Red & Black Roulette: Rule #1 – Everyone Wins

I am terrible at gambling.  Numbers make me nervous. Yet, I like roulette!  It’s colorful, and sensual. I love that carnival sound of the big wheel spinning and the feel of the felt betting surface. It’s a game of pure chance – no skill whatsoever. That’s why I am so excited to have a shot at the wheel at this year’s Red & Black Party! Unlike playing roulette in Vegas, everybody wins at Red & Black roulette. Players place their bets and spin the wheel to win great prizes, and everyone is guaranteed a prize just for playing! All money raised from our Red & Black roulette game benefits NYWC’s unique and powerful creative writing programs for unheard New Yorkers, such as at-risk youth,  veterans of war, the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated, homeless LGBT youth, people living with disabilities and many more. There are lots of winners if you play.

Spin to win our top prize, drinks with Ira Glass.

Here are some of the amazing prizes to spin for: Gift cards from Greenlight Bookstore , a private yoga session with certified yoga instructor Rebecca Bull Ketchum, two tickets to the absolutely fabulous Talent Show,  a photography session with photographer Chaunté Vaughn, a beautiful original design clutch handbag from C/D Accesories, gift boxes for super luxe body products from Bayside Soap and Cleo’s Cabinet, and more. Our top prize this year is drinks with This American Life’s Ira Glass!

Just to be sure that you bet with your head and not just your heart, here are some basic rules for roulette. I am particularly moved by this part:

When the ball’s spin starts to decay, no more bets are allowed, and the ball eventually falls into one of the numbered slots.

 

Very poetic.

Buy your tickets to the Red & Black Party today or you might miss out on the action.  Besides roulette, we’ll have a performance by sexpot comedian Dave Hill, and of course, lovely and lethal specialty cocktails made by our very own Cupid! Free drinks and gambling – this is the stuff that dreams are made of!