak, here are some funny times people got moderately lucky and here are some other times really unlikely stuff happened against all odds.

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    Text - 1ppikiokami 29.4k points 17 hours ago I worked at a casino as a dealer through college. A lot of incidents were pretty sad, especially with regulars that you liked. One regular would tell me about his middle school age kids, and then I would realize the next week or so later that he was missing their school plays/recitals etc because he was at the tables. I remember working an overnight one Christmas Eve and begging him to go home when 6/7am rolled around because his kids would be up and
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    Text - orangehehe 27.6k points 20 hours ago During my 8 hour shift a gentleman won $15,000 on a slot machine. Punched out at end of shift and had the next two days off. Returned to work after my weekend to find the man still sitting at the same slot machine. He had been there for 2+ days losing $15,000
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    Text - 16 hours ago jackie0h_ 22.4k points We used to have a woman who would be on the blackjack tables for five days/nights straight. Her husband would call and tell her that her kids wanted her home. Her boss actually came to the casino to try and get her to leave, she was missing work. I don't know what happened to her but she's probably ruined her life.
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    Text - perpetualmotionmachi 19.8k points 21 hours ago It's been about 15 years, but I worked in one for about 4 years.The one that stands out was a woman who came from the country to the "big" city to get X-Mas gifts for the whole family (including young kids who still beleived in Santa and all of that), but spent all of the Christmas money at the casino before going to the mall
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    Text - thatryanguy1 19.0k points 16 hours ago3 Former valet at a casino. The amount of daily regulars who drove barely functioning vehicles full of trash, roaches, and rats who would actually valet their car and go gamble away any money they had to their name was honestly depressing The saddest I remember was a 90+ year old lady who drove a 91 corolla and when we got in her car we realized she had no power steering fluid at all and her steering wheel would barely turn. I have no earthly idea how
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    Text - retired_punk 17.7k points 20 hours ago My mom works as a dealer at a casino and has told me multiple stories of grown men wearing adult diapers at the table so they don't have to leave to use the restroom.
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    Text - inflammablepenguin 16.6k points 17 hours ago In general, people who come for the first time and are super nice and friendly, they don't care about winning or losing much just came to have fun. They come back a few more times, then after a few years they're regulars that don't smile anymore, they don't laugh, they don't count their wins, just their losses, and sweat every comp point they earn and act like gambling is their job now and the focus of their life. I've seen more than one person
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    Text - Mustang321321 9.7k points 16 hours ago Grandmother, mother, and daughter heading to the casino by car from 2 hours away. Mother had a postcard to get a free cast iron pan for showing up. Daughter is more than 8 months pregnant. One hour away from the casino daughter starts to have labor pains. Mother won't stop and take her to the hospital, she's gotta have that ($10) pan. They arrive at the casino an hour before the promotion was going to start. Mother raises all hell trying to get her p
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    Text - Steffany_w0525 8.7k points 18 hours ago Worked in a casino for about 7 years and the one that has always stuck with me was when a kid (18/19) came with his friends and lost $100 playing blackjack. Then he was sitting there, looking dejected and watching his friends win. He left and came back with another $100. I could tell from the way he was acting he probably didn't have the original $100 to lose so he definitely couldn't afford to lose another $100, so I asked if he was sure he wanted
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    Text - arbo34 6.1k points 18 hours ago Not a casino but a charity poker room at a bowling alley where I was a dealer. Guy was pretty drunk and just so bad at poker. Kept losing the max buy-in ($300) and would go straight to the atm and rebuy. With every rebuy the desperation became greater and greater. I just wanted to tell him to pack it up before he lost more but that would have probably cost me my job. Eventually I think he must have emptied his bank account. I had never seen someone lose so
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    Text - HOvito 5.7k points 16 hours ago There were these two middle aged Greek or Cypriot ladies who were ALWAYS on the slot machines, every day when I started my shift they were they and they were there when I finished 10 hours later. And still there in the same clothes the next day oftentimes. They were SUPER nice and always polite to the staff. One day they hit the jackpot and win big, I think it was either £15k or £45k, it was a good few years ago now. Everyone was overjoyed for them - except
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    Text - Colddeck64 4.4k points 16 hours ago Former poker dealer at a casino. An older gentleman started to have a heart attack at the table. I called the floor person for assistance with the call button. Paramedics are rushed in etc. all within minutes. I'm this instance I am instructed to keep the game rolling by the floor person as he whispered in my ear. Two hands are dealt and played and a player at the table requested the heart attack guy get moved somewhere else as it is disrupting the game
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    Text - bmill74 4.3k points 17 hours ago Not a casino employee. My story comes from my time in the military. Slot machines are everywhere in Germany. The small post I was on had a few slot machines in a back room of the bowling alley. One of our NCOS would go every pay day and blow his entire paycheck over lunch. We would know if he won or not by the mood he was in after lunch. When he won he would tell us about winning $600 after dropping $1500 into the machine.
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    Text - enforce1 2.6k points 16 hours ago Its not the big things, its the little things. You see someone rocking 3 machines at 9 AM on a tuesday? They have places they ought to be, not in this casino. Thanksgiving, Christmas, hell, even Mother's Day, place is slammed. Go home people.
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    Text - ihopeyoulikeapples 13.0k points 17 hours ago We had to evacuate and close down for the rest of the day due to a burst pipe causing no running water. When I walked outside there was an elderly lady throwing a legit tantrum in the parking lot, she was on the ground kicking and screaming, her screams sounded like something you'd expect from someone who'd just lost a family member, not someone who had to leave the casino for a few hours. I left but some of the security who were dealing with h
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    Text - MahsrowV2 2.5k points 17 hours ago .edited. 4 A guy blew his retirement and had to go back to work. He was a retired post master and went back as a delivery driver
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