<p>We have a couple visiting this weekend and they’ve expressed interest in going to the casino in the area (2 hour trip each way).</p>
<p>I’m not opposed to going and money isn’t a factor. I’m just not sure they’re huge gamblers and if you don’t gamble and aren’t there for a performance. Well after you hit the few shops and have an amazing meal, there just isn’t much do. Unless you’re they type of person who spends hours at the slots or table games.</p>
<p>I’m 99% sure we’re going, I’m just not all YAY!!! about the idea.</p>
<p>Where I am, there are things to see on the way to and from the casinos. In addition, one of our casinos has an awesome museum. The ones near us are large. It takes at least an hour to browse from one end to another. Then you could each play $10 worth of slots…then lunch. </p>
<p>It sounds like a fun outing to me…and I don’t gamble.</p>
<p>We’d be going to Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Ct. It’s not supposed to be the nicest day, and the guys going to enjoy gambling. My gf and I had the thought of seeing if it’s too late to book time at the spa.</p>
<p>I guess the more I look the more I realize how much there is to do other than gambling. I just figured casino=gambling, not luxury experience with tons of add ons.</p>
<p>^To kill time, you could spin on those 1c slots, but do not let it default to multiple lines, just do one line a time that is 1c per spin, for 10$ you can work it for hours.</p>
<p>Passed that casino several times, not sure what can be done locally. But if you are familiar with the surroundings, perhaps window shopping outside of the casino is another way to kill time.</p>
<p>I went to Mohegan with a relative and I don’t gamble much,a lottery ticket a few times a year. I found some fun penny machines and won 300…first time luck. Then I walked around the stores, ate in the buffet for lunch (got a discount because I got a card) There isn’t much to do, I didn’t look into the spa, I figured it would be much more than I would pay usually. </p>
<p>It wasn’t my thing, but I went to give this person a ride and to see what it was like.
It was an experience to see the glassy-eyed people at the machines for hours, some sad looking, most losing it seemed, elderly people not moving from the same machine all morning. One woman had an accident because she didn’t go to the ladies room fast enough…manager said it happens more often than you would think. </p>
<p>You can have fun though if you go early and keep it short…a few hours would be my limit. If you can leave, the museums are nice.</p>
<p>Just budget it out beforehand, and assume that you will lose 100% of what you gamble. (Tht way, you aren’t staking more than you are willing to lose, and the money spent on the blackjack table is like money spent at the movies: entertainment cash that you do not expect to recoup.) </p>
<p>Bring the $50 or $100 or whatever in cash, use that exclusively, and then leave when you run out.</p>
<p>Sorry but the only way you will notice people sitting in the same spot all day is if YOU sit in the same spot all day. There are several different gambling halls at Mohegan…go to one…then do more window shopping and get a snack…then go to the other. Move around. No need to play the same slot machine all the time you are there.</p>
<p>Have lunch or an early dinner and then leave. </p>
<p>It’s an outing. It’s only a problem if you do it every day!!</p>
<p>I am not a gambler at all. But several friends and I have been to Foxwoods a couple of times. They have the great museum. The day was an outing, and it was just fun.</p>
<p>That’s true, but I would keep checking on my older relative who couldn’t walk much…there is a lot of walking. Also, my sister can’t go in smoking areas and at Mohegan the non-smoking was kind of small and not really non-smoking, not enclosed. Just something to think about if allergies are an issue. Many people leave cigarettes burning in ash trays while playing and although I found it a nuisance, my sister couldn’t tolerate it at all, so she just shopped.</p>
<p>According to the Mohegan website, there are two completely smoke free gaming rooms, and one room that has a smoke free area (which would not work for most who can’t deal with smoking). All the restaurants are smoke free and so are the rooms on the hotel.</p>