Since photos are not allowed inside the casino, this entrance photo will have to do

The Hollywood Casino certainly has every thing you would expect: Live shows featuring top named entertainment, 3500 slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, huge poker room, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, 3 excellent restaurants and a crowd of people that seem to be having a great time in a lights flashing, bell ringing atmosphere. In short, “I love people watching in casinos.” The sight and sound of acres of slot machines being played, the excited cheering and high-fiveing going on at the crap table, the intimate excitement shared by a small group around a Blackjack dealer. Gambling in casinos does not “float my boat” however, the atmosphere does. The thought of putting money into a machine, pulling the handle to watch drawings of fruit spin and then … doing it all over again, does not appeal to me. I must tell you, up front, that I am not much of a casino gambler. It is Saturday night and time for me to explore the Charles Town Race Track and Hollywood Casino.