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A Harvest Adventure Story BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE, NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IT; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.
REGGIE
THIS WAS THE FIRST AND LAST DAY CRUISE HARVESTS NANCY AND I WILL PROBABLY EVER MAKE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY ENJOY A SATURDAY. I THINK IT COST US ABOUT $15 A PIECE TO BOARD THE BOAT. IT WAS FAIRLY WELL FURNISHED. IT HAD ABOUT 300 SLOTS, 4 BLACKJACK TABLES, ONE CRAP TABLE, ONE ROULETTE WHEEL, A COUPLE OF HOUSE GAMES AND A NICE UPPER DECK LOUNGE.
NANCY IMMEDIATELY WENT TO GET HER SLOT MACHINE FIX, AND I ADJOURNED TO THE UPPER DECK WITH MY BOOK. I DID NOT FEEL LIKE TRYING MY HAND AT THEIR BLACK JACK TABLES, THE RULES WERE SKEWED TOO MUCH TO THE HOUSE’S FAVOR.
ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE CRUISE TIME OF FOUR HOURS I STROLLED UP TO THE CASHIER TO ATTEMPT TO BUY SOME CHIPS. ON MY LEFT WAS AN ARMED GUARD, HE SAYS, WHAT DO WANT TO BUY THEM FROM THE CAGE FOR? I SAID I WANT TO TAKE SOME SOUVENIRS HOME WITH ME. HE SAYS THAT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE AND THE MOUSY LITTLE CASHIER SAYS I CANNOT SELL THEM OUT OF THE CAGE, YOU NEED TO BUY THEM FROM THE TABLES. THE NEXT HARVEST PLAN I TRIED SEEMED TO WORK A LITTLE BETTER, I SAT DOWN AND ENGAGED THE RANKING PIT BOSS IN CONVERSATION. AND IMMEDIATELY ASK HIM ABOUT BUYING A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHIPS FOR SOUVENIRS. I HAD ALSO, COUNSELLED WITH NANCY AND ASKED HER TO DO THE SAME. THIS WAS THE BREAKDOWN (TIMES 2) 10 $1 CHIPS, 2 SNAPPERS AND 1 $5 CHIP. THIS IS A CASE OF I THOUGHT I BOUGHT THE RIGHT AMOUNT, I DID.
BELIEVE ME, THE CRUISE WAS ENJOYABLE, BUT YOU ARE CAPTIVE FOR XX HOURS…REG http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=FLFMTB
Side Note: About 2015 the “Big M” Moved up to Myrtle Beach, SC…reg
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