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...enter the casino, trying to find a table with blackjack and a low minimum bet. This means a trip to the smoke-free area inside "Rainmaker Casino" (how tasteful), Foxwoods's primary venue for table games. I find one table with a $10 minimum and wait for a spot. Within 15 minutes of play, enough people who were in front of me have themselves sat down and been cleaned out that I now have a shot...
...dealing at the table, changes into chips during a break between hands. This amount soon dwindles, becoming nothing at all within 15 minutes. I ask Tony to place a marker for me and I get up to hit the restroom, the ATM and the smoking section of the casino floor. Gone for less than five minutes, I return to find Tony replaced by Annie, a shuffle of the 8-deck shoe in progress and the largest white man I have ever seen sitting in my spot. My marker is gone and in its place is $10 worth of his money...
...young Cambodian man sitting next to me at blackjack was, during the course of one hand, dealt the seven of clubs three times in a row, making him $5,000 richer, thanks to a $1 side bet. However, he tells us he's been dropping money into the casino every weekend for the past three years. He was probably...
...walk off the casino floor and out into Rainmaker Square, the complex's main concourse. At three past eight in the morning, the only thing longer than the line for the buffet is the line for buffet reservations. Despite the crush, some seem relatively uninterested. Among them is a young blonde man, clad in light blue jeans, a sweatshirt and a pair of construction boots, sitting with his head in his hands. He doesn't seem the high-roller type, nor does it seem that his luck has been all that good. Sitting by himself on a set of steps...
...back down Route 2A, I find that my fear at driving through the fog in the early morning hours was at least partly justified. The curves in the road are extremely sharp, and even in daylight, the way between the two casinos is poorly marked and often confusing. Back on Mohegan Sun Boulevard, I take my first real look at the complex's exterior. The place is a monstrosity. The efforts taken in appointing the interior have clearly been spared on the casino's outside. Again I find myself at the end of the Sun's strip. I turn into...