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I have a vivid recollection of my first time in the Aspen Falls Casino. It was my eighteenth birthday. I had no friends to celebrate with and my parents had long ago stopped doing anything for my birthday, so I decided to head to the casino.
I had only been playing with some other kids from school. A small group of kids decided to get together once a week and play a few hands. It was for fun but money was involved. They all had part-time jobs as busboys or gas station attendants so they had some cash to gamble with. My first time going, I brought twenty bucks I got off my mom, claiming it was to go see a movie. Every time I went afterward, I was playing with my winnings from the previous weeks. I was getting bored with it. I decided to head to the casino to try my hand at playing what
