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TumblingBones
TumblingBones
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May 4th, 2020 at 1:11:05 PM permalink
So here it is, 8 weeks now of going nowhere, and I've been fantasizing about where and what I would like to do when (if?) thing get back to normal. An excursion to some gambling mecca is certainly high on my list but the question was where. Vegas? AC? Mohegan? Then I got to thinking, if I'm going to fantasize, why limit myself to the possible. So my question to one and all is:

If you could gamble anywhere, whether real or imaginary, where and when would you pick? For me it would be shooting craps in Las Vegas at the height of the Rat Pack era. Other options that came to mind:
  • play Faro in Tombstone with Doc Holliday as the dealer.
  • poker on a Mississippi river boat circa 1830
  • Baccarat with James Bond and Ernst Stavro Blofeld
  • roulette in the back room at Rick's Café Américain
My goal of being well informed conflicts with my goal of remaining sane.
billryan
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May 4th, 2020 at 1:25:01 PM permalink
49 BC, rolling the die with Julius Caesar at the Rubicon.
The Upper Room when they drew the raffle to replace Judas.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
SOOPOO
SOOPOO
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May 4th, 2020 at 1:33:27 PM permalink
Try googling these.....

Boiling Lake.... Dominica
Blue Lagoon.... Iceland
Salt Hotel.... Bolivia
Skara Brae.... Orkney Islands
Ngorongoro crater.... Tanzania
Angkor Wat.... Cambodia
Iguazu Falls... Argentina and Brazil
Fez..... Morocco
Galapagos Islands..... Ecuador

Edit... didn't see the gambling part... oh well..... at least I got to remember better times....
pwcrabb
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May 4th, 2020 at 2:34:36 PM permalink
Playing craps in a barn in New Jersey by invitation only at an illegal game circa1933 and Nick Dandolos is standing next to me while he plays the dark side .
"I suppose I was mad. Every great genius is mad upon the subject in which he is greatest. The unsuccessful madman is disgraced and called a lunatic." Fitz-James O'Brien, The Diamond Lens (1858)
Ace2
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May 4th, 2020 at 2:41:02 PM permalink
Shooting dice in the Tangiers casino with Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro
It’s all about making that GTA
smoothgrh
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May 4th, 2020 at 5:44:54 PM permalink
I would want to be “in the room where it happened” and see what was the hole card for Wild Bill Hickok‘s aces and eights.
WatchMeWin
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May 4th, 2020 at 6:04:56 PM permalink
Ive had some of the greatest experiences in the world playing craps. I played in Monte Carlo at Le Casino. It was extraordinaire!
Ive played just about every casino in the US. Wynn and Bellagio top my list... However, my dream is to play in a casino that doesn't currently exist. Ive always wanted to play in an amazing casino in Hawaii overlooking the ocean at sunset hour. Hopefully, one day, that can happen once the politics allow it. Basically, when the states needs money, they legalize everything.
'Winners hit n run... Losers stick around'
DRich
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May 4th, 2020 at 6:39:56 PM permalink
My trip to the island of St. Maarten was cancelled today by American Airlines. It was scheduled for May 15th. Nothing like going to a Caribbean island for beaches, cocktails, fine food and gambling.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
Ace2
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May 4th, 2020 at 8:28:21 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

My trip to the island of St. Maarten was cancelled today by American Airlines. It was scheduled for May 15th. Nothing like going to a Caribbean island for beaches, cocktails, fine food and gambling.

I was there about 6 months ago. It felt a like a ghost town in Phillipsburg and especially in Marigot...so deserted at night that it was spooky. Still recovering from the hurricane
It’s all about making that GTA
ChumpChange
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May 5th, 2020 at 4:54:18 AM permalink
Going to April 15, 2021 when everybody goes to mail their taxes before midnight only to find out the Post Offices have been closed since July 2020.
SOOPOO
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May 5th, 2020 at 5:01:00 AM permalink
Quote: Ace2

I was there about 6 months ago. It felt a like a ghost town in Phillipsburg and especially in Marigot...so deserted at night that it was spooky. Still recovering from the hurricane



I was there end of February. Seemed like any other Caribbean island. Tourist area pretty much reconstructed.
DRich
DRich
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May 5th, 2020 at 6:35:59 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

I was there end of February. Seemed like any other Caribbean island. Tourist area pretty much reconstructed.



Iwas there last year and the area that we hang out didn't really seem any different after IRMA except that a lot of trees and foilage were missing and half of the beach bars were gone.
At my age, a "Life In Prison" sentence is not much of a deterrent.
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