[UA] boats in moats

[Bailey Watts]

GAMBLING.  So what is the deal here?  I know about Las Vegas, and
Atlantic City; do other states have casinos, or 'casino cities'?  What
are these 'Indian casinos' I've heard about?
What kind of games are played in casinos?  Are there games that can be
played outside casinos?
What about bookmaking?  Is that legal?  What kinds of events can you bet
on?  And what is this 'point spread' thing?  (I know nothing about
sports, you see.)
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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 (the flamingo 
has a bright pink flamingo masthead and some mock smokestacks decorated with 
flamingos.  The rest of the "boat is orange and purple.  If you know Batman 
it is the sort of place the Joker would build).

Bey Lee
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