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Gambling Boats Fail To Catch On22 August 2000BOSTON, MAssACHUSETTS – Aug. 22, 2000 – As reported by The Associated Press: "…Of the five boats that launched in state waters during the last two years, just one still ships out daily. "...Boat owners in Gloucester and Provincetown found it difficult to convince customers to risk seasickness, bad weather and close quarters rather than travel to glitzy Connecticut casinos Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. "…The Gloucester operation closed last season. The Provincetown boat, the Midnight Gambler, stopped running this month. "The one offshore gambling boat that survives, the S.S. Horizon's Edge out of Lynn, has succeeded by copying the casino formula of offering a myriad of entertainment options, like dinner, dancing and a band…" |