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  It was with no small degree of anticipation that we boarded our first voyage with Celebrity Cruises: a four-night jaunt from Fort Lauderdale, Florida over to Bimini and Nassau in the Bahamas. This was a cruise offer we received from the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City that allowed us to choose from a list of “free” (more on this later) cruises from Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. Having already cruised with NCL, Carnival, and MSC, we were looking forward to the more upscale tone promised by Celebrity. Not to be found here were the boorish drunkards inhabiting your typical four-night Carnival cruise. Yet, Celebrity does aim younger and less stuffy than the scooter-bound octogenarians who supposedly inhabit Holland America's ships. We were eager to see if Celebrity struck the right balance between classiness and fun, between maturity and youthful exuberance. We especially went into the voyage understandably curious about the casino. After all, it was our casino play that got us the ...

I decided to tackle Aristocrat's Pompeii Slot which has been a popular slot machine since it's release in 2017. The volcano represents Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79AD covering the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in a cloud of ash. While it was a major catastrophe, it produced some of the best preserved artifacts of it's time period. If you decide to visit, you can walk along the main street and see a tavern, residences, a brothel and communal bath house.  The wealthier residences will have colorful frescoes. The main forum has Roman columns and the remains of temples and government buildings. You can also travel to Mount Vesuvius and walk to the top. The crater is ropped off but you can take pictures with the smoking crater in the background.  The Gold Coin refers to Pompeii the Roman general formally named Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. He was a Roman general who lived from 106BC to 48 BC. He was prominent general before becoming active in politics. He is known ...

 Jostens is the official jeweler of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). They manufacture the WSOP Circuit Rings, WSOP.com rings, and the WSOP Championship Bracelet. They partnered with WSOP to create a fan collection.  It's a small collection but the garnet and black onyx accent poker chip is noteworthy. Image showing up to your weekly poker game with this card protector.