In other words, if you lose all your money in the first hour of play, there could lots of time to watch the passing scenery. Said Mike Shubic, director of special projects for the Fitzgeralds Group, which owns casinos in Las Vegas and Reno. ''It`s not like Las Vegas, where a person who is losing can walk next door or across the street to another casino to try and change their luck,''
Hailed as an economic savior for many waterfront communities hard hit by years of neglect, the first casino-style gambling, with it`s cruises of up to four hours, remains untested. There was no way to anticipate how long it would take to investigate license applicants, he added. The new agency`s first 10 months of operations have gone smoothly despite ''the fact we were in uncharted waters,'' Kunkel said.
