Going over an old copy of the Straits Times, i came across a highly interesting nugget of information.
According to the Jan 13 paper, a bartender by the name of Jason Lin, aged 26, goes to the casinos in Singapore three times a week and "rolls" $2K to $3K each time!
There must be money aplenty in the bartending business? Or Jason's got super lucky hands! Perhaps that's why he's called Jason. Remember Jason and the Golden Fleece of Greek myths fame?
What Singapore's casinos gain from or lose to Jason, the floating casinos he used to patronise have lost him --for the time being anyway.
"I don't go on cruise ships any more, " he said in the ST report. "It's too troublesome -- it takes too long to get on board the ship."
Although it's a long while since I've been on ships with casinos like the SuperStar Virgo, I too remember the inconvenience. The hours to enjoy gambling are short, especially if you go on those four day three night cruises that I took.
There was always so much time wasted hanging around, especially those long hours when the ship was in dock and many people went ashore to sight see.
Much better to have the casinos right on our doorstep, so that when energy and/or luck run out, one can go home to sleep it off!
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