Atlantic City, NJ- On Friday night October 16, 2009, I went to Harrah's Casino in Atlantic City. The last time I was there I managed to loose $400 in one night. This time I was determined not to let that happen. The drive from West Orange to Atlantic City took a little over two hours. I had two friends in tow and four more were waiting at the hotel. It was my friend Brian's first time to the city of lights and he was excited the entire ride down.
When we got to the hotel we met up with our friends and decided to start drinking. Atlantic City has a very interesting system that seems to work them while giving out free drinks to gamblers they are taking almost double their money because the house usually wins. The drinks at the bar are almost double what you would pay at any normal bar on the street. We had payed nine dollars for a drink that is usually five or six.
We finally got to our room on the eighth floor of the old hotel. There are two parts to Harrah's Casino the new and old towers. The new one was created to keep up with other hotels like the Borgata and currently under construction Revel. Harrah's also added a state of the art pool bar which is an indoor pool by day and a state of the art night club at night.
Our first stop of the evening after having a few more drinks in the room was the roulette tables. We would end up spending most of our night and well into the morning there. The dealers were very attractive young women that are part of the brand Atlantic City is selling to keep you playing.
All Eight of us were up a few bucks so we decided to hit up the Pool Bar around 2:30am. The cover charge of ten dollars seemed like nothing to us as we figured we should be high rollers by now. The lighting and sound system combined with a few hundred beautiful young people all dressed to impress created a Vegas like atmosphere. There was the main pool surrounded by plam trees and two dance floors on either side one with a stage where a dance contest was being held and one bookended by a hot tub. To either side of the pool were bottle service cabanas where for a small fee a private bartender decked out in a bikini will serve you for the night along with your own private hot tub. This excursion took us up to the four o'clock hour where we would continue to gamble.
Roulette was our game and we were sticking to it. I had doubled the money that I had brought there are considering I was able to loose all of my money the last time I was more than happy to bow out of the games at 6 am with an extra two hundred dollars. The big winner of the evening was Brian Taylor who somehow in his first trip to A.C. made an extra $800.
The next morning we needed to be awake by 8 am in order to make it to work where I had to stay awake for ten hours. The trip was well worth the sleep deprevation and I am looking foreward to another trip in a few months.
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Luke,
Your blog is very entertaining and your trip to Atlantic city was filled with specific, interesting details. I like that you wrote it hour-by-hour, and took in the details of the price of the drinks, the clothes people were wearing, and your friends' attitudes. I also like that you are paying attention to how the casino is trying to "brand" itself. Those kinds of astute, business-oriented observations are what will set your blog apart. I also like the layout and the photo. One question: What job did you have to report to the next day, and did you really manage to stay awake? Also, think about incorporating dialogue from the people you are spending time with. You have sense of humor and quoting people will insert some humor into your posts. In your next post, you will be incorporating news events of the world into news events of your life. Your breezy, observant style works very well. Excellent work.
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