HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

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

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

LAUGHLIN, NEVADA

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

DON LAUGHLIN IS CREDITED FOR CREATING THIS TOWN.
LAUGHLIN, NV IS ANOTHER TOWN LIKE DEADWOOD, SD & CRIPPLE CREEK, CO THAT YOU CAN ESSENTIALY HARVEST THE WHOLE TOWN ON FOOT. IN THE CASE OF LAUGHLIN, YOU CAN DO IT BY BOAT. ALL BUT ONE IS LOCATED ON THE RIVER, AND THAT ONE IS THE TROPICANA EXPRESS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE RAMADA EXPRESS.
THE RUNNING JOKE ABOUT LAUGHLIN IS THAT IT HAS THREE MAJOR HOLIDAY’s THAT DO NOT SHOW UP ON THE CALENDAR. THE THREE DAYS THAT ARE CELEBRATED ARE THE THREE DAYS THAT THE WIND DOES NOT BLOW.
I HAVE MADE AT LEAST 20 TRIPS TO LAUGHLIN OVER THE YEARS, MANY TIMES BEFORE I WAS CHIP COLLECTOR AND MANY TIMES AFTER. I USED A CAR MOST OF THE TIME TO DO MY HARVESTING, BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE TO VISIT EACH CASINO EVERY TIME I VISITED. IN THE EARLIER YEARS OF COLLECTING I STAYED AT THE “BELLE” AND IT WAS MY FAVORITE POKER ROOM. http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=NVLACB
HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON SOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THE CASINOS. THE ONES NOT MENTIONED ARE FAIRLY EASY TO HARVEST FROM, ALSO. THE RIVERSIDE IS STINGY, THE FLAMINGO IS EASY, THE EDGEWATER IS STINGY, PIONEER IS EASY, THE RIVER PALMS IS EASY, HARRAH’S IS EASY, AND THE TROPICANA EXPRESS IS EASY. I ALWAYS GOT ENOUGH CHIPS FROM LAUGHLIN, MOSTLY BECAUSE I KNEW I WOULD BE COMING BACK. …REGGIE