Rosie’s owner, racing and gambling conglomerate Churchill Downs, maintains that this, somehow, is not gambling.
It’s Friday night at Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in Southside, and everyone is hoping to strike it big. Over the gamblers’ shoulders you can see how much they have left on their gaming cards on the bottom left of their screens: $20. Row after row, the colorful machines light up as gamblers try their luck.īoasting names like China Gold, Quick Spin and Queenie, these penny, ten-cent and dollar slot-like machines have their operators entranced nearly every seat is filled.
