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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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bus driver
(whose microphone on this old bus was broken, so she couldn't give a
commentary to the passengers), the Maori dancer, and I had an interesting
conversation, talking about New Zealand and America. One thing that's
immediately apparent is what big rugby fans the Kiwis are. As baseball is
America's favorite sport, rugby is easily New Zealand's favorite.
Upon returning back downtown, it was still only late afternoon, so I
decided to check out the high tower you can see anywhere in Auckland -- the
Sky City Casino complex. This is a huge hotel/gambling casino/sky tower
being built by the American firm Harrahs (which owns a casino in Las
Vegas). The hotel and casino are finished, but they're still putting the
finishing touches on the Sky Tower. When completed, it should give a nice
view of Auckland and its environs, but since the tower wasn't open yet, I
went to check out the casino.

I've never liked gambling. Money, in my profession, is too hard-earned
for me to waste by throwing it away on a gambling table. However, ever
since I was a young child, I've always loved slot machines. Not for the
gambling aspect of it, but for the actual machine. When I was a kid, I used
to bug my parents to buy me toy slot machines everywhere I saw them. Even
on a recent trip to Las Vegas, the only gambling I did was on the 5c
slots -- knowing ahead of time that I wasn't gambling, so much as playing it
like a video game -- spending a few dollars for a few minutes of fun. (I've
also been trying to buy one myself to have at home, but the only ones I can
find for sale are old, antiquated ones in the $3000-$4000 range, so I'm
still looking...)
Well, I entered the Sky City Casino, and it was as if I was in Las Vegas.
The Casino isn't New Zealand's first casino (that dubious ...

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