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...know it has to be a Martin Scorsese film when it stars ROBERT DE NIRO and ... DON RICKLES? "Marty said I have the perfect face for Las Vegas," says the veteran comic, who seems to think that's a compliment. In Casino, due out in November, Rickles plays casino manager Billy Sherbet. He hasn't one funny line, but made up for it between takes. "Everyone told me Bob was a serious actor, but within days he was my slave," says Rickles. "The man was laughing at 'Hello' and killing himself at 'Hello, Bob.' " Casting Rickles wasn't the only...
Online gambling may be the Internet's first true "killer app"-a reason to log on that could also make somebody rich, very rich. The Internet reaches tens of millions of people around the world, and it's growing faster than a Las Vegas bar tab. Many of the folks who roam the networks may like to place a wager from time to time, especially from the comfort of home or an office computer. The smell of all those suckers with money to burn has attracted dozens of would-be Bugsy Siegels, all of them racing to set up Internet...
Which raises an interesting question. When you're playing poker over the computer networks, how do you know your opponent isn't pocketing your winnings? Rogers, a computer expert from Las Vegas, is putting the finishing touches on a device he hopes will put those fears to rest. The hardware, which plugs into the back of a PC, is a kind of gambling "smart card" that is supposed to use powerful encryption to record all transactions between the house and the player...
Where we once considered the metaphysics of Athens and Jerusalem, today we are mosquitoes to the lights of Las Vegas and Hollywood. And though we may pretend otherwise, we're more interested in raising the consciousness of kitsch than of ourselves or of our parents. We'd rather know the names of the children from Eight is Enough than the birthdays of our friends...
DIED. JIMMY GARCIA, 23, Colombian super featherweight boxer; two weeks after collapsing in the wake of an appallingly brutal title fight with Gabriel Ruelas; in Las Vegas...