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

*LUCKY LIL’S GREAT FALLS, MT

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

LUCKY LIL’S WAS ALL OVER MONTANA AS A CASINO. IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS IT ALSO HAD A CARD ROOMS: GREAT FALLS, BOZEMAN AND BUTTE. (POSSIBLY BILLINGS)
I HAVE HARVESTED IN 3 OF THE ABOVE CARD ROOMS. IN GREAT FALLS IT WAS HOUSED INSIDE OF A VERY POPULAR MOTEL ON CORNER OF AN INTERSECTION OF TWO OF THE BIGGER BOULEVARDS OF WHICH ARE ALSO STATE HIGHWAYS. ONE GOING NORTH AND ONE GOING EAST & WEST.
THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT WAS VERY LIVELY, AND I GOTTA SAY I HAD A VERY FUN NIGHT, BECAUSE I HAD A ROOM AT THAT MOTEL, AND I COULD SEE IT FROM THE CARD TABLES. IT WAS ONLY A HUNDRED FEET TO IT JUST ACROSS THE INDOOR POOL. MEANWHILE AT THE CARD TABLE, THEY PLAYED IN ROTATION THE FOLLOWING GAMES; OMAHA HIGH, TAHOE AND HOLD’EM. THIS WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS GOING TO OR COMING FROM A FAMILY REUNION. I SURE MISS THOSE REUNIONS, THEY GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF HARVESTING , OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. LUCKY LIL’S CHIPS AS YOU WILL SEE IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY KNOW, HAVE 4 VARIETIES OF 25c, $1 & $5 CHIPS, SO THIS WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE MANY VARITIES OF THEIR CHIPS, I WAS KEPT BUSY SORTING AND LOOKING FOR THE HARDER TO FIND VARITIES BETWEEN HANDS. AND AS THE NIGHT GOT LATER, I STARTED LOSING MY GRIP ON THE GAME, BUT I HAD FILLED MY POCKETS, AND I WAS GETTING VERY TIRED SO I STARTED TALKING ABOUT CASHING IN. ONE OF THE DEALERS/CARD ROOM MANAGER SAID CAN I HAVE YOUR ADDRESS, I SAID SURE; THEY OF COURSE, DID NOT REALIZE I HAD A CALIFORNIA ADDRESS. I GOT MAIL FOR TOURNAMENT OPPORTUNIES FOR YEARS AFTERWARDS. THIS WAS A FUN PLACE, AND NO I STILL DID NOT GET ENOUGH CHIPS.
I CAN STILL HEAR THE QUARTER CHIPS (25c) GOING DING, WHEN THEY THREW THEM IN THE BUCKET THAT HUNG FROM THE CEILING, JUST ABOVE THE LIGHT THAT COVERED THE TABLE. http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=MTBULL