[UA] boats in moats

[Patrick O'Duffy]

Bailey Watts wrote:

>
> Bookmaking ain't legal where I am.Gambling also is illegal in any form on
> land in my home state but can take place in boats on the river which have
> clearly delineated arival and departure times.  Casinos have since lobbied
> the government to redefine "riverboat" as any structure not attached to the
> shore that s surrounded by river water.  As such you see a lot of hideous
> boat shaped buildings with moats that are connected to the river by a small
> ditch or underground pipe.  To simulate arrival and departures there's a
> drawbridge which is only down some of the time.  Once you are in the casino
> you can't leave for two hours.  After that time the drawbridge goes down and
> they thank you for traveling on the Flamingo riverboat casino

You know, that's just _bizarre_.  And it makes you wonder about why the owners
have made the building into a proxy for a boat, and what they gain mystically by
doing so...

(Still reading LOW LIFE, about New York in the 19th century.  The chapter on
gambling has lots of interesting UA stuff - such as the time one gambler came
into a casino, dealt and played faro for a few hours, then shot himself in the
head at the table.  Wonder why he needed the sig. charge so badly...)

--
Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

Some days it's like some bastard nailed a ticket for the bus tour
down to fucking Hell to the front of my brain.

 - Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #26



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