Look at the line to get into Morongo Casino on opening night

Moron go casino.

Why do all of them want to go to a casino? Are people dumber than I thought?

And what's especially ironic is that many of them are elderly and/or fat. Definitely a high risk group.

Not a surprise. Most of the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire (outside of the nicer parts of Palm Springs) are filled with some of the dumbest, fattest trash that has ever lived.

It’s an addiction, folks! They have been in withdrawal long enough.

The casino probably tightened the slots to make up $

Not a good time to lose what little money you have.

Degenerate gamblers.

Are the machines literally catching fire because they're playing so hard?

They had a "WE'RE OPEN!" radio ad on last night.

Look closer, fools. The majority are Chinese who bus from the LA area to the casino. Great convoys of private buses.

R10 is right. The Chinese are serious when it comes to their gambling. Lots of Chinese at that casino. The outlet mall next door to it has announcements in English and Mandarin. Not English and Spanish.

I don't see a ton of overweight people either.

R10 is Stevie Wonder. Don't see Chinese in the photo, just trashy Americans.

Alaskan king crab at the buffet.

R10 and R11 those photos don't suggest an overwhelming Asian presence at all.

Buffets are all closed, so no Alaskan King Crab legs.

ABC7 did a brief piece on the crowds. Again, they are definitely not primarily Asian.

Desert Hot Springs and much of the Coachella Valley is a dumping ground for trashy meth heads. Not surprised. There goes those social security checks.

morongo casino, omg I am LOL. They are just taking people's money.

California. Figures.

Is morongo casino a nice place, luxury? Or is it low end?

R19 - there are very few luxury casinos anywhere. This one is in the middle, but they had just expanded quite a bit.

It's in the middle of the nowhere in an ugly patch of the desert. It only exists to take money. Oh, but there is actually a good outlet mall there - a real outlet mall with high-end brands.

R20, Agua Caliente in Rancho Mirage is much nicer but overall, the Indian Casinos in California aren't luxury like the Wynn Las Vegas. It's a different experience. Morongo's not bad, probably comparable to the Mirage but much better than some of the others like Pechanga which is thought to have a strong gang presence.

They better keep their fuckng Covid in Rancho Fucking Cucamonga then! I'm fucking sick of working from home. I have people to judge cruelly in Studio City!

I lived in Palm Springs about 15 years ago. I am a physician and worked at Betty Ford ( we call it "Betty").

Betty was desperately trying to capitalize on the wealthy Morongo and Aguas Calientes tribes, who had high rates of meth abuse/behavioral issues. Betty saw dollar signs for sure.

But back then Betty was run by irritable dry drunk Irishman, a fervid 12 stepper, who would take patients off their psychiatric medications so they would experience "authentic suffering". It was a disaster. I had psychotic meth addicts that were rooming with upper class drunks from Orange County. One of my Morongo patients decked her roommate during a psychotic breakdown. I still remember, the roommate was the daughter of a prominent surgeon in OC.

They brought me on board to quietly medicate the psychotics and depressed.

Oh, and at that time, the Riverside County sheriffs said they would no longer enter the Morongo Reservation, as they were getting shot at by drugged up tribe members with assault rifles.

R21 does pechanga have Asian or Mexican gangs. It says 4 stars on google.

R21, African American gangs.

R3 Natural selection. Thin out the idiot population.

My folks live in Palm Springs and go to Aqua Caliente. I've gone with them and it has pretty decent rooms and a great pool area-I don't really gamble so avoid the casino for the most part. Today, they got a letter from the casino giving them each a $500 gambling credit. They don't even go that much and won't be going anytime soon but I'm sure that incentive will draw a lot of morons.

Pala has a fairly substantial Mexican gang problem. That's almost historical there.

WHAT R4 SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who has the fucking money to gamble? WTF?

They should stand a bit father apart. That's all I can really say.

Well, this is only fair. We gave them small pox.

They are giving away $500 in gambling credits. Of course these losers will risk their own lives for $500.

Gamblers are disproportionately old and Republican. Culling the herd.

R10. Are they Chinese? The Filipinos flock to the casinos too.

[quote]Buffets are all closed, so no Alaskan King Crab legs.

Tribal land doesn't follow federal law.

Tribal land doesn't follow state law. It does follow federal law.

Regardless of whatever laws they follow R35, the Morongo buffet is closed.

"The pools and spas, gyms, Cielo Steakhouse and Potrero Canyon Buffet will all remain closed, along with valet parking, and poker and bingo rooms."

No Bingo? F@ck it I’m not going!

Both Pala and Agua Caliente have also closed their buffets. I believe they follow the guidelines from the National Indian Gaming Commission and it has decreed no buffets as a condition to open early.

No buffets? Damn Indian givers.

Release the drones.

Expecting my mom to sneak off to the casinos now.

And everyone who goes there probably got a stimulus check. What a waste.

The Agua Caliente Casino in downtown PS can be fun for a few hours with friends and the buffet is cheap and decent enough. However, I don't envisage visiting a casino for a very long time.

If they drinkum enough firewater, they will lose all their virus checks.

People are spoiled and they were upset that they couldn't have a Memorial Day weekend, and all corporate politicians were getting heat from businesses who wanted Memorial Day business, so they caved and opened a lot of places up.

Check the nationwide Covid stats around June 7th or so, should be interesting to watch.

Another problem with this - they don't pay federal taxes yet they've applied for government bailouts. WTF?

[Quote] People are spoiled

Truth!

I'd say Americans are spoiled!

So Brave and Passionate.

I don't get this. I had called my favorite gay B&B in Palm Springs, which is basically 15-20 little bungalows with all exterior, outdoor access. There is a plenty of space at the pool, yet the owners were telling me that Palm Springs was still on lockdown similar to LA and that right now mid June is the earliest they might be able to open. Why is Morongo getting to open up in any capacity, especially a casino? Isn't that like stage 3 or 4 for CA? Is it b/c the are on an Indian reservation or something?

[quote] Is it b/c the are on an Indian reservation or something?

I was going to respond with the answer, but anyone who doesn’t take the time to spell out ‘because’ should take the time he saved with that abbreviation to read the thread.

[quote]Is it b/c the are on an Indian reservation or something?

That, and they know all the worlds to "I'm an Indian Too" from Annie Get Your Gun, Rose.

Isn't it ironic now that pro-choice eldergays won't let fucktards choose how and when they are going to die?

You think the fucktards aren't going to infect any other people who had no choice in the matter, R53? That's the difference, Einstein.

R54, abortion is contagious!

If the buffet ain't open, I ain't a-goin'!

"I'll have some of the yella'"--Cousin Eddie