HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

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

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

TOPAZ LODGE GARDNERVILLE, NV

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

THE TOPAZ LODGE SITS UP ON A FOOT HILL OVERLOOKING THE TOPAZ LAKE, WHICH IS A BREATAKING VIEW. THEY USED GARDNERVILLE, NV AS THEIR MAIL ADDRESS, BUT THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY TOPAZ LAKE, NV.
THIS CASINO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PIT STOP FOR ME WHEN TRAVELING THE 395 HIGHWAY. I USED THIS HIGHWAY FREQUENTLY WHILE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. I LIKED THE LAID BACK ATOMOSPHERE OF THE CASINO, AND I USUALLY WON A FEW BUCKS ON THEIR BLACK JACK TABLE. CARD COUNTERS SUCH AS MYSELF, WELL; WE JUST CAN’T HELP OURSELVES WHEN WE SEE A SINGLE OR DOUBLE DECK BLACK JACK TABLE AND NO ONE PLAYING. WINK WINK.
TRUTHFULLY, OVER THE YEARS OF 1990 TO 2006 I DID NOT NEED TOO MANY CHIPS. SO THE HARVESTS AT THE TOPAZ LODGE WERE ALWAYS SMALL.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I STOPPED THERE AND THE PLACE HAD ALMOST BURNED TO THE GROUND. NOT QUITE TO THE GROUND, SOME OF THE WALLS WERE STILL STANDING. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE DATE OF THIS UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE, BUT IT DID RESULT IN A NEW RACK OF CHIPS ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER WHEN THEY REBUILT.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE TOPAZ WAS IT WAS EASY TO HARVEST, AND OFTEN IT WAS FINANCIALLY PROFITABLE. I ALWAYS GOT ENOUGH CHIPS, THAT IS UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I STOPPED BY…REGGIE
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