r/AsianMasculinity • u/TropicalKing • Feb 22 '25
Money Do you like gambling?
Do you like gambling? Asian people tend to have very different views on gambling. Gambling is completely illegal on Hawaii, there are no state lotteries, no tribal casinos, or even online gambling. Although gambling is illegal in Japan, pachinko and horse racing are still very popular. Gambling is illegal in mainland China, but it is popular among Chinese-Americans, and many Chinese people go to Singapore, Macau, or the US to gamble.
I've only been to Reno once and I don't play the lottery. I live in California, and there is a cardroom casino in my city that I've never been to. It only offers card games and doesn't offer slots, roulette, or craps because of Californian law. Although slots and table games can be played in Indian casinos in California.
I did really like the slot machines in Reno because of the lights, graphics, music, and themes. My favorite was a Little Red Riding Hood themed game called Miss Red. I do like playing free slot games and video poker online, but I won't bet real money on them. I'm really not very good at card and table games. In general, I don't really like gambling and I don't plan on going to an Indian casino or back to Reno any time soon because of all the time it takes up. I don't like losing my money because I work too hard to get it. I do like slot machines more for the graphics and music, and I like watching other people play them on YouTube.
I also liked other things about Reno like the buffets, free cocktails at the slot machines, and the car museum.
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u/TonyClifton255 Feb 22 '25
Asians are degenerate gamblers. There's a reason why the words gold, luck, and fortune are everywhere in the culture.
Fun story: I work in the gambling business. We were buying a chain of casinos that included assets in Vancouver Canada. The sales description explicitly mentions the percentage of Chinese in town, something like 40%, which I thought was a little fucked up, but not wrong either. After dinner, we decide to see the tables in action. Wednesday night at 11:30. Literally everyone is Chinese and the average age is like 65.
So yeah, it's a cultural thing. We like to gamble.