Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba As local May 2000 courting lady Luck in a corrugated Casino the strangers plan seemed All but foolproof by Sean Deasy imagine the Freedom of gambling with someone else no risk just a simple a limited time Frame and an unlimited bankroll to play i met a Man claiming to be a professional Gam Bler at a he was looking for a hired hand for a gambling Job that required no experience and paid upon the plan sounded straight a Casino South of the Border was doubling the prize Money on a video Slot machine at cer Tain times one night a sort of a Happy hour promo with the lure of Bills instead of id certainly never been a gamblers but an overnight trip to the states with the guaranteed Chance of earning hard Cash held a certain adventurous i asked for the the a Middle aged former win nip Egger who wore his shirt unbuttoned to below his decided i was Worth taking a Chance he told me the our target was a machine that played a sort of lottery style game in which players select numbers randomly from a As Many As 10 numbers could be marked from a Field of each turn a different sequence of numbers would if they matched your you locating civilization again probably exhausted our Reservoir of Luck i but the Boss seemed determined according to my new if a player bet Only five and didst alter the Choice of the winning turn would appear once every in All you have to do is sit pick the num and pump quarters into the machine when i Tell he and a few Days with visions of 1950s Era contest winners racing to fill their shopping carts with merchandise before the Buzzer i set off with the Boss in his 74 Olds Nobile Vista getting lost in the Complete darkness of Bac roads Minnesota gave me the Chance to further establish my gambling ignorance with the he drove and sipped his which entertainers will be performing tonight on the casinos stage was greeted with a Geyser of Beer out of the Bossy and he seemed More at ease weaving around the legions of Deer on the Road than wrestling with my whats the jokers card Worth in poker a dogeared Road map was consulted periodically by Light of i Clung to Hope for the Casino to locating civilization again probably exhausted our Reservoir of i but the Boss seemed determined to find the Casino once we arrived in first sight of the establishment erased any con Cerns about not meeting a tie n tails dress nor would there be any danger of accidentally dropping a cuff link in a beverage that had been either shaken or just a handful of empty Blackjack no bar no unless they converted the loading Dock and two floors of every variety of Pulsar Jingle blaring video Slot machine Ever nearly every machine had a half of them with Vinyl baseball jackets bearing the name of the actual All of them looked like hardluck it was a corrugated barn of we each found two machines to the Boss returned from the casinos Bank with a tremendous stockpile of rolled Quad i want prepared for the scope of the for he to id never even lasted through a James Cobi irn Tele vision and about slots without changing the Chan and Here i was about to pour hundreds of dollars into one of these ridiculous two quarters at a at 11 the first promotional period began and the Only noticeable difference in the room was the frenzied activity from the two of other players deposited their placed their pressed the watched the numbers and then considered continuing at the games our ferocious on the other left no time for in 10 i had dropped More quarters to the floor than most people had brought to bet with for an entire other players were taking during one game each game lasted about seven seconds when the fourth of five markers my Neighbour to the left gave my machine a solid yelled maniacally for the fifth to get in there for Between the Boss and i had won several Hundred credits but the first session ended with out a some Lucky player Down the Row had our ferocious Pace left no time for other players were taking notice through the cigarette i could see the Light atop his machine the screen Security verified the the player got his winnings counted info his and his machine was our 30minute Breaks Between double Jack pot time were spent washing our Money Grey eating some questionable polish sausages and breaking Rolls of quarters into change Buck later Breaks featured a peculiar1 Brand of aerobic it want until the 3 session that Luck i was so mesmerized by hours of repetition that i had it noticed one of my machines had my crazed Neighbour tapped me on the shoulder and offered his Grey fingered hand in congrats my Light was As the Security officer counted out the i was surprised to find myself think ing this procedure of verification and payment was too slow with one of my machines i Capac my demented Cycle was thrown As though winning Lump suns of Money happened to me on a daily i tipped the Security folks like a bonafide not knowing they normally receive at least the last session finished at 4 the Sun was just starting to Rise As we drove Back to Winnipeg in the the Boss leaned Over and plucked the dough out of my i had hit two jackpots and he had managed one before the last promotion the winnings totalled us factoring the amount spent and the credits our take was just Over i was handed a rather tiny Cut for my contribution of time and the Boss must have detected a hint of disappointment from his prize employee because the last thing i heard before Drifting off to with blackened a churning stomach and frayed was you can always bet with your own if you f i i i it i s i k i i s i o it s i i o it o i it s introducing a powerful new investment resource your reverse mortgages Are a smart Way to turn your Home equity into Cash for the following is part i in a 5 part series on the Canadian Home income this plan allows senior 62 w to convert part of the equity built up in their Home into to through this Home owner ship is never at and no repayments Are required for As Long As tax Homeowner continues to live in their most of us see our Home As our single greatest but Many seniors Are also recognizing the investment potential of their Homes through a reverse senior Home owners can turn a portion of their Homes equity into Cali to spend As they and Many seniors Are wisely choosing to some Are putting the Money right Back into their Home a new roof or Kitchen can add immeasurably to a Homes others Are augmenting current investments and exploring new financial Many Are simply enjoying extra monthly investing in so to seniors Are finding that their greatest investment can continue to pay off in ways they haunt our House is the biggest investment we said one the plan allowed us to use part of the Money that it has Huilt a reverse mortgage brings a Homeowner new financial and the potential to enhance the value of their a no Obliga Tion information kit can be obtained by contacting the Canadian Home income plan at information on the plan is also available 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Fuff to subscribe Call 6977001 or 18005428900 the free press its Worth knowing but this spelling Rule is written in Stone it was perhaps one of the most expensive spelling mistakes in City City of Winnipeg Public works spent to replace two Bronze plaques on the Norwood Bridge last with the proper spelling of the placed at both ends of the Are inscribed with a dedication from artist Catherine who designed the structures River Arch the last sentence now correctly the Energy and vitality of modern Winnipeg Are captured in the Arch As it Springs its shimmering surface revealing an image that recalls at once a River and a harvested the plaque previously its Shim Mering which is As its refers to a contraction of it is or it has and not to 1 Bob the City communications officer who wrote the said the plaques were changed after the free press brought the error to his Atten Tion last it was a Little embarrassing to the department and for Mcdonald but its going to be there for a Long 100 years or 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