Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: While ~RJM~ got himself ready I went over to the casino ( again right across the way ) to play a bit before we sat through our presentation . The presentation ... what can I say .... we * did * get our $ 100 in food certificates ... it * did * take up the majority of our afternoon ( did they say 90 minutes or did I have my hearing aide too low and they meant 90 hours ? ) , and in the end we did n't gamble with the timeshare business either . 
Question: Why would the narrator opt to go to a casino ?
Output (English): They have some time before a convention .