how much time/money are you willing to invest in traveling to a casino that is far away? Let's consider the typical leave on Friday, come back on Sunday model. We can also consider leaving on Thursday and/or returning on Monday.

I lucked out with my local casinos, so I am finding it difficult to justify good reasons to spend more time in the car when I could actually be playing. I know that there are casinos with s17 and surrender, but i would need to spend an extra 2 hours to get there (4 hours total for round trip). And plus I don't know if the penetration is as good as what I got right now. I haven't ran any numbers yet, but it seems that I can just play a little longer at the local joints and then be back home on Sunday mid afternoon, so I can unwind a little bit before work on Monday. Wheras if I am traveling further to play, I probably won't get back home on Sunday until 11:00 pm which is kind of rough.

And I tried to look into flying to different places. Well I can find cheap flights, but by the time I figure in car rental and hotels, the cost just becomes too great. The only travel destination that makes sense is vegas when I can get a good deal on the flight. In Vegas I don't need a car and the rooms are cheap/comped.