34 - Sunday, August 16, 1987 ~'North Shore News

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New album in works

ANOTHER ALBUM is in the
workings for North Vancouver-
based folk singer Bim, the perfor-
mer told listeners at the recent 10th
annual Vancouver Folk Festival.

Bim, also known as Roy Forbes,
has been recently touring and
working with folk singer Connie
Kaldor prior to heading into the
studio for his latest album.

Coming from Dawson Creek in
northern British Columbia, Bim

grew up hearing the music of the
likes of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bob
Dylan and the Kolling Stones.

Bim started off in a 1960s rock
band with the name of Crystal
Ship before he released his first
album in 1975. Four more records
have followed since then.

Giving the audience a taste of
new material as well as old
favorites, the folk singer was a
popular attraction at the three-day
festival in Vancouver.

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Tips to win

big in

despite all sorts of petitioning and
begging, the U.S. government has
never returned the 30 per cent
(recentiy raised from 15 per cent).

Another problem with winnings
— many clubs are offering new
cars as slot machine jackpots, and
lovely pieces of equipment they
are. Some are valued at over
$30,000. What does a Canadian do
if he gets so lucky?

Although John couldn't speak
for other casinos he suggested that
if it happened at Harold’s, the club
would probably offer to buy the
car from the winner at a price
slightly under the book value. This
would save the visitor the problem
of licensing and insuring the vehi-
cle which would have to be done if
the winner wished to do a private
sale.

The idea of bringing the car into
Canada might cross your mind. |
called Canada Customs and got
this bit of information. First, the
duty is 9.2 per cent and the sales
tax is 12 per cent. On top of that,
if the car has an air conditioner
you are charged an additional
$100.

The car must be either the cur-
rent year model or over 15 years
old. All others are prohibited. If
the car is a restored ‘‘vintage”’ car,
as some are, it might be prohibited
because of the rebuilding.

Should [ get so lucky, I think I’d
take any offer the casino made
under serious consideration.

SLOT MACHINES

I've always had the feeling that
there is some trick to playing a slot
machine to improve my chances of
winning. Not so.

“It’s purely juck. F could go out
and blow my whole paycheque,”’
warned Ashe.

It’s important to read the com-
binations on the front of the
machines. Most machines accept
inore than one coin — three or five
is usual. Some machines simply in-
crease the pay-offs progressively as
to the number of coins played. But
others have a special jackpot that
only pays if the maximum number
of coins is deposited. Beware of
these if you wish to play single

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coins. And, yes, I’ve seen it hap-
pen where a player played just one
coin, hit the $1,000 winner and
didn’t get a cent.

The biggest rage in Reno today
is poker machines. Unlike the
usual slot machine, the player has
some contro! over his options. The
five-card hand appears on the
screen and the player has the
choice of holding any of the cards
by pushing buttons underneath.
Ther he pushes another button to
draw replacements for the ones he
discarded,

A dealer in another casino gave
me a couple of hints about slot
machines. He suggested that the
best paying, or ‘‘loosest’’ machines
are usually those in prominent
positions in the club. A busy win-
ner right by a doorway entices
people into the club.

When he plays, he first watches
to see What other players are do-
ing. If someone pours a lot of
money into a machine and walks
away in disgust he will choose that
machine. ‘‘The law of averages
tells me that something’s due to
happen.

$1 SLOTS

“The best pay-offs are in the $1
slots — up to 99 per cent. That
doesn’t mean that you are sure of
a winner, but over a period of time
that slot will pour out 99 per cent
of the money poured in.”’

Finally, a word about ‘‘prog-
ressive’’ machines. These pay
enormous jackpots and are found
in clusters. Any machine in the
cluster may pay the posted
amount. This increases as the
machines are played. Casinos have
put a stop to what is known as
team playing. This is a scam where
a group of players descends on a
bank of slots, monopolizing every
machine in the cluster. They play
continuously until one of them hits
it big.

Obviously, a group like this is
fairly apparent to the casino and
they are shown the door.

And, the reason we are eating a
lot of hamburger this week has ab-
solutely nothing to do with my in-
timate association with slot
machines. .

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