Word: jackpot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They're never going to believe this one." -- James ("Whitey") Bulger, a well-known reputed Boston mobster, upon winning part of a $14 million Massachusetts lottery jackpot...
...completely at the mercy of your machine," says contestant Deloure Mustico, a Trump Castle regular who looks like a cross between Dolly Parton and Eva Gabor. Not long ago, as she was on her way to winning a $5,000 jackpot, Mustico heard the Donald's voice booming behind her: "Are you going to take all my money, Deloure?" Mustico, who was a Holiday on Ice figure skater in the late '50s, pushes back her luxuriant blond coiffure and smiles wistfully. "That was a lovely moment, almost as much fun as winning the $5,000." She also has fond memories...
...industry and professional organizations had filed 24 amicus briefs on behalf of Pacific Mutual, claiming that punitive awards have soared because of unbridled jury discretion. "It's become a form of legal lottery," says Washington attorney Theodore Olson. "Plaintiffs ask for huge awards, hoping they'll hit the jackpot...
Shortly before dusk on April 23, three young agents from the U.S. Customs Service were about to hit the jackpot of their careers. Sitting in a car outside a warehouse in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, the men were looking for Huan ("Danny") Teng, 38, a Taiwanese believed to be one of America's kingpins of drug paraphernalia. They never found Teng, but what they discovered inside the building left them breathless. It was a vast, dungeon- like factory filled with machines for injecting, cooling and grinding plastic. Three Chinese workers in ragged garb glanced at their visitors just once...
...Crystal Palace Resort and Casino in Nassau, Bahamas, has just the answer for jackpot winners wondering how to spend their money: sleep it away in the Galactica Suite. For $25,000 a night, guests can slumber in what is billed as the most expensive hotel suite in the world. The six high-tech rooms boast such extravagant features as an aquarium containing a giant stingray, artwork on the walls that can be changed electronically, and heat-detecting switches that turn on lights when a person walks into the room. The 2,500-sq.- ft. silver-and-white suite even comes...