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72. Betting Big in Vegas
Jasper's parents were going to Las Vegas for
week. The last time they were there was 10
ago. The city had changed greatly in
10 years. For one thing, the all you
eat buffets were $15, instead of $3. And
was much worse, of course. But now Las
had a monorail that stopped at all the
hotels. No more walking in the hot sun (
the bitterly cold wind, if you visited Las
in the winter). Jasper's dad loved the buffets. "
at $15, he'll still eat $20 or $30
," Jasper's mom said.
Jasper asked his dad what
he was going to play. Blackjack, he replied,
he could find a $2 table. Jasper told
that he might have to go downtown to
real old casino. Most casinos, he said, require
$5 minimum nowadays. That didn't surprise his dad.
he lost a hundred dollars, he was finished
, he said. He was never one to throw
money after bad.
Jasper's mom had no use
anything except slot machines. She loved the slots,
long as she could find nickel machines and
machines. "Are any of those left?" she asked
. He said he wasn't sure, but there had
be some, somewhere. She said she was going
play differently on this visit: she would wait
someone used a machine for at least 15
. Then she would play that machine when that
got up and left. Maybe, she hoped, the
would hit on the first nickel that she
in. That's a good idea, Jasper thought. Unfortunately,
's the same trick that everyone who plays the
machines does. And almost everyone goes home broke.
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