[RHSeeger]

I'll occasionally go to the casino with my wife, and put aside a couple hundred dollars for the night. I play at the low end blackjack tables and she generally enjoys slots. For a couple hundred dollars, we both get an entire night's worth of entertainment (we both enjoy the playing, we don't expect to win). Sometimes, we even win some (little) money, which adds to the fun.

At the end of the day, it works out to spending money for entertainment, the same as any other night out.