Gambling for a good cause

The house always wins, the saying goes. But this weekend, the house will share its spoils with special needs children in the area.

Cayuga Home for Children will hold its second annual casino night Saturday to raise money for the organization. The event will feature various games of chance and prize opportunities for those who attend, with the proceeds going toward the home as it heads into what looks to be a tough financial time.

Cayuga Home Chief Executive Officer Edward Myers Hayes said this week that the event will be similar in a lot of ways to last year's. But the experience will help the volunteers run a tighter ship this time around, Hayes said.