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I have recently gone back and forth a lot between land based and online gambling. What I have found is that overall I prefer online for an ongoing long term hobby. Land based is definitely fun for an occasionally run, but in my personal experience I tend to loose a lot more due to....totally loosing control (spending, time, logic, sanity, etc.). When online, I am in a much better position to manage the cost, the losses or wins, as well as walking away. It is so much easier to close my computer then it is to pack up and walk out of a casino. Fortunately I have not lost much online, but also I haven't won much. This is a balance I am really comfortable with, since I really enjoy the online games (great visuals, sound affect, and totally engaging). I have seen huge wins by others, so I know it can be done. I have had some good wins, but usually spend it back down to break even or less. The selection at a land based casino is much more limited, in terms of available slots. Online there is so much available. Land based gaming environments can be fun, but then you have to go there, park, endure smoke if you don't happen to enjoy that, and other distractions (some good and some not so much). Online you control your environment, and I personally find it a lot more fun than watching TV However in the universe of online casinos, I have found it very helpful to have the sidebar listing other players wins in real time (or close to it). This gives me hope when I am down, or convinces me to run depending on how others seem to be doing. Of course you don't know what they are betting, but you can get a general idea if hot streaks are happening, or not. I have won a lot more in land based casinos, several $2000+ euro progressives, nothing huge but enough to make it VERY FUN. However I have also lost control and lost so much more in land based casinos. One in particular, I lost around 10,000 Euro in a few weeks on slots. It is also great that if something goes wrong in the online gambling world, there is recourse, such as filing a complaint with this website. I just wanted to share my perspective on the differences, and as a long term gambling junkie, who is relatively new to online, I find it overall to be a heck of a lot better in so many ways.

Hi darlings Obviously, we all here are fans of online casinos. Before online casinos, all the popularity (and money) belonged to land-based casinos. However they still exist and maybe can be even more exciting than online ones. Anyways, a couple of days ago, I visited one slot club and one real casino, in Belgrade. Actually, on my way from my flat to that Havana casino, there's about 15-20 minutes walking. On that route, there was at least 3,4 slot clubs and a few betting clubs. I feel like my neighbourhood is mini slot village. Banks and slot clubs around. If I'm a foreigner, I'd think Serbia is very rich country Havana land-based casino in Belgrade is part of "Slavija" hotel and it has separated entrance with red carpet on the stairs. Inside, it's commodious with a lot of slot machines and electric roulette tables. One roulette table was full of Chinese guys and the other one full of young good looking girls. There were some gentlemen, in black suits, loud and joyous. They were probably winning and depositing loads of money. Sexy waitress brought me cappuccino after asking me for the free drink. You can smoke inside, cool! Deposit is made by putting a paper money into the slit. I deposited 500 serbian dinars, which is about €4,5 Slot machine I played is famous Gaminator - a collection of Novomatic games. My session lasted about 2 hours and I already got bored and my hand and spine were tired. At the end I requested a cash-out, 2000 serbian dinars. So, I quadrupled my deposit and made a nice, new experience! After that, I played a bit of roulette, but I was lazy to figure out what all that buttons actually mean Do you have stories to tell from land-based casinos? How was it? How were the games and the interior? Tell us