As I have said , it was a different province (we call state in our place) perhaps connecticut. And we entered in a new town - which is solely created for the visitors who are interested in gambling . The place was named mohegun. On the entry , we could see a very big hotel (perhaps more than ten story ) , showing glass walls- this fashion is visible in India also.
We diverted our car to one casino . Most of these casino are run by Chinese entrepreneurs. This casino has a huge parking place, out side ; beside this place, there was a four story building which also parked cars in all its stories.
The casino was very big -difficult to imagine from outside. Let me tell you one fact. In India , we judge size of mall or any organization by counting the stories of the building, the mall has inherited. But this is not so in America. Like other buildings, the casino was not multistoried. We entered its corridor which were many and giving entry from different sides ,confirming that car parking places are also in other directions too. This corridor was totally carpeted while walls were showing different art structures. There were various turns , rest places (means urinal ) . Either we could see carpet or granite work ; really ,one can realize that decoration wais expensive. After covering more than half Km we observed elevator which took us down to the earth.
There were counters for cash and alike matters- all things are difficult to understand for a person like me. Then there were entry places, but with out any gate, depicting that gambling is not permitted to those below of 21 years of age . Your mausi with Ruhan did not enter this place while we all entered there. There were three types of games - slotting -where you enter ten dollar note and start pressing the button - it will depict your gains or loss on every button pressing and the game is finished when you loose your ten dollars. Other game was ballo where you can purchase plastic coins, on certain cost (different tables showing different prices) and place your coins on particular number or between the number ; finally a operator will move a ball in the ring depicting different numbers; the winner will be the number where ultimately the ball take rest. Another game was Poker which is a game with Play cards ;where as in India, the gamblers use three cards, in Poker four cards are distributed. Interestingly, both in Poker and ballo , the play cards or ring ball is always in their hand; the operator is doing the game and you are merely placing your money on one or other number.
There was a great rush in casino ; its difficult to imagine how many persons are there; perhaps there are more than 2000 seats where persons may sit and play the game. Beside , there were restaurants where persons were drinking and eating. Different shops , including of diamonds , were there . And there was also a place for kid play; you purchase tickets and then your child may use these displays. Of course , every where there were stalls where you may purchase cold drinks ,popcorn or non-veg.
I have told you earlier that here its difficult to watch a person on the road ; you may see some in the mall but this was the place where all persons were moving in the corridor or getting entry in the shops or restaurant or gambling seats. To me , it appeared like our Palika Bazaar of New Delhi.
The casino appeared the place for enjoyment or pass time . It is a fact that no one has earned much from casino. persons come here to pass their time and in this activity ,they either loose money, which is most common or gain but only a little bit. I gathered that there is strict control of managers and if a operator is causing continuous losses , he is replaced with another one.
Still persons are coming , They are also aware that they can't win a lump sum ,but may loose much , But they come here to pass time ; we have observed here some old couples who will sit on the slot and pass their time taking sips slowly . Moreover, there are milliners who have to pass time and hence they visit such casino daily and sit there for the time ,they like . There is no closing time for any casino- it remains open for 24 hour. There are also good hotels for providing a luxury stay of rich persons. So you may observe another part of American culture where persons are alone and visit casino merely to pass their time.
I could not take interest in these activities. I was feeling irritation why operator is operating the ball or why operator is distributing the play cards ;but this is how a casino is run. We visited different shops ,allowed Ruhan to play some places and then returned back to our place with the satisfaction that none of us has developed the habit of visiting casino and we are happy with our families.
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