Jump into it with both feet

Gambling in B.C.

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it worthwhile? Instead of one casino defacing the waterfront — imagine the parking proolems — let's pick another pice -— perhaps the Fraser Valley.

_Let it be close enough to the U.S. border to attract gamblers from

* down below.

Construct it like a resort with lots of hotels, restaurants and casi- nos, Let there be s fully supervised piay area for kids and kennels for dogs.

Campgrounds, water slides, ten- nis courts and pools. That would give the government lots of things to control,

‘Shuttle buses from the cruise ships —- and one or two from the North Shore would be appreciated,

‘On one trip to Reno, we were on.

a shuttle bus from the airport. “We tove Canadians,” gushed our escort. “They spend a million dollars a day in Nevada.” | ' When you ‘consider that the majority of the Canadian visitors to Nevada come from B.C., isn’t ita

‘shame that some of that mouey isn’t kept here? But no downtown casino |

is going to tempt me to cancel my trips to Nevada, , Gambling i in British Columbia

should be done on a much larger scale

66 No downtown

casino is going to

tempt ine to cancel my trips te Nevada, 99

isn’t new, Please note the casinos aver town end the PNE.

Government control has made these casinos a hard proposition for you and me. For instance, there is a very low maximum bet — $15 when | was there — at the “21" tables.

It means that when a player is having a run of luck he or she can't make more than $15 a hand. .

Any gambler wili tell you that the nuns come briefly and a success- ful gambler knows when to play

“them — hard.

: When the casino is running hot the player waits it out with smaller bets. Or moves on—— impossible in the situation we’re looking at with the proposed casino downtown.

I can take slots or leave them. |

Edo know that these machines are the most addictive form of gam. bling — they attract anyone who likes a game of chance and/or any- one who likes video games,

Slots are non-threatening. Many people take tours to Nevada and spend their emire trip in front of these machines, endlessly pumping in coins. I've asked muiny of these players, “Why don't you try the tables)”

“I don't know how” o7, “| don't want to make a mistake with every- one watching" is the reply.

These players aren't smart gam- blers, Many will slot-‘dl-they-drop. Since the games take no skill they will attract those least likely to be able to afford the losses.

There will be lines of people waiting to grab the machine if you leave it -—- so who is going to move while there's a coin in their pock- ets?

There’s another sort of slot play- er. That one who has a spouse who plays the tables. Rather than do something else on their own, they sit in front of a machine by the hour, plunking slowly, keeping their eyes peeled on the stack of chips in front of their mate.

Let’s keep the Mirage out of town.

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The ‘trail switches back along the rock immediately, (follow the paint

A __ blazes) through a maze: ‘of tighten-

‘ing cracks from.which you emerge “by a short fixed’ rope and ladder.

“Painted arrows lead you -on-a:. stroll to the summit. Walk quietly |

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“almost tame grouse in the serub.'

Stay out of: patches of snow. in hol- ‘ lows; they're likely to be rotten and - may:hide. ‘very nasty natural leg- hold traps.

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