HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
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 INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I CAN.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

TOPAZ LODGE GARDNERVILLE, NV

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

THE TOPAZ LODGE SITS UP ON A FOOT HILL OVERLOOKING THE TOPAZ LAKE, WHICH IS A BREATAKING VIEW. THEY USED GARDNERVILLE, NV AS THEIR MAIL ADDRESS, BUT THE LOCATION IS ACTUALLY TOPAZ LAKE, NV.
THIS CASINO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PIT STOP FOR ME WHEN TRAVELING THE 395 HIGHWAY. I USED THIS HIGHWAY FREQUENTLY WHILE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. I LIKED THE LAID BACK ATOMOSPHERE OF THE CASINO, AND I USUALLY WON A FEW BUCKS ON THEIR BLACK JACK TABLE. CARD COUNTERS SUCH AS MYSELF, WELL; WE JUST CAN’T HELP OURSELVES WHEN WE SEE A SINGLE OR DOUBLE DECK BLACK JACK TABLE AND NO ONE PLAYING. WINK WINK.
TRUTHFULLY, OVER THE YEARS OF 1990 TO 2006 I DID NOT NEED TOO MANY CHIPS. SO THE HARVESTS AT THE TOPAZ LODGE WERE ALWAYS SMALL.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I STOPPED THERE AND THE PLACE HAD ALMOST BURNED TO THE GROUND. NOT QUITE TO THE GROUND, SOME OF THE WALLS WERE STILL STANDING. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE DATE OF THIS UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE, BUT IT DID RESULT IN A NEW RACK OF CHIPS ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER WHEN THEY REBUILT.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE TOPAZ WAS IT WAS EASY TO HARVEST, AND OFTEN IT WAS FINANCIALLY PROFITABLE. I ALWAYS GOT ENOUGH CHIPS, THAT IS UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I STOPPED BY…REGGIE
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