Harry Parkinson, of nearby Wildwood, had a day off from his job in Norton Hill and decided to spend the day in the luxurious Jollywood Casino. He was greeted at the door by Jollywood Hostess Charmaine LeTour who took him on a tour of the club, and gave him coupons for FREE slot machine coins, two FREE drinks and a FREE lunch in the glorious South Shore room, right after Harry bought "chips" in the amount of $2000.
He received friendly greetings from all of the dealers, at all of the tables, and especially Sassy McClain, 21 dealer, and ex Miss Jollywood. Harry decided that 21 was his game, sat down, and started playing. It didn't take Harry long to lose the two grand, so he hit the ATM and headed back to the tables.
Harry's story has a happy ending though, he WON over six thousand dollars playing 21, and WON two thousand shooting craps, and at the height of his winning streak "shooting craps," he asked Bill Joseph, the boxman, if he had a "recipe" on how to fix the "craps" he was shooting, everyone at the table roared at that joke.
Harry spent, the next few nights at Jollywood, He unfortunately missed work, for the next few days, and he learned that his employment was terminated, right before he learned that his wife had left him after learning that all their money had been withdrawn from their bank account and that he had mortgaged their home, cashed in an IRA and some bonds they had saved up for their retirement. She was going home to her Mother.
Harry lost everything he had, his home, his job, his wife and family, everything. But, as Jollywood likes to say, "He WON $8000 at our tables playing 21 and shooting craps"
