If you are a first timer? Go to the customer service desk and tell them that this is the first time in whatever casino you are in. Almost all of them will give you a first time $10 free play per person. That lets you play the first $10 on the house. If you are with a partner that is $20 to learn (mostly how to lose the money) and play the slots or table games. Once you spend their $10 all winnings and play is yours yoU cashin and take home.
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