Slot Machines Outdid Themselves

No one could have known the kind of turnout that the first slot machines in Pennsylvania would have brought out on Tuesday. The slot machines whirred and clanged as thousands played them, or waited on line to play them. Most of the gamblers were middle aged to elderly, and they played the slot machines with $20 bills hoping to hit a “loose” slot.

By late morning, the $70 million slot machine casino was slammed, and officials say they were thrilled by the turnout. Since the Mohegan Sun is the first in PA to have slot machines, they have a monopoly on the gambling for the next month, as a second slot machine casino will open not long after them.

"I'm blown away," said Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum, the Mohegan Indian tribal council’s Chairman. They operate the slot machine parlor, and all he could say as he looked around was "unbelievable."

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