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...berths a whopping 50%. Among them: the $450 million, 2,600-passenger Grand Princess, flagship of the Princess line. At a record-breaking 109,353 tons (the Titanic displaced, temporarily, 46,328 tons), Grand Princess will have 15 decks, three show lounges and the world's largest floating casino when it sails this month from Istanbul...
Although the accoutrements are new, the economics of cruising aren't changing much. The idea is to attract customers with low daily rates and give them every opportunity to spend freely in the bars, shops and casino while onboard. According to the Cruise Lines International Association, the average daily rate for the industry is about $200 a day, which includes food and entertainment. Canny passengers can swing discounts by booking at the last minute, when some companies may be desperate to fill empty berths...
...first to admit it: Gambling can be bad. It is potentially addictive and destructive for the gambler, and as a visit to Las Vegas will reveal, its consequences in the community are considerable. But as for the "Casino Nights" in the Houses, dances with live jazz bands where students play blackjack with imaginary money for non-monetary prizes: Are these the latest sources of moral depravity in the City of Cambridge...
...Cambridge License Commission seems to think so. After Harvard officials noticed advertisements for two different Casino Nights events organized by Lowell and Quincy House Committees, both events had to be canceled due to a Cambridge city ordinance forbidding "games of chance." While the events may have been cleared if no money were involved, the admission fee charged to cover the events' cost doomed the Casino Nights to their place in the category of public evil and degradation...
...games of chance" are illegal in the City of Cambridge, we have another question for the License Commission. As patrons of a nine-month-long Cambridge casino with a $30,000 cover charge, we wonder: Where was the License Commission during the housing lottery...