If you are a confirmed couch-potato, a 24/7 TV watcher, then this scene is not strange to you. It is after the nuclear war between the superpowers. The picture shows a bleak landscape with burnt trees, wrecked homes and buildings and ragged remnants of populations. There is no food, no gas and everyone is on foot. Now watch the news channels and see what’s going on: floods everywhere, fires all over the planet, earthquakes, hurricanes and tropical storms. Stock exchanges are collapsing and the word ‘recession’ is on everyone’s lips. Head for your computer and log into an online casino before you do anything else. Welcome to our alternative lifestyle where you forget about the rest of the world and concentrate on the game. 

Since you were last inside the online casino, 5 new slots games have been added and the graphics and sound have been enhanced. It’s peaceful here and you understand exactly what’s going on. The changes are all improvements. The atmosphere is not restful but you feel confident because you recognize everything. Let’s try a little roulette, just to make sure the wheel still spins for me, you think. I’ll drop $20 chips on three numbers, just to prove to myself that everything’s alright. Number 7, my lucky number since my schooldays. Number 13 my unlucky number since I became superstitious and number 23, my birthday.

I click on ‘spin’ sit back and wait for the devil to do his worst. But the devil is out there on the streets, fighting his battle against the world. As an alternative I have Lady Luck sitting on my shoulder today and when I hear the clickety-click of the little ivory ball that gets me all excited, I lean forward and wait breathlessly. Yes! I shout. My online casino world is still okay in all this madness. Number 23.

I am about to invite my wife out to dinner when I think that I should let my win ride, bet the whole $700 again. Wise or foolish? Take a chance. The wheel spins. “Honey, remember that Caribbean cruise we couldn’t afford?

Posted on: May 23, 2009

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