Walden owns a beach home in Galveston and, she confessed, loves gambling. “I’m excited to try this,” one woman also enjoying the view, Kim Walden, told us. The ship offers two floors of colorful Vegas-style slot machines and card tables where up to 150 passengers can play games like blackjack, craps, roulette and baccarat (pending Coast Guard approval, the capacity could jump to 300).
Why not keep that money in Texas?Įach trip the Jacks takes out into the Gulf of Mexico lasts seven hours-an hour and a half each nine-mile trip into federal waters, plus four hours of gambling-and the best days to go out, particularly for the seasickness-prone, are when the water’s nice and calm. Many people are traveling to Louisiana to gamble. Instead, they were inside, having already claimed their seats on the mostly windowless gambling floors, ready to play. Although it was a beautiful scene, few were taking it in.
