I attended a party the other night and the topic of conversation turned to the economy. Most of us admitted that we were making a conscious effort to cut back on our spending shared some of our suggestions for doing so with the others. We agreed that it is easy to fore go buying large items such as a new car or house when the economy turns bad but for many of us cutting back on some of simpler luxuries we took for granted was more difficult.

One friend said that he had given up buying his daily gourmet coffee from a well know national chain and was now brewing his coffee at home. He figured that he was saving at least $50 a month making this one change in his routine. He said he also buys soda from the supermarket and brings a can to work instead of purchasing it from the vending machine which saves him even more money each day. Other said they had given up buying bottled water to help stretch their budgets

Most of my friends are also avid casino gamblers and we started discussing some ways to stretch our casino dollars. Here are a few of the tips we came up with.