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

SANTA YSABEL CASINO SANTA YSABEL, CA

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

SANTA YSABEL CASINO IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL LODGE TYPE CASINO NEAR HENSHAW LAKE NORTH EAST OF SAN DIEGO. IT IS LOCATED IN A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY ON A HILL WITH A BEAUTIFUL OVERLOOK. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS CASINO WAS DOOMED FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS WITH IN A FEW HOURS OF WHERE I LIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE DAY IT OPENED JIM NOLL AND I TOOK A LITTLE DRIVE UP TO IT. WE COULDN’T FIND IT AT FIRST WE KNEW WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT THEY HAD NOT COMPLETED THE ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 79 UP TO THE CASINO.
WHEN WE FINALLY GOT THERE; WE GOT ALL THE FREEBIES AND CHIPS THAT WE WANTED WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. THE PLACE WAS GORGEOUS, A LITTLE SMALL BUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY ALREADY HAD ABOUT 8 OR 9 INDIAN CASINOS.
AS I SAID IT WAS DOOMED, THE CATTLE RANCHERS IN THE AREA WERE NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP IT BUSY. SO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STATE HIGHWAY (OWING THEM A LOT OF MONEY) COMMISSION, EVENTUALLY LED TO THEIR DEMISE. THEY HAD A POKER ROOM THAT WAS OPENED A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE GRAND OPENING. IT CLOSED DOWN THEY COULD NOT ATTRACT PEOPLE UP TO THEIR HIDDEN LOCATION. AND THE WHOLE CASINO CLOSED DOWN IN 2014. I HAD LOADED UP WITH THEIR CHIPS MY LAST TRIP THERE AROUND 2010, I DO NOT THINK I GOT ENOUGH CHIPS KNOWING THAT THEY ARE CLOSED PERMANENTLY. OR ARE THEY?…REGGIE http://www.themogh.org/cg_chip2.php?id=CASASY