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A Harvest Adventure Story *vbgBY 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
NANCY AND I WERE ON THE SECOND HALF OF OUR VACATION WHILE WE WERE STILL LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. THE FIRST HALF WAS MY FAMILY REUNION IN THE CLEARWATER MOUNTAIN AREA OF IDAHO. WHEN WE LEFT THERE WE STARTED OUT BY HEADING OVER THE LOLO PASS INTO MONTANA. THE PASS REST STOP WAS A NICE PLACE TO STOP SO WE DID.
AFTER WE GOT DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN TOP, WE CAME IN TO TOWN THAT HAD A MAJOR JUNCTION AND THE TWO ROADS TURNED INTO A 4 LANE ROAD INTO MISSOULA. NANCY SPOTTED A SMALL SIGN THAT SAID “LIVE POKER”. WE NEED ANOTHER BREAK SO WE BOTH GOT OUT, THE PLACE WAS CALLED BLACK JACK’S CASINO AND IT HAD SLOTS, NOT MANY BUT ENOUGH TO KEEP NANCY BUSY A FEW MINUTES.
THERE WAS TWO DEALERS SITTING AT THE TABLE TALKING, AND I ASKED CASUALLY IF I COULD SEE THEIR CHIPS THAT USE IN THE GAME. THEY SAID SURE, AND THE CHIPS WERE KIND OF COOL EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PAPER LABLES I WANTED THEM. LITTLE DID I KNOW WHAT WAS IN STORE FOR ME, THEY WERE SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE CARDROOM OWNERS. THEY SAID THESE 50c & $1 CHIPS COST US 80/90c EACH AND I WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE YOU $1.50 EACH FOR THEM. I SAID WHAAAAAT? THE SAID, THE $5’s YOU CAN HAVE THEM FOR FACE VALUE. I WAS HAPPY TO PAY THEM WHAT THEY WANTED, AND I GRABBED NANCY WE WERE OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN THE ROAD. NO, I DID NOT GET ENOUGH OF THE SMALL DENOMS …REGGIE
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A Harvest Adventure Story *vbg
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