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

GREAT CANADIAN CASINO VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

THIS TRIP WAS WITH KEN, MY SON; WE HAD ALREADY BEEN TO DEADWOOD, MONTANA AND PARTS OF WASHINGTON. THE DAY DID NOT START OUT VERY GOOD, WE GOT HELD UP BY A SWING BRIDGE, THAT LET SEVERAL SHIPS THROUGH A CHANNEL 50 MILES SOUTH OF PORT ANGELES. THIS CAUSED US TO MISS THE FERRY TO VICTORIA. ANOTHER 3 HOUR WAIT WAS THE RESULT OF THE PREVIOUS WAIT AT THE BRIDGE.
WE FINALLY MADE IT OVER TO VICTORIA TO ENJOY ALL THAT VICTORIA HAD TO OFFER; THAT WE HAD TIME FOR. IT IS REALLY A VERY SPECIAL CITY TO VISIT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO GO ON YOUR NEXT VACATION.
KEN AND I NEEDED A LONG BREAK AFTER WALKING ALL OVER THE BUTCHART GARDENS. THE HARVEST WAS REALATIVELY EASY TO MAKE, IF YOU WERE WILLING TO BUY CHIPS FROM A BLACK JACK TABLE AND PLAY A FEW HANDS. THE TRICKY PART IS THAT ALL OF THE CHIPS HAVE DATE #’S ON THEM. I WAS TRYING TO GET 5 OF EACH NUMBER, SO I WOULD BUY CHIPS PLAY A HAND OR TWO, THEN GO CHECK THEM OUT SOME WHERE AWAY FROM THE EYES OF THE PIT BOSSES, CASH THE ONES NOT NEEDED, AND DO IT OVER AGAIN. I NEVER DID GET ENOUGH OF SOME DATES ON THE CHIPS. THERE WAS A CAFÉ ATTACHED TO THE CASINO, WHERE KEN WAS RELAXING THAT I EVENTUALLY BROUGHT MY TREASURES FOR HIM TO HOLD ON TO UNTIL I WAS DONE. THE CHEF, WHO OWNED THE FRANCHISE WAS FASCINATED WITH WHAT I WAS DOING SO I GAVE HIM THE SHORT VERSION OF HOW MUCH FUN CHIP COLLECTING IS. NEVER DID GET ALL I NEEDED FROM THIS CASINO.…REGGIE - PS this casino is now the View Royal.
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