Saturday, January 10, 2009

Señores y Señoras - Gather Round and Place your Bets. Russian Roulette - Colombian Style

This is amazing!! It's the funnest sort of gambling I have ever seen. There are about 16 bowls down there with little holes cut into them. You put your 200 Colombian pesos (9 cents) on the bowl you think the guinea pig is going to crawl into. If you guess right, you win all the money. The gentleman running the activity doesn't take any of the money for himself. He says he's there to just provide safe, fun entertainment.

2 comments:

Uncle B. said...

They have a similar game played with mice at carnivals in Central Illinois. The mouse goes on a wheel with many different colours...each colour has a hole...whichever colour the mouse picks, wins. Except the carnies take everyone else's money and you just win a stuffed animal.

DT said...

Sounds like they take the fun out of it. I was amazed that this guy sits out there all day and doesnt make a cent off of it.