"I'm going to enjoy my cigar in peace at the slot machines," I said to Margaret. I started to go to a third table, but that's when I changed my mind. Who could tell with all the signs they have on the tables now? No Mid-Shoes Entry. That's when the dealer pointed out that it was a nonsmoking table. So there I was at the blackjack table ready to smoke my cigar. With the Imperials, I can smoke on my way, then stash the cigar away in the tube when I arrive. I'm an orthopedic surgeon and spend a lot of time on the run from home to the office or hospital. It's a mild, reasonably priced cigar and it has one feature that is very important to me: all Bering Imperials come in individual metal tubes. I started smoking Bering Imperial about seven years ago. When I got to the blackjack table, I did what I always do: I lit up a Bering Imperial. ![]() ![]() I always play blackjack and craps, rarely the slots. ![]() and we went down to the casino, the one we had initially planned to get to much later that day. I finished my bagel and lox about 11 a.m. It was worth the wait the few times each year that we visit Atlantic City, the Grand is our favorite place for breakfast and our favorite casino. We walked for about an hour and 45 minutes and eventually got to the Grand, where we waited on line for breakfast for about 30 minutes. We hit the ocean boardwalk with an ultimate destination in mind: Bally's Grand. and started our day-as we have for about five years-with a six-mile walk. We woke up in our hotel room on Saturday at 7 a.m. ![]() Instead of heading to Atlantic City on Saturday as originally planned, we left our Belle Terra, New York, home on Friday and drove to New Jersey. She called another resort, and they had a room, but we had to check in on Friday, August 12. It all started when my wife Margaret called Bally's Casino Resort in Atlantic City to reserve a room for Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14. Everything we did up to that moment was a factor in putting me in the right place at the right time-not the least of which was savoring my "lucky cigar." The biggest slot-machine jackpot ever in Atlantic City. Every minute of the weekend counted down to that one magic pull of the lever, that one great moment when the $8.5 million megabucks jackpot would be won.
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