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VIDEOAll night we kept going up and then down then up and then down. Here is a sample when we were $1 down. Normally when we lose our entire $20 we initially put into the slots we stop but it was February 10, Chinese New Year, so I "splurged" with an extra buck into the slots and... we were up again! The problem was that even though we hit a bunch of lucky spins they did not yield much. At the end of the evening we lost our $20 but, hey, we had fun with that whole Chinese New Year...

HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – A minor explosion rocked the Classic Seminole Casino on State Road 7 in Hollywood just before 10 a.m. Monday.... ...“It happened in an area where there is a lot of equipment. When the rupture happened it damaged that area and injured some people in that confined area. But part of that wall out to the main casino also blew out and that caused injury to some people...

Right up front I'm calling BS on this DUmmie FAIRY TALE about how his son got rich playing blackjack at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL (our Hollywood is actually more glamorous than that "other" Hollywood"). The title of DUmmie Billy Burnett's fantasy is "My son lost his job 4 months ago. Now, unemployed, makes more money than you can shake a stick at." And not only your humble correspondent is calling BS on his improbably story but even a lot of DUmmies are calling BS on it. Why? How about because his son's blackjack...

(A complete change of format with this DUFU edition. Instead of the usual DUFU edition, this is a short story about my recent experiences at the Hollywood Seminole Casino. The next DUFU edition will return with the regular format but right now you can get a taste of what life is like in South Florida...) Sometimes luck comes your way without warning. In fact, you might not even recognize it as luck except in hindsight. In this case, my luck came to me in the form of a phone call from Eric the Head one recent Thursday morning... I...