They're amateurs at the Riv for how to scam gamblers. What you do is appoint
your know nothing twentysomething son, Benny Binion Behnen, as manager of
the Horseshoe. Then put on a big promotion with drawing tickets based on
action. Invite all the gamblers up to Benny's Bullpen (the old bingo hall)
for the big drawing....and have Behnen's girlfriend win the grand prize.
----Many years ago I was on a committee with my local Chamber of Commerce at
the time. The Chamber held an annual festival. The drawing this particular
year for the top prize was a cruise. All members of the Chamber bought
tickets. I think we bought 5 or 10 tickets total. I was the announcer.
The person who pulled the names handed me the winning ticket----a ticket
with my wife's name on it! (She's been my ex-wife now for many years.) But
I decided on stage in front of the entire crowd to forfeit the prize not
wanting anyone to believe anything was "unfair" about the contest. I
believed it was the moral, right thing to do, even though we did not have to
do that. The Chamber was grateful to us and gave us some small token of
their appreciation afterwards---nothing like a cruise---it was basket of
fruit or something like that----and we drew another winner that night. I've
never won another substantial prize in any other contest before or since
then! Such is life.but not everything is "fixed."
Scot
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