The act of continuously putting money in the machine should be enough for your brain to catch on the fact that you're losing your butt. If you lost half right away, you may be swayed to bet higher the next day to try and re-coop your funds which is a huge no-no! Better still, give yourself 3 envelopes for the night with $50 in each for 6pm, 9pm and 11pm! Don't put $20 bills in there because you're bound to lose it all at once. That way if you lose it all, it won't hurt as much and you'll still have a positive outlook on the weekend. The first day give yourself a little less than a third of your budget, say $150. For starters, you can forget about the high limit room! It's easy to get carried away on your first night and lose it all, so bring some envelopes! Label the envelopes by date and time (because you know once midnight strikes, that next days budget could be gone in a blink of an eye!). Well you better be strong willed and ensure you follow a plan. Say you're going to Vegas for the weekend and you want your money to last the entirety of your stay. Keep that smile people, you're supposed to be having FUN! Trust your instinct because if you don't, you'll hate yourself for it later and you'll get in a sour mood.

After 10 spins, re-evaluate if you want to keep spinning or continue playing. Perhaps get yourself 10 $5 bills and pick out 10 games to play. It may sound small, but that's only 100 spins and that may not be enough to even land a bonus. If that's your prerogative, go for it! However if you have $50, then keep to those 50cent spins or under. Don't get me wrong, I have friends who have played on $20 for an hour betting 8 cents a spin. I have lost $50 in a single spin many times, haha. $50 is not a lot of money, especially when you're considering using it to gamble with and potentially lose. Regardless, let me entertain that notion.

Personally, it takes me 90 minutes to get to my 'local' casino, one way! So I won't be making that drive with a $50 budget as it would cost that much to get there in gas, haha. The simple answer is that it should be whatever you're comfortable losing! So let's say you only have $500 for a weekend or $50 for a day. People often ask me what their budget should be for the casino.

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