Roulette Dreamz

Just the other weekend the Chief and us went up to Genting for a quick weekend getaway. What was different this trip was that we stayed in Genting Resort Hotel instead of First World Hotel. The place was, of course, much better compared to First World - better view, better furnishing, better prices too (altho' not better in a good way, this one).

Both of us were taking slight notes on the room setup for ideas for when we have our own place next time. Of interest was the closet - instead of the usual built-in closet, their closet acted as a partition between the corridor and the bathroom, with sliding doors on both sides. This meant you could slide both doors open and get a view of whoever who is taking a shower in the glass shower booth. Or climb through and into the bathroom via the closet.

This made us wonder why they bothered putting a lock on the bathroom door in the first place. Don't know, but don't think we'll ever opt for that kinda closet. Keeping our clean fresh clothes in the same space as the porcelain throne isn't something that appeals to us.

This time our getaway included watching Dreamz. Interesting indeed but we don't think we'll remember much about the show save that it has acrobatics, dancing, magic acts, a white tiger, a white lion, a normal tiger, Princess Calafair, everyone in tights. There is almost no plot, there's no dialogue. In short we summarize the show as this - princess of mystical land wakes up, is surrounded by dancers, sings to Magician and Zookeeper, turns into White Lion. Er.

Still, since tickets were free, waste not.

Speaking of freebies, it turns out our hotel stay was also free.

What happened was that the two of us visited the International Room and sat ourselves down at a roulette table. Chief mainly chose the numbers, and we voiced out a couple of numbers for the Chief's discretion on whether to bet on those numbers or not. Yes - the Chief plays, we watch. We are poor, after all. Normally the Chief'll play small, betting a single RM10 chip on a number but betting on a few numbers a round.

However, on our first betting round, we asked for a bet on 23. Having the same number in mind, the Chief put two chips on that number instead of one (to our surprise). And the croupier flicked the ball onto the wheel, around it spins...and lands on 23. What we felt smug about was that no one else won that round, as no one else betted 23, or on odds, or on red etc. What we saw on the Chief's face (who turned to look at us) was a sorta WTF-what-just-happened-did-you-just-do-that kind of look. Roulette being a 35:1 payout, we won RM700 on our first bet.

And subsequently, a few games later, we won another RM350.

The following day we decided to take a look at the video slots, especially since they'd just gotten in a new one called Star Wars Dark Side. Caught our attention it did, not because of geekery but rather because atop each machine was a huge Death Star. Animated scenes, spinning Death Stars that determine free games and multipliers, touch screen...the Chief made RM50 which we lost.

After a bit of calculating, it turns out that our entire stay was for free as we broke even. Now we must resist the temptation of spinning wheels and rolling reels.