Only hotels and casinos, I think. Haven't had a reason to go
there!
I was at a convention, of sorts, in Laughlin - now that I've recovered
from my most recent brain fart, the convention I went to in Laughlin was
more like a fair. It was an RV thing, with big pavilions and a lot of
outdoor stuff, since, after all, it was a huge RV show. But funner than a
rat, and all of the people were wonderful.
Casino-wise, I was awe-struck this last time thru. I was coming from
Minnesota, and my last stop in MN had been one of the Indian casinos at
Mystic Lake. I had finally finished packing up all the crap I had to get
out of the apartment by 6 am at about 5 am, and hit the road. I stopped at
the casino for breakfast and sleep. But stopped - I had several hundred
bucks cash in my pocket, and was able to afford to spend a couple hundred
on "gambling". When I was up $400.00, I bid the dealers good-night, and
went up to sleep. When I got up, I went down, spent about ten bucks at the
"blackjack" tables, noted that the streak had gone cold, and left.
Now, the thing that struck me about arriving at Laughlin and playing
Blackjack there is, in Mystic Lake they deal "blackjack" from a shoe, and
"double-deck" night is an event - it's typically four-, six-, or
eight-deck. The suckers never touch their cards, and they're all dealt
face-up, except the dealer's hole card.
In Laughlin, they play real cards. One deck, the dealer shuffles them
with his bare hands, presents the deck to the player, who cuts the cards,
the dealer buries the top card, and he deals the cards, face down to the
players, and he has to turn one up. You get to pick up your cards and look
at them. I like that. Ergo, I like Laughlin. ;-)
I've stopped at a couple of California "casinos". Poker? Pfaugh!
Cheers!
Rich
