BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES; YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I WAS NEVER 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 CAN.
REGGIE
ON A TRIP TO SPOKANE, WA TO VISIT MY UNCLE, AND ABOUT A HUNDRED CARD ROOMS AND CASINOS IN MONTANA AND WASHINGTON, WE TOOK AN OVERNIGHT TRIP INTO CENTRAL WA. ONE OF THE STOPS WAS A QUAINT LITTLE CARD ROOM IN THE TOWN OF EAST WENATCHEE, WA.
THIS IS IN THE HEART OF APPLE ORCHARD COUNTRY, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY APPLE TREES. THE CASINO/CARD ROOM WAS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE MAIN DRAGS AND ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A SHOPPING MALL. IN THIS TOWN THERE WAS 3 CARD ROOMS OPEN AT THE TIME AND I HAD ALREADY VISITED THE OTHER TWO: BUZZ INN & KEGLERS.
WHEN I WENT IN TO THE CASINO, IT WAS FURNISHED TOTALLY IN EARLY COWBOY. IT WAS VERY RUSTIC AND HARDLY A CUSTOMER, THIS MID AFTERNOON. I STROLLED THROUGHT THE BAR AREA AND SLOT AREA, AND FOUND THE POKER ROOM IN THE BACK AS USUAL. TWO DEALERS WERE THERE CHIT CHATTING, AND ONE ASKED IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU? I EXPLAINED THAT I WAS A CHIP COLLECTOR, AND THEN THEY STARTED PULLING CHIPS OUT OF THEIR TRAY. AND THE BEST PART OF THIS, BESIDES THE EASY WAY IT WENT DOWN, IS I WAS ABLE TO TALK THEM OUT OF A DROP CHIP. NO, I DID NOT GET ENOUGH OF ANY OF THE CHIPS FROM THIS PLACE…REGGIE
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