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
MY FIRST TRIP TO HARLOW’S IN GREENVILLE WAS ABOUT 7-8 YEARS AGO. NANCY AND I HAD BEEN TO TUNICA, AND DECIDED TO DRIVE DOWN STATE MISSISSIPPI FOR A FEW HARVESTS; WHICH INCLUDED THE NEWLY OPENED HARLOW’S.
ACTUALLY THERE IS NOT A LOT TO RELATE ABOUT THIS TRIP OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I DID DO A LOT OF HARVESTING ELSEWHERE, ALONG WITH HARLOW’S.
LET ME DESCRIBE THE FOYER/LOBBY PART OF HARLOW’S A BIT; THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN THERE YOU CAN REMEMBER THE RED VELVET ROUND SOFA, THE VELVET CHAIRS, THE GAUDY GOLD FRAMED MIRRORS, THE ATROCIOUS REST ROOMS. THIS PLACE LOOKED LIKE THE WAITING ROOM IN THE LOCAL *****HOUSE. (USE YOUR IMAGINATION).
THE MEMBERSHIP CARDS WERE AVAILABLE JUST AS YOU ENTERED THE CASINO, SO THAT IS THE NEXT THING WE TURNED OUR ATTENTION TO, THEY WERE QUITE COOL.
I WENT IN AND FOUND SOME FRIENDLY BLACK JACK TABLES, SINCE THEY DID NOT HAVE POKER AT THAT TIME. I COLLECTED MY DUES AS ANY GOOD BLACK JACK PLAYER CAN DO WITH THE DOUBLE DECK BLACK JACK. MEAN WHILE NANCY FOUND HER FAVORITE MACHINES; SO SHE WAS NOT IN ANY HURRY TO LEAVE THIS CASINO. WE SPENT ABOUT 2-3 HOURS THERE ALL TOLD, I MADE SEVERAL DOLLARS OVER MY CHIP HARVEST HABIT SO IT WAS A VERY PROFITABLE STOP. NANCY DID NOT FAIR AS WELL AS I DID; SO SHE WAS THE ONE THAT CAME BY MY BLACK JACK TABLE AND MADE HER REQUEST TO LEAVE. AS I REMEMBER THEY HAD THEIR BLACK JACK TABLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CASINO AND BANKS OF SLOTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE, A NORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL SET FOR A CASINO.
I WAS GLAD WE MADE THE TRIP, BUT WAS READY TO START HEADING FOR HOME. I DID GET ENOUGH CHIPS FOR MY TRADER INVENTORY AND MY COLLECTION…REGGIE
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