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> Sounds like we were both down there doing the same thing last weekend.
> When you play Pick 'Em (PE) are you talking about the old coin droppers or
> the newer Pick-A-Pair (PAP) machines over by the Keno area? (I make a
> distinction because the old PE machines have got the sticker that says it's
> $3/point where I think the newer PAP machines run at the rate listed on the
> B-connected website of $1/point.)
It was the newer Pick-a-Pair MG slant tops in the back of the Keno area that I was playing. But I called it Pick'em. Thanks for the info on the point differential between the older PE machines versus the newer PAP machines. I did not know that.
> My luck was about as poor as reported above at the Fremont early on..then
> made a comeback at the PE machines Saturday afternoon. Had a terrible
> downturn early Saturday evening, them made most of the weekend losses back on a
> PAP machine, scoring 2 four of a kinds in one session late Saturday night.
Without a four-of-a kind in PE or PAP it's rare to walk away a winner (though I've done it on rare occasions).
The entire time I was making no hands on the machine I kept thinking boy I'm lucky I'm not playing for $1.00 x 5 (which is what I usually play back in CT). Otherwise I would have dropped nearly $2,000 very quickly.
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> Overall observation was that business was pretty good downtown...lots of
> people out for another "Salute to the '80s" weekend.
The weekends were busy most places, but I think what used to be 3, 4 and 5 day trips have been reduced by a day or two. In addition I'd guess the average money spent per person per day is down.
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