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Perhaps, I Questioned As I Ran The Water, The Delaware Property Was Trying To Relax Me, Thereby Easing The Agony Of Future Losses In The Casino.
If a casino’s goal is to keep the visitor betting thru hunger, thirst and exhaustion, then why did Dover Downs Hotel & Casino set me up in a room with a jacuzzi as enticing as a vat of bubbly?
Maybe, I questioned as I ran the water, the Delaware property was making an attempt to relax me, thereby easing the agony of future losses in the casino. Maybe, I believed as I tossed in a pinch of scented bath salts, the hotel was provoking me with the good life, so that I’d place high bets in an attempt to sustain this level of luxury. But what if, I mulled as I sank into the warm churning waters, they were just being seriously, really nice, booking me into this unjustified suite? Aah yes, I concluded with a soft splash, Dover Downs is wonderful.
I’m really not a rube when it comes to hotel-casinos. I have done my time in Atlantic Town, Vegas and Albuquerque. But Dover Downs is shockingly different. For one, it’s not garish no flashing neon, bombastic sound system or hyper-patterned carpeting that will trigger an eye twitch. The lobby is, dare I say, tasteful, with sky-bound white columns, marble floors and a luxuriant floral center-piece. The hotel is connected to the casino by open passage ways (can’t have players bungling with door knobs), but there is enough of a buffer to maintain a separation of slots and sleep.
In the Dover Downs timeline, the harness racing and NASCAR track came 1st (1967-69), followed by the slots (1995) and then eventually the lodging (2002). Though the hotel was the last to join the party, it isn’t falling behind the other operations. It has grown from 232 rooms to five hundred rooms, nabbing the title as the state’s largest hotel.
At the front desk, I politely requested a room with a view of the track, which was inactive during my July stay but active with harness racing from late October to mid-April. With a go-
Ahead-and-accept-it smile, the employee handed me the key card to a Jacuzzi suite, one of 14 on the tenth floor. Not wanting to ruin the illusion that I used to be a major player, I kept my history as a penny-slot shark to myself.
The elephantine suite living space with freestanding kitchenette, bedroom, 2 bathrooms might have swallowed my Washington studio and half my neighbor’s place. The stylish decor (desert colours, framed images of flora, mirrors aplenty) deferred to the floor-to-ceiling windows, which let in the muted lights of the track and the dusky night sky.
While I was playing dolphin in my Jacuzzi, enticement called from other bits of the hotel-casino complex. I considered drying off to try one or all of the above : the spa ; the gym with punching bag, pool and spa ; the bars and lounges ; and / or the restaurants, including Michele’s, a fine-dining establishment on the second floor. Instead , I threw in another small spoon of bath crystals. Finally, though, my resistance eroded. Or maybe I was simply beginning to feel limp.
As part of my reservation, I’d received $25 in free slot play. On the way to the Capital Club Members desk to gather my card, I detoured to the free soda machine (nice touch) and the winners’ board (nice demonstration of false hope). Sure, I’d love to win $4.8 million like Bert D. Of Fairfax, but I’d also settle for a couple of dollars to buy a sticky bun at Sweet Perks.
I won $4.91 on She is a Rich Girl, enough for a treat and a coffee, and lost the rest on slots featuring cute critters. (Never trust a mystifying wolf.) Returning to my suite, my pockets empty, I recognised the true windfall of the night : my Jacuzzi, which would never tell me “Game over”, writes tagza.com.
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