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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
ROUTE #1: SOUTH BAY
4:15 p.m. – Master Donuts, Beyer Way & Palm Avenue
4:30 p.m. – Southland Plaza, Saturn Blvd. & Palm Avenue (Last stop on return trip) 4:40 p.m. – Morgan Towers/Kimball Park, curbside, D Ave., north of 15th St.
ROUTE #2: CHULA VISTA & NATIONAL CITY
4:15 p.m. – Broadway & H Street, curbside, southeast corner 4:40 p.m. — McDonald’s, Grove St. & Plaza Blvd., National City
ROUTE #3 MIRA MESA, NORTH PARK & SPRING VALLEY
4:00 p.m. — Mervyn’s/Mira Mesa Bowl, curbside, New Salem & Deering St. 4:35 p.m. — Grace Towers, 3911 Park Blvd. & University Avenue
5:00 p.m. — Orville Street Bus Stop, Brucker St. behind Spring Valley Center
ROUTE #4 NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, KEARNY MESA & EL CAJON
3:45 p.m. — Escondido KFC, curbside, Washington Ave. & Broadway
4:15 p.m. — Rancho Penasquitos Park & Ride, Hwy 15 & Rancho Penasquitos Blvd 4:40 p.m. — K-Mart, Clairemont Mesa Blvd. & Convoy St.
BINGO BUS ROUTE
Shuttle Available 7 Days a Week. All riders must pay a $10 fee to board the bus. Upon arrival, riders receive a $10 Sycuan gaming coupon. Shuttles depart Sycuan after evening Bingo is over.
TROLLEY SHUTTLE
Shuttle Stop is curbside, below Trolly Station on southwest end of Transit Center and is available to both the General Public and Sycuan Employees
Depart El Cajon Trolley/Bus Station
Arrive/ Depart Sycuan
Depart El Cajon Trolley/Bus Station
Arrive/ Depart Sycuan
5:00 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
5:30 a.m. 6:40 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
(A) 9:30 a.m.
3:20 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 6:20 p.m. 7:20 p.m.
3:50 p.m. 4:50 p.m. 5:50 p.m. 6:50 p.m. 7:50 p.m.
11:20 a.m. 12:20 p.m. 1:20 p.m. 2:20 p.m.
(D)10:50 a.m. 11:50 a.m. 12:50 p.m. 1:50 p.m. 2:50 p.m.
8:20 p.m.
9:20 p.m. 10:20 p.m. 11:20 p.m.
8:50 p.m.
9:50 p.m. 10:50 p.m. 11:50 p.m.
(D) 12:50 p.m.
How to Stretch Your Money in the Casino
Aby Jean Scott
ccept the fact that casinos o er entertainment. Of course everyone wants to win, but be honest. You know that it is more likely that you will lose. So what is your real reason for being in a casino? You want to have fun, right? Too many people will not admit this to themselves; and then, when they lose, they feel very unhappy because they have “ w a s t e d ” t h e i r m o n e y. e h e a l t h y a t t i t u d e i s t o c o n s i d e r y o u r g a m b l i n g b a n k r o l l i s y o u r “c o s t ” f o r c a s i n o e n t e r t a i n m e n t . A n d
what other entertainment option gives you a shot at bringing home more money than you took with you!
Do you want some simple advice on how to make your gambling bankroll last longer in a casino? Here are some common-
session. at will assure that you are able to spread your gambling time to the very end of your visit.
What denomination should you play? Going down in denomination is probably the easiest technique to stretch your money. Nickel or penny machines may be your best choice for a small bankroll. A warning here: it usually is better to go to a lower denomination and play max coins than play one coin in a higher denomination because most machines are set up to reward full-coin players by paying proportionately higher jackpots. But watch those new penny machines, for a max bet on them may be much more than you want to risk.
Give yourself frequent breaks. Go outside for a fresh-air break. Hit the snack bar for a quick bite. If you’re staying overnight, go to your room for a short nap. Browse in the gift shop. Go to the sports book and check the odds on your favorite team. Or stop in the race book and put a couple of dollars down and watch one horse race. You can also change machines frequently to provide variety
Play slower. ere is no reward for speed. So stop sometimes to chat with your neighbors. Congratulate them when they make a big hit; sympathize with them when they have a long losing spell. Cash out your credits after a good hit. Sit back and enjoy that cool drink or hot co ee. Or play video poker where you have to stop and think in order to make a decision on every hand.
Do you think you are a pretty sensible person? en don’t drop your common sense at the entrance to a casino. Take it in with you and you will nd that you can play longer and have more fun!
Jean Scott, the “Queen of Comps,” is the author of the best- selling book The Frugal Gambler, a casino guide for thrifty low rollers, plus the sequel, More Frugal Gambling, now available at www.FrugalGambler.biz. Featured on “Dateline NBC,” “48 Hours,” and The Travel Channel, she stresses sensible, responsible gambling and shows how to stretch out casino fun time whatever your gambling bankroll.
sense ideas.
Choose your gambling bankroll from your entertainment
budget. is is money you sometimes use to eat out at a nice restaurant or go to a movie or spend on a trip. is is not money for groceries or the mortgage or for the kids’ school clothes. Unless you are an extremely disciplined person, you should have this whole bankroll with you, in cash if it is a small amount, in traveler’s checks if it a large sum. You should not have your checkbook or your atm card or your credit card with you. erefore, you can limit your entertainment “cost” to what you can a ord. Nothing will take the fun out of gambling faster than losing money that has been earmarked for necessities.
When you get to the casino, take your gambling bankroll and divide it up in a logical way and decide on a plan. If you go on a day trip and have a small bankroll, but you wanttoimmediately“betbigsoIcanwinbig,”youmust face the fact that you may be out of money in a very short time. What about on a 2- or 3-day trip to a casino resort? Do you want to go for the lifestyle-changing jackpots the rst day and when you (most likely) “tap out,” spend the next days by the pool?
is is, of course, a personal choice. But a common-sense technique would be to gure how many sessions of gambling you want and then divide your total bankroll evenly into
session bankrolls. You might have $100 total and want to play once in the morning, break for lunch, then play two sessions in the afternoon with a break between. You decide that you want a longer session in the morning, so you decide on a $50 session bankroll, with $25 for each afternoon session. Or you could divide your money into daily bankrolls and then divide the daily ones into sessions. You can revise your strategy at anytime if you are winning. But in any case you never
“borrow” from the next session bankroll if you lose in the present
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