Would do what I am doing if you have the chance?

[DJK]

I asked my kids and they said it, so it has to be true!!!!!! Father of the year everyone

Do you have kids? You don't let them make decisions?

It didn't matter to me whether we stayed in AC or went home as I have said before gambling is not my priority. If it was then I can just stay home and go to PARX any time I want to. For that matter, I also have Rivers and Live! very close too. I almost never go to any one of them.

Perhaps if I explain something else that it would make more sense to some.

When I stay in casinos, my cost is $7.54 per night so it's only $233.74 maximum per month. It used to be only $5.27 per night or $163.37 per month before NJ added on another $2 plus tax per month.

Because we are staying in AC, I cut off my cable TV saving $100+ a month. We use almost no water since we are not home so that's another $50 a month in savings. We don't use utilities like electric and gas and that's another $150 a month in savings. We don't do grocery since most of the food we eat are paid by the comp dollars. That's at least $500 or more per month in savings and probably even more due to high inflation.

So, let me see. I pay $233 per month in AC for the stupid ass mandatory fees which Vegas does not have, but I don't spend $800 that I would if I was home. That's $567 in savings per month. So mathematically, if I don't lose more than $500 a month, I'm ahead. That's a true AP.

The only other expenses are the tips if we eat in restaurants and buffets and they do add up very quickly.

I educated the kids about this so they are aware. Never too early to teach the kids about financial responsibilities.

[KiDBaZkiT]

DJ quit baiting posters. Post a sports betting selection.

[texhooper]

No idea at all why you even posted this question if all you’re gonna do is defend yourself ad nauseam, and the more you do so the more you seem like a real life douchebag, but I don’t think this is as big of a deal as everyone is making it out to be. Lotta people honestly jealous that they can’t live at a casino too so they’re lashing out calling you a horrible father talking about chores and laundry when they’d do the same exact thing if they could. The one thing that nobody is saying though is you need to continue to work towards an exit strategy because though it might seem cool with them now, they’re not always gonna want to live like this, and it will go to shit fast when that day comes.

[DJK]

Shouldn't they be back in real school now?????????

If we had a better school district, then yes.

We live in a horrible school district and my kids aren't learning anything. How do I know that? They had a different online classes temporarily before the current Cyber school when the Pandemic hit and my kids told me that they don't understand anything even though the material they are viewing was supposed to be at their class level. That meant the stupid ass school district wasn't teaching anything and they panicked and cancel that online class company because too many parents were complaining that their kids just don't get it. I looked at the class materials and to me they were nothing and very simple, so our school district basically was teaching nothing to bring the kids along to the level they should be in.

I wasn't very happy to say the least.

Please see my post on #20 where a teacher admitted to me that my kids are actually learning much more doing the Cyber classes, and she probably get fired if the school knew she said that.

That's the problem with this country today. They are just creating mindless population by these shitty schools.

Do you ever watch Watters World on Fox News. It's crazy how college students have no clue on some of the stuff that any voting adults should know.

This is why this country is in such a mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvnrBOKH9gs

[DJK]

Where do you do your laundry?

I was going to answer that sooner, but I was replying in the order of the posts so I'm just getting to this now.

My wife goes home every week to work near our home as she is a CNA and she works in a nursing home. She works the double shifts over the weekends and she stays with us during the weekdays.

She takes the laundry home to wash and brings them right back the next time she comes back to AC.

[DJK]

It does sound like a great life maybe for a few years for an adult. How old are your kids?

I had to the situation with the school district in my area. My son has been in private all his school life because of this. Not sure switching over to online school would have been my choice because the real life interaction with kids his age is critical in growth.

That's my two cents. Carry on and do what's best for you and your family.

My girls are 10 and 11. We do have a private school near us, but the tuition is over 10K per kid which meant I would have to fork over 20K when I'm already paying over 11K for the property tax. That's whopping 31K for only elementary school.

We plan on moving but we just don't know when yet as it won't be easy with what's going on with the housing market not to mention the rising mortgage rates.

Me and my wife talk about our kids missing the physical interaction with the other kids, but we didn't see any problems when they played with their cousins for almost 2 weeks.

She plans on going to her home country Philippines next summer for 2 months and they have a TON of kids at our kids' age group, so my kids will have a plenty of interaction then. My kids are very friendly so making new friends shouldn't be a problem.

They have very close online friends and I even offered one of the friend's family to get them the free hotel for a week on the beach and some food, but they couldn't travel because they are in Newfoundland and the flight cost was just too much.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Doesn't sound like a terrible idea to me for a short period during covid. Resorts are made to be family friendly aren't they? Not sure why everyone acting like you are taking them a strip club or the gambling floor.
Kids age make a massive difference in the decision for me. But see no harm for a month or two at any age.

Didn’t he say they’ve been doing this for 2 years? Not two months? Have you been to AC lately? I wouldn’t want my grown wife walking around that area during the day, let alone young kids. This is a horrible idea by a deadbeat dad. I keep shaking my head how the youth of our nation have been ruined by the so called adults, who have zero clue on how to parent.

[biggie12]

fentynal acid maybe mescaline oh for penetrates sake maybe all three.

[DJK]

sad we have so many compulsive gamblers that put GAMBLING FIRST AND FAMILY SECOND

Well, you don't know that for sure.

So, let's say I put my family first.

What do you think I would do differently?

Instead of staying in AC, I stay at home with the kids. They are doing the Cyber class, so no interaction with the other kids.

There are no other kids in my neighborhood except two kids down the block but that family is busy running around every freaking day that they are almost never home.

Before the Pandemic, my wife took my kids to a piano lesson for a whole year, so now they know how to play some keyboards.

What's that thing called play date or something? My kids are too old for that.

We thought about sending them to Karate classes but my kids aren't interested. I am not going to make my kids do something they don't want to do.

So, what else? Go to park? They have parks here.

We took them to a local library to get books so they can read.

What else? I don't know how many of you are parents, but I can tell some are for sure. Others, if you are a true degenerate gambler, then your partner already left you. My wife hasn't left me, so does that mean I am not a degenerate gambler? She tells me that she loves me everyday, so I must be doing something right.

[DJK]

You obviously didn't want anybody's thoughts, questions or opinions..
You asked a question with a poll for people to respond and all you are doing is arguing with the various points people bring up..

You got all that from my replies?

Let's see, Where do people get notion about how they should raise they kids?

I wonder how that's all working out these days in the country.

This country is going to shitter the way things are going, don't you think?

The way I see it, if I see anything that's negatively affecting my kids then I would have been long gone from the casinos and back home.

I watch the kids like a hawk so I know for every minute what they are doing. Not sure everyone can said the same about their kids if they even have kids.

Why would you even say I'm arguing when I'm just making my points. I never said what I'm doing is good or bad. I'm just telling you what I'm doing.

If anything people are automatically assuming bad things based on one fact, that I'm in a casino. Nothing else.

Casino == BAD for kids?

They are in a 5 star hotel everyday. They just happened to be a casino attached to it.

They aren't gambling. They don't see what's going on in the casinos since they aren't there.

They are just in a room doing what they do.

Whether it's their own rooms at our house or in a 5 star hotel room, what's the difference?

So, they don't interact with the other kids?

Is that why we have so many normal kids these days? It's to the contrary.

All kids today are messed up with shits like Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitters, or whatever. Even Facebook for that matter.

I don't use any of it nor will my kids.

Things were much better without all these online social bullshit. That's just my humble opinion.

[DJK]

someone asked - how you do laundry?

how do you make a living to pay bills - all thru gambling?

if AC was a better place I could understand a little more. there is a ton of scum and danger as people have said.

the kids like not having their own rooms?

what is cyber school? is it real school? serious question

I already answered about laundry.

I am an IT professional and my wife is a CNA. Between me and my wife, we make almost 200K a year but the taxes kill us.

I don't make anything out of casino gambling as I'm probably breaking even at best, so as long as I don't lose I'm ahead because of the savings staying in casinos as to staying at home. Unless I decide to do the card counting for blackjack, I probably won't win consistently in casinos. I used to win a decent amount playing blackjack but when the automatic shuffling machines came around, that went out the door.

I do make a decent amount betting on sports doing my own capping on football and tailing JayDr3am's picks. I owe him a lot to be honest.

People talk about how bad AC is and that, but do you really think my kids walk around the streets? They go swimming at 3 different indoor pools, go to the beach a lot, walk on the boardwalk because they are gaining weight, and play at an arcade. They don't go out running around at night in the streets, so if things are really bad in AC, then they don't get to see any of it. I do drive around the town at night to move around between the casinos and I don't see what people are talking about that it's bad in AC. Perhaps if I went further into the city away from the casinos then maybe, but why would I? Look for hookers? Why, so I can get disease? No thanks.

They love their own rooms at home especially because they have a big curved gaming monitors. I offered to them to bring them to AC and they said no because they don't need it. What's the difference between their rooms as to a very nice hotel room? A bit smaller but they have a plenty of space, but they said they don't have a bug in the hotel rooms. They are little girls and we had a tiny spider once and they freaked out and they are constantly busy looking around to see if there are more in their rooms. This was when we went home for a couple of days not that long ago because I had fix something for my wife at home.

The cyber school is called EdOptions Academy and it's all on-line with real teachers. It's run in conjunction with our school district and from what I can tell, my kids are definitely learning for sure because some of the stuff I see I don't even remember learning when I was in elementary school and they aren't easy.

[TheMoneyShot]

Really... who are we to judge? Why even ask SBR? Are you looking for approval.... or constructive criticism? It's your life... enjoy it the way you want.

[DJK]

He’s a card counter so +EV

I never looked into it because of one reason.

Even the MIT blackjack teams as there were many all went bust at one point and therefore it was possible that you could get killed. So, I lost interest, but I have run across an AP and he has 18 years of win streak which is quite impressive.

[DJK]

If you are being defensive and arguing against everything, how is your wife supposed to read the thread without having your thoughts influence her decision?

I answered this earlier.

I would think I know my own wife, but it will be interesting to see what she says after she reads them minus my replies.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I’ve been in hotels with my kids for over a week and we are all ready to get back home. You are delusional if you think living out of a suitcase is a wise / healthy idea for your kids. Especially in AC casinos. Seek professional help because you and your wife have lost your minds. I feel sad for your kids. They seem to be the only adults in the room.

[DJK]

I have only seen the tax returns on one person who earns an income from casino games and he did pay taxes on those earnings.

I know of an AP and he wins only about mid to high 5 figures a year playing blackjack but he has 18 years of winning streak. He claims that he pay taxes on his winnings and I can only believe what he says, and if you read a lot of his posts then you can tell he's pretty genuine and he is sharp as hell for sure.

He is a bit paranoid though and I can understand why as he's been banned from casinos before for winning too much.

He tells me that Borgata pit bosses have a card that says $50 max and he is flashed with that card when he shows up to play there. I didn't even know they had a such thing and I would like to see it. The next time I'm there which will be tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to ask a pit boss and see if it's true. It would be freaking hilarious if it's true.

[DJK]

letting sbr decide whats best for my kids and not being a parent

There you go again assuming. What did I say about assuming?

What makes you think that I'm letting SBR decide what's best for my kids?

The decision as to what we do is solely between me, my wife, and my kids.

So, you think as a parent, I should just take the kids home even if they tell me they don't want to go home?

I see, since I'm the parent, I should decide what happens. Once my kids get bored of staying in the hotels and want to go home, we will go home unless my wife tells me we should go home now after reading the opinions of the posters.

Something you should know. She gets spending cash from my winnings whenever she comes here and she loves to shop at the Factory Outlet stores here in AC. She likes not having to cook much when she is here. She doesn't have to clean up since we aren't home as the housekeeping is all free minus some tips.

Even for her, she likes it. What adult wouldn't like to stay in a casino hotels? I just have to prevent her from gambling too much and she hasn't which is good.

I honestly don't know why the vast majority of people here thinks it's so bad for my kids without giving me valid reasons.

Maybe I should make a video of me talking to my kids about staying in AC and post it so you can all see if I'm making up this stuff.

To me, whatever makes my kids happy goes.

I don't encourage them to stay in AC. It's just straight forward and simple question to them.

Would you like to stay in hotels or go home? The answer is always hotel; at least for now.

It's possible that I'm missing something that I am not seeing and that's why I posted a poll to see what people are thinking.

A few actually answered with very good comments and suggestions and I understand where they are coming from.

Most just assumed things and pretty much said that it's horrible for the kids to stay in casino hotels without any valid reasons. What's up with that?

If someone gave me a valid reason like kids staying in casino hotels for 2 years turn out to be a mass murderers, then I would have to seriously reconsider.

I have not seen any valid reasons except it's bad this for the kids. That's not a valid reason.

My older brother is a Psychiatrist and he never once asked me why I am doing this. I would think he is in more of position to tell me what I'm doing wrong and it's better to go home.

[DJK]

Why are your kids still attending cyber classes? Pretty much everything back to normal in most countries around the globe.

I already answered this. It's basically because we are in a shitty school district and my kids aren't learning anything.

[flyingillini]

I feel this a cry for attention. Anyways , nobody uses the word “cyber” for teachers etc. I feel something is off with this post.

[DJK]

That would get old fast. Family, wifey and kids would go nuts in no time even in a luxury suite. No amount of money and comps is worth that.

Come on Jibby. Of all people, I'm surprised that you would even think that.

What makes you think any one of us would go nuts in no time?

Obviously, you don't know us very well.

You see, my kids had their own iPads at 2 and their own laptops at 4. They are computer whiz. I've worked with the computers all my life and worked as a programmer. They know things I didn't even know like letting your browser read the contents to you. How many of you knew that you can have your browser read the texts to you? If most of you knew already, then I'm way behind with the technology.

They are also amazing playing games. They got a ton of friends online and they are always busy yapping and playing games with their friends. I don't know how they don't get bored doing the same crap everyday but they are just glued to their laptops and iPads.

I just don't let them do the social media craps.

You know my wife likes to gamble and lose all the time since I already posted about that before.

It's not that I like to gamble, but I do gamble albeit not that much.

If I was home, it's not just my kids but me and my wife's activity choices are limited too.

It's nice for me and my wife to have nice free dinner with all you can drink every weekend on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

[DJK]

Ok that explains some things for sure. How do you get the daily room comp for only 7 dollars a night ?

Actually, the rooms are comped and therefore it's $0.00 cost to me.

It's the state and city fees that they charge to EVERYONE that add up to $7.54 per night. They don't have this crap in Vegas, so if I was in Vegas, I would pay NOTHING.

The resort fees are something different and they are quite high in some hotels, but I don't pay them because I'm high enough level player at all of the casinos except Ocean and Golden Nugget.

Bally's, Borgata, Caesars, Hard Rock, and Harrah's all waive resort fees if you are high enough level players, so those are the only hotels I stay. Why would I want to pay $25 to $30 per night at Ocean and Golden Nugget in resort fees? They add up to quite a bit monthly.

[DJK]

No resort fee added to that ?

I don't pay resort fees because of my player level. it's a considerable savings that I don't pay that.

It's a bullshit fee anyway as the casinos are just stealing more money from their customers and nothing more.

If I had to pay that, then I wouldn't be in AC.

[DJK]

Wtf you for a living to pay 50k in taxes ?

I am an IT professional programming and I have been with the same company for 35 years, so I got up there but my nephew is going to make more than me right out the college albeit his job will be more difficult as it's more higher tech like programming for Google and what not.

This country is built on taxes.

Fed's, State's, City's, property tax, EIC, what the hell. It's nothing but taxes. Most of my wife's incoming goes to paying taxes because of my high income.

Then the freaking health insurance bullshit since that freaking Obama care disaster.

Why bother working when they are taking my money and giving them to welfares and illegals to buy their votes?

I have to vent when I get all worked up.

[DJK]

2 years but not longer -

Around the clock room service and cleaning would be nice. If the Hotel and Casino has a nice gym and activities for kids that would be nice as well. Would have to be a top floor King suite with multiple rooms connected. Big screen TV'S, jacuzzi tubs, views, etc. All paid for and comp'd of course.

Sports book $100,000 grand a month constant comp and all hotel restaurants would have to offer free no in line waiting and paid for eating always. Big outdoor pool needed as well with private space reserved daily with beach chairs. Kids need to learn so in house home hotel teacher provided daily.

Would all be tempting if that was all included!

If it's like that, then I would never leave the casino hotels even if my kids wanted to go home.

But honestly, at Borgata, if I get rooms on weekdays instead of weekends, then I can get Fiore suites and they are huge and very nice.

Borgata has two huge outdoor pools, but they are only good for 2.5 months a year.

All other perks I could get if I was winning huge which I am not.

However, I ran across someone who won 700K in 6 months playing baccarat. He was gong to tell me his secret but now he is balking, so I don't know what's going on.

Either he is trying to protect me because the secret is failing or he is too busy winning in the casino and therefore he has no time to email me the secret which apparently is very complicated.

But, I will bet there is at least one family getting all of that somewhere.

[DJK]

As a father you have one job... Keep your daughter off the pole.

Funny but it's not up to me. With my wife, she will kill the kids first before it ever happens.

You can guide your kids to be successful, but can't stop them from doing what they want to do.

I already see that my older daughter could have trouble with her future as she has no ambitions and she just wants to play as she is just a little kid at heart and lazy just like her mother. The younger one is totally different and I don't think I have to worry about her, so I always tell the little one that when I'm gone please make sure to take care of her older sister.

I tell my older one since she is so good at gaming and playing on her computer that maybe she should just become a gamer or programmer like my nephew. I think she can make it.

As a matter of fact, my girls teamed up and try to win the gaming tournament for Fortnite and they actually almost made to the final tournament. When they found out that they weren't old enough to qualify, they gave up and lost. I think the winner made something like $3 million.

I think my older girl can do it if she focused but that's not what I want her to do for her future. Programming for Google, possibly. AP, maybe.

[DJK]

You don’t have to keep explaining yourself. I recanted my assumptions from earlier.

I know and thanks.

It's the timing of how long it takes me to make my post and when you made your post which crossed so I didn't see yours before I made my post. Sorry.

[DJK]

Don't knock it until you've tried it? That's a point of defense? I guess I shouldn't knock being a crackhead or a serial killer. Why don't you ask your kids to take break from their electronics, go downstairs to the AC boardwalk and ask one of the several homeless people looking for a handout how they like it so that they could try it

Are you insinuating that I could lose everything and end up homeless? If you actually thought that then you just don't know anything about me and please don't worry about that as it will NEVER happen. I've gambled in casinos for over 38 years and if I haven't gone broke after all this time then it won't happen before I'm dead.

Also, I don't know where you get the notion that I'm saying don't knock it until you've tried it as those are your words and not mine. I never said such thing, but I would like to see someone try and see if they could do it even without the kids.

I know some on here are high rollers and it will be very easy for them to do, but I'm sure most cannot. I could be wrong. Maybe you are a high roller. Who knows.

[DJK]

To answer your question, I would never live in a hotel or casino for longer than absolutely necessary. I wouldn't let my kids live in a hotel or a casino other than a week or two on a vacation. Kids need to be around other kids being physically active and learning how to socialize. Roblox and Minecraft are fun ways to communicate after school but are not a substitute for real life interaction. How do you think they are going to do when they go to college? The good news is that they will likely be part of a generation of socially awkward introverts. GRIND THOSE COMPS!! FOY!!

You could be right and I do see what you are saying about socialization. Personally, I don't care much for socialization as I don't use any of the social media apps and I prevent my kids from doing it as well. My wife is busy as hell with Facebook and I don't see the point of it all but just wasted time.

I'm perfectly fine with how my life is and not dealing with people, but my wife is totally the opposite.

As for my kids, they are both very friendly and when they met their cousins for the first time, they were just happy and goofing around just like any little kids and they played together without any problems.

Would they have problems in the future? I have no clue. I just don't see how they could have problems in the future associating with others just because they haven't for a period of time. Maybe I'm not seeing something obvious but I will have to see.

The girls went to a field trip for the Cyber class kids only and they had a ball playing with the other kids and there was absolutely no awkwardness at all. That was just this last May.

In the end, I think people are making too big of deal about this socialization thing, but that's just my opinion.

[DJK]

I can't believe millions of parents around the world fork over money for gymnastics lessons for their kids.

According to this guy all they had to do was find a beat up mattress at the city dump, bring it home and put in the backyard. Tell the kid here's gymnastics, have fun

Interesting. Two idiotic comments by you. Keep up the good work.

[DJK]

didnt read anything else "WHOOPS MIGHT BE CONSIDERED CHILD NEGLECT"

case closed and honestly weird and sad

Do you have kids? If not then you don't qualify to comment. If you do, then I feel for your kids.

The fact that you are even here posting in a gambling forum shows that you cannot be that good of a parent. No?

[DJK]

OMFG this guy feels compelled to continue to dissect all my questions & assumptions after I have already rationalized with his decision to do this.

I told you already, it's the timing of the posts.

I'm just going through the posts one by one and replying in the chronological order, so I don't get to see what you've posted much later.

So, I apologize if I applied to the same thing more than once which I didn't think I did.

You were actually the first one who acknowledged some of misunderstanding and I appreciate that.

[DJK]

What does DJK stand for?

It's the initials of my first daughter whose name is Dana.

[DJK]

Horrible way for your kids to grow up. Turning them into degen hermits

I wonder why so many people just assume that.

Is socializing with the other kids really that important?

My two kids are socializing between themselves quite well. It's not like it's just one kid with no one else around.

[DJK]

DJKwife, check in plz.

She won't be in AC until this Sunday as she works double shifts Friday and Saturday. She will be so busy that she won't look at her computer until she comes here in the morning.

But, as I have said, I have to cut and paste the posts and remove all my comments for her to read to get a completely unbiased opinion of her. She is a social creature, so if she thinks it's a problem for the kids socially she would have told me a long time ago.

[DJK]

DJ quit baiting posters. Post a sports betting selection.

I will when football starts, but I don't start betting until like the 3rd week.

Besides, you don't want to follow my picks. I don't know why but when I post picks here which I rarely do they lose. The ones I don't post, they win but you wouldn't know that since I didn't post them.

I will be tailing JayDr3am, so I suggest you tail him too.

He made me some pretty pennies during the NCAA tourney this past spring.