I used to get drunk, come home and blow out in blackjack at most of the sportsbooks I played at. Initially, I told myself I was only going to let myself lose $200.00 On several occasions, two hundred became 5k. The only book that I felt ever had a fair algorithm was Pinnacle. I eventually got buried there too. Even if the algorithm was fair, and having been in the business myself, believe me, it's not, the amount of hands that you can play per minute will just kill you. It is very arduous to have any discipline when the money seems like the Monopoly variety. If you have any friends that play, tell them to not even think about it. I was in the business, and I told everyone not to play. We offered it because people wanted it, but I still told people they were better off playing Keno at the Riviera.