Do you have casinos?
4 September 2006 by danielbowenI work in a casino as a dealer here in the Bahamas, and was wondering if you had casinos there. — Denika, Bahamas
Is there anything more garish than a casino? The bright flashing lights… the beeping of machines… the well-worn carpet… the crisply dressed attendants… and the smell of cash being spent by the bucket-load by gullible gamblers, many of whom appear to be under the delusion that it’s a way to make money, rather than being for entertainment purposes.
Gambling is legal, but heavily regulated in Australia. While there are poker machines in many pubs and clubs around the country, casinos are pretty much limited to one or two in each capital city of Australia, plus a few more in such tourist areas as the Gold Coast (Queensland). See Casinos in Australia (Wikipedia).
(Denika also asked about racism in Australia, which I’ll cover in a separate answer.)
September 7th, 2006 at 7:18 am
I am from Melbourne and about to move back after six years in the UK. The Crown Casino in Melbourne is big. It’s almost a right of passage to get pissed there and kicked out. Now as a sensible 30-year-old I wouldn’t go near it, although it has some great restaurants. It gained a lot of publicity just after it opened because there were lots of Asians leaving their kids in their cars in the carpark while they gambled!
November 21st, 2006 at 10:06 am
I *loooooooooooved* Melbourne’s Crown Casino, and I live in Las Vega$, where we know what’s a good casino and what’s not. Crown was great!