Slingo slot machine comes to South Florida and the Isle
Slingo, already a known name among gamblers, now has a slot machine.
The Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach reports hot action at the game.
One criticism: They have only three games.
Isle GM Michael Bloom says they "don't want to dilute the value" of the game. I take that to mean that if they have a bunch of them, then there would be less interest.
Somehow, though, I think of the line in the baseball book Ball Four, when Jim Bouton asks the trainer why they don't have more milk. The response: "If I brought in more milk, you guys would just drink it all."
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.
