Hot day at Mardi Gras
Apparently, Feb. 29 is a big day at Mardi Gras casino.
The casino's Jester’s Leap Year Jam already has almost every machine in use, as of 2 p.m. Friday, according to Mardi Gras' Michelle Dingcong.
"The lines are already out the door," she said.
Still to come: at 7p.m., the first 1,000 Players Club members with their coupons will receive a Mardi Gras logo watch. Those who have their Player’s Card inserted in a slot machine during the Jester Jamboree’s random selection every hour from 7 to 9 p.m. will be eligible to win $500.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
