A friend of mine, from Dallas, hit fifteen grand on a slot machine at the Choctaw Casino in Durant, OK. They comped him rooms and meals for about a year as they won their money back and then some.

He was very upset that he had to pay Oklahoma income tax on his winnings. That ate up five percent right there.

Anyway, a year later he was broke again. But he was happy. For one year he was treated like a high roller and he considered that his real winnings.