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Wynn's ambitions command attention because he has scored one success after another, even if his first Las Vegas venture was a flop. At 25, he took money he had made in his family's bingo business in Maryland and invested $45,000 to purchase a 3% interest in the Frontier Hotel, where he became the slot manager. But several stockholders of the hotel turned out to be stand-ins for Detroit mobsters, and Wynn was forced to sell early. He was never accused of being anything but an innocent in the affair, and he did get something invaluable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Casino Salesman | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...scene at Cambridge senior centers was not too bleak, even this winter. There were Haitian programs, crafts and Bingo, as well as classes in Spanish, bridge, knitting and crochet...

Author: By Bryan D. Garsten, | Title: Cambridge Seniors Weather the Winter | 3/24/1993 | See Source »

Adams also has a fine tradition of house-sponsored decadence: fun events like S&M bingo, "secret S&M buddies" in December, erotica night and over $1,000 worth of chocolate genitalia purchased for Valentine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine House | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...will recall that he too mentioned the necessary consideration of limiting Medicare funds at a given point. His metaphor of apples being ripe for picking did not go over well when Bill Weld, his opponent, responded with TV ads showing sprightly old people dancing and playing bingo and then being told that, at the state's request, they should drop dead ASAP to ease the fiscal crisis. Even though the idea had distant poetic ancestry in Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori, Silber's campaign fizzled soon thereafter. Still, Silber's message, though transformed somewhat...

Author: By Dan E. Markel, | Title: The Soft Scourge of Sacrifice | 3/5/1993 | See Source »

Amid the laughter, Cordow spontaneously slammed his palm down on the table, causing a near panic as the players scrambled to reorganize their bingo cards. Tightly creased expressions reflected the seriousness of the occasion. Among ! the lucky charms and trinkets on display: six coins, one family photograph, one clay figurine, two rock crystals and 13 toy trolls. Two of the trolls belong to Smith. He confessed, "I need the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's in It for Us? | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

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