In my monthly mailer from Rincon is an announcement that today, March 10th, the casino will be drawing a player's name (all players with TR who have played at Rincon get one free entry) every ten minutes from 10-am today till 10-pm today. If your name is drawn you have until 11:59-pm to get your $1,000 of free play. It is possible to have your name pulled more than once.
I called my host this morning and I said -- Gee, if my name is called, can you phone me and I'll drive down to get it. But I need about two hours notice.
My host just called. My name was picked. $1,000 of free play is waiting. Yikes. And my host tells me, it's possible I might be called again. Wow.
Why is it that whenever I am at a casino for a drawing, I never get "picked." But when I'm not there, I get picked.
About three years ago my name was called out at Hollywood Park Casino -- the poker joint near LAX airport. I had 60 seconds to show myself to pick a suitcase from a group of suitcases for up to $5,000 cash. I think that was the amount. But, I wasn't there.
Two years ago my name was picked for $1,000 cash at The Bicycle Casino, another poker casino.
Here's the problem: it's Saturday evening and my wife doesn't want to go. She said I can run down after dinner. "Just don't lose five thousand after you get your one thousand," she told me.
So... what would Singer do? Hey, for that matter, what would Dancer do? Doesn't he always talk about these kinds of drawings??