Both are still painful in the pocket. As for me, I only play slots when I want to chill but if I want to be serious and possibly want to earn a profit, I will play strategic games like black jack and poker. Blaming casino for your own loss is too funny but may be some will believe on it if the casino is guilty that there are manipulations that happened.
For me I play for fun most of the times with small amounts keeping my budget in mind but don't hage something like playing professionally for making serious money even on strategic games like poker also.I love playing poker but when I am interested in it not for making money because we still don't have guarantee we will win it so luck is also required in these games.