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

A GUEST AUTHOR’s HARVEST STORY

RED EARTH CASINO SALTON CITY, CA

By: Steve Gobel

As long as I'd gone all the way down to the Augustine, I figured I might as well go see the Red Earth Casino, down by the Salton Sea. I fell in love with this little joint! Unlike Fantasy Rip Off Springs and Moron-go these folks were genuinely interested in having you stop in their place! Got the slot card and needed to earn 3 points to get $10 in free slot play. Reasonable. I thought. After giving me the card, the lady at the club desk asked if I'd like a bottle of water "Yes, Please". She ducked in the back and brought forth a half frozen bottle of water! Boy, was that refreshing in 110 degree heat. She and I started talking, told her I was a collector... she said they has some t-shirts that they'd been giving out, Would I like one? But she only had size 4x left. I'm a 3x, and when it comes to those sizes, not much difference between wearing a 3 man tent and a 4 man tent. I went looking around for "the Machine" that wouldn't lie to me about giving off the vibe that it was getting ready to pay off. Found it! Put in $5 and pretty soon I had $11+. I went back to the nice lady to see if I'd racked up 3 points for free play. Nope, not yet she said. The heck with the free play, I'm taking doubling my money in a slot and running. She and I talked some more, and she said that they had some of the old chips in the back, even though they'd not had table games in 4 or 5 years. I was hoping she'd have a $5 or a $25, but came back with a 50 center that I already had, and besides she said they told her that they were not letting go of any of the chips, even for full face value. So I went back to my hot machine and put in a dollar to work it down to 1c for a take home TITO. Well, the dang machine kept paying off, I kept cashing out and putting in another dollar to try again. LMAO at the concept that I was trying to LOOSE money and the machine wouldn't let me do that. If only I'd been playing quarters!!! I could have dang near paid for my whole trip Still, it was a great way to end the gambling portion of my vacation !