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Once, at a Bahamas casino, he exchanged $6,000 worth of his and his friends' chips for cash...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sophomore Will Appear on TV Show 'Greed' In June | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

...your ante. Foxwoods, Connecticut’s sprawling casino resort, boasts roulette tables, dancing and plush hotel rooms. Make sure you set a limit on your spending before you head out, or your wallet will feel it the next day. Foxwoods is best as an overnight trip, so bring clean underwear...

Author: By Catharina E. Lavers, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: fifteen date spots | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...with a dead girl or a live boy, was called to the stand in his own defense. He had listened to a parade of witnesses, including three men who pleaded guilty to their role in the alleged scam, say he had extorted millions from applicants for riverboat-casino licenses during and after his last term, which ended in 1996. One of the three, former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., testified that he had handed Edwards $400,000 in a briefcase, Edwards' alleged price for ensuring that DeBartolo wouldn't have a "serious problem" getting his license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High-Stakes Game | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

DIED. WAYNE MCALLISTER, 92, West Coast architect whose flamboyant hotels and drive-in restaurants monumentalized America's car culture; in Arcadia, Calif. The neon gulch of casino classics he carved in Las Vegas included the El Rancho and Sands. In Los Angeles, one of his Bob's Big Boy eateries is a state landmark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...includes much of the land entangled in what he calls the group's "bogus" land claims, which sweep across much of western Connecticut, including land occupied by Bridgeport city hall, Trumbull town hall, the headquarters of People's Bank and hundreds of private homes. Quiet Hawk retorts that the casino issue came up long after his group began its quest for recognition and real estate--which by now includes land claims filed on about 1,000 acres of Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Tribe? | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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