From Sy,  wheelturninghamsterdead.com

 ”Vegas.  The state of bright lights, big money and sweaty armpits.  Of course, a lot more could be sweating should you leave the confines of the air conditioned buildings…or risk a lot of money on “Red” only to find out you are playing blackjack.  And after the dealer takes all of your money, you stand there looking like a dear looks at the headlights of the oncoming speeding car and all it see’s is a headstone with “Bambi:  Too stupid to get out of the way of the car” written on it.
I won’t go to Vegas for a weekend because it is a 14-15 hour flight including a stop over from where I live.  If I want to journey that far, I will stay asleep and take a magical journey to a place where me, 20 bikini clad women and a large vat of custard stands.  And the wrestling will commence.  Fortunately I have the ace card and can not lose or be knocked out at any point.

But if I DO have to go to Vegas, I will have to go for longer.  Once there I will continue my ongoing winning streak.  When I was last there I won a quite amazing amount of money to the point I could feel the camera trained on my back, and a man with an ear piece followed me about like an excited puppy peeing little puddles. 
I won BIG.  25 Big ones.  But 25 big what’s you are unlikely to be thinking!  Well, this is my story so I shall tell you.  25c.  But that is OK as I only spent 18 to get that.  That is $18 unfortunately.  And then I blew the 25c on yanking a big handle and watching the 7 never appear 3 times in a row.  Nor 2.  Actually, I am not completely sure there were any 7’s in that game. Wheel of Fortune was just not quite as I was expecting it to be.

But that’s the thing.  I do not have the money to blow in a casino.  Although, should my dream ever come true…well…that also wont help at all.  Why?  Well, my dream is to sit on a white sandy beach being served cold beers all day while I do what I feel like.  But should I ever become very rich, I will go back there and win back my $18 they robbed from me before.  And maybe a couple more $’s too.  Yeah, that will teach them. 
But if you DO go to Vegas, stick $18 on 11 for me.  It’s a winner.  Trust me.  Would someone you have never met lie to you? 

Exactly.”

 Some time back I was launching a contest for Las Vegas related stories, that had no publicity so far, but it will be running indefinitely, every month. Sy was the only one to enter until now. You are all invited to write a true or fictional story that would be informational, helpful, entertaining, funny, etc.

 The picture at the top is not of Sy. Sy did not win that much (unfortunately). If you would like to visit his blog, you can find it here. He is a great fictional writer, I’m sure you would just love his stories. They make me laugh all the time. So please pay him a visit, and, why not, maybe ask him to write you a custom-made story!