There are a dozen people inside the Grosvenor casino in Luton, and one of them has never gambled in her life.
Actually thatâ??s not entirely true, says Jenny Spouge, the casinoâ??s in-house chaplain, as she walks around the gaming floor on a weekday afternoon. She once took part in a raffle, she recalls, and even found herself holding the winning ticket. When Spouge is not working as a chaplain at the casino, she is a Methodist minister at a local church. She says she interpreted the raffle win â?? for which her prize was a bottle of Scotch â?? as a piece of divine teasing, and resigned herself from games of chance for ever. This afternoon she walks between the casinoâ??s card tables and roulette wheels and ignores the flashing fruit machines. â??Personally I canâ??t see the fascination.â? Sheâ??s here today, and three times a week, to offer herself as a listening ear.
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