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I play fantasy sports because they give me something to root for when I watch the games on TV.  As much as you want players on your team to do well, you almost as much hope all the other players don't, and maybe even get injured.  The ESPN baseball competition is free and you win nothing but pride.  But that's enough for me.  Incidentally, my four teams are in 6th, 3rd, 2nd and FIRST, in a league of 8. When I go to Las Vegas, I only dabble with the machines.  I  remember I was once in Sparks, Nevada, had a nice steak dinner for almost nothing, and on the way out dropped a quarter in one.  For no reason at all, three quarters rolled out.  I couldn't lose.  In a short while I filled one of those LARGE buckets with quarters.  Must have been several hundred dollars.  Clearly it was broken, so I had two choices:  leave immediately with my winnings, or summon an employee to report this malfunction.  I went back to my motel.  Yet, I thought, why not, so I went back.  The machine w