Seniors Drawn to Slot Machines

Casinos around the country work to bring in their senior citizens. They offer bus rides, and discounts on food, and free tokens to get them started. The casinos know that if they want to keep running business the way they have been, they have to get their seniors in front of the slot machines.

However, in Northern California, things took a turn for the bad with one of their junkets. The charter bus that was bringing seniors to the casino crashed and killed eight people. This is bad news for the casinos, as many will be hesitant to get on one of the busses now, which means less money for them.

The cheap transportation that they offer to get the seniors to their slot machines comes at too high of a price for those that traditionally ride them. There are many seniors now concerned enough not to go, which deprives them of their fun and social activities.

However, some of their children are not necessarily upset by this. They say that besides being death traps, those charter busses bring their parents to slot machines where they spend all of their money. They are taking their social security checks to the casinos and then they don’t have money for food or living expenses.

The bus that crashed was on its way to the Colusa Casino Resort, and the driver was arrested for suspicion of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He did not have the proper license to be driving a bus, nor did the vehicle have a valid license plate.

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