HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

Hello Chippers; Here is a short story from yours truly or a guest author of our experiences while harvesting somewhere in the gaming world. A few are from countries out side the USA. Most are entertaining and most are instructive as to what to do or what not to do while harvesting chips from casinos or card rooms.
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 info on any casino that I’ve been to, I would be happy to tell you what I can.

Reggie

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

TREASURE CHEST CASINO KENNER, LA

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

NANCY AND I HAD SPENT THE NIGHT AT RIVERWALK DURING IT’S FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION, AND WAS ON OUR WAY TO NEW ORLEANS. ONE OF OUR SCHEDULED STOPS WAS THE TREASURE CHEST IN KENNER. WHEN WE LEFT THE FREEWAY, I WAS NOT AWARE OF HOW FAR IT WAS OFF THE BEATEN PATH.
WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THEIR PARKING LOT AND WHILE WE WALKED TO THE WALKWAY WE NOTICED THAT THE OUT SIDE OF THE OLD RIVERBOAT LOOKED VERY NICE, THE ENTRY WAY WAS ALL MARBLE, BUT WHEN YOU WALKED ABOARD THE ACTUAL RIVEBOAT IT SMELLED HARSHLY OF A COMBINATION OF CIGARETTE SMOKE, CIGAR SMOKE AND WET RAGS. I KNEW NANCY WOULD BE READY TO LEAVE AS SOON AS SHE GOT THERE. ON TOP OF IT ALL THEIR CHIPS WERE ALL THRASHED.
ON TO PLAN “B”, OOPS I DID NOT HAVE A PLAN “B”. I HURRIEDLY GATHERED A FEW ONES AND A COUPLE OF $5 CHIPS. WHILE DOING THIS I DISCOVERED THEY HAD SOME 50c CHIPS THAT I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE. I GRABBED ABOUT 10 OF THE 50c CHIPS AND WENT BACK TO THE CASHIERS CAGE AND CULLED OUT ALL OF THE REAL LOSERS THAT I HAD BOUGHT OFF OF THE TABLES ($1’s & $5’s), CASHED THEM IN AND GRABBED NANCY AND BARELY NOTICED THE AMBULANCE THAT HAD BACKED UP TO THE WALKWAY TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE TREASURE CHEST.
AFTER SEEING THE AMBULANCE; WE REALLY WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT AREA, PLUS IT HAD STARTED RAINING VERY HARD. WE HAD PLANNED ON GOING TO HARRAHS IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS, BUT ON THE WAY DECIDED WE HAD BETTER GO TO OUR RESERVED MOTEL IN HARVEY, LA.
NO, I DID NOT GET ENOUGH CHIPS DURING THIS HARVEST, ‘YA WIN SOME AND ‘YA LOSE SOME…REGGIE
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