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wealthy. The Monte Carlo casino opened at Lucaya beach, on Grand Bahama island, catered solely to high rollers, but they soon realized that there was bigger potential in another area. El Casino opened as a Vegas style undertaking, with low stake table games and hundreds of slot machines. The mafia were now aiming for a couple of million working class tourists to visit El Casino each year, and loose around twenty dollars per player. It is the same philosophy that made Las Vegas into the monster it is today. Millions of tourists every year, loosing fifty to a hundred dollars in slots or table games. And like Vegas, there was no need to run crooked games, as the odds are always in the house's favor.

Ron and the lovely young woman flirted while she made her two dollar bets, and when he was given a break, met at the Kazbaar coffee shop.
"Two please, Tony." The waiter showed them to a table."Hello, I'm Ron." "Hi, I'm Mary Lou," and she giggled. "I just love you're accent."
"Thank you, and I love yours. Where are you from?" "Orangeburg..It's in South Carolina. You heard of it?" "I most certainly have. Let me order you something." "Can I have a yellow bird?" Mary Lou asked, beaming. "Absolutely." Ron gestured towards Tony. "And I'll have tea with milk, please." "I've never met an Englishman before. I just adore Peter O' Toole." "He's great. How long will you be staying in Freeport?" "I'm just here for the night. I guess I'll fly back to Palm Beach, tomorrow. That's where I'm staying." Tony served their drinks. "Cheers." Ron said. May Lou giggled again, and sipped her drink. "Mm. It's mighty fine... Where did you learn to play cards so good? Will you show me how to play twenty one?" "Look, Mary Lou, will you wait for me? I have to return to my table in a few minutes, but I would very much like to see you after work. Do you have any plans?" Mary Lou was in love. "Why no, there's just little 'ole me. Yes, I sure will wait for you. What time do you finish?" "Two am. Tony, please take care of Mary Lou. Anything she desires, my tab". Tony smiled as Ron stood, held Mary Lou's hand and kissed it tenderly. "Until Two, then." He walked back to the blackjack pit and she gazed longingly after him.

They met each time he had a break throughout the evening, and by the finish of his shift she was quite drunk. "You gonna take me home with you?" She asked as Ron helped her into the Mustang. "Yes of course, but I thought you might like to have supper, first." "My, you're so cute." Mary

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