There will be a new casino game in New Orleans called "Bet the Bus".
It will consist of 200 miniature, yellow schoolbuses, lined up on a large, long table as if for a race. Overhead will be a large tank of foul smelling water secured to a moveable crane device that operates with random GPS positioning. At the far end of the table is a model of a nursing home occupied by 42 elderly Barbie dolls. At another spot on the table is a figure representing the mayor of New Orleans sitting in a black Cadillac, having a smoke. The game begins when the Mayor orders the 200 buses to drive to the nursing home and evacuate the ElderBarbies. To WIN, only ONE of these buses has to reach the nursing home before the huge water tank drops its load and drowns the ElderBarbies. You decide to play. You are given a generous payoff of 1000 to 1 odds that at least one bus will reach the home. You bet the farm and your future newborn. When all bets are down, the game begins with The Dealer screaming: "HURRICANE COMING, GREAT BIG HURRICANE COMING", GET OUT OF TOWN BEFORE YOU ARE KILLED".. With this signal, the large tank of stinky water begins to move ominously over the table. The smoke filled Caddie begins to move in a continuous circle. Unexpectedly, you realize that none of the 200 buses have begun to move. You are perplexed by this. Several moments pass when suddenly, red lights begin flashing, a siren sounds, and the HUGE water tank is dumped on the table, flooding the buses and drowning the ElderBarbies. You have lost your bet. You've been had. The game is rigged. Better stick to Blackjack. Better odds.
Who will oversee the casino's on cloudy or rainy days when city employees, we were told, rarely work?