Word: slot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...moved most of the male inhabitants of an entire Chinese village to the U.S. over a period of 50-odd years. Like untold thousands of other Chinese in the U.S., the Hueys did it by playing a game as intricate and baffling as any Chinese puzzle ever devised: the slot racket...
Years went by. Having established a slot or two-or more-on his family tree, the man then arranged with Chinese brokers in such places as Hong Kong to sell his slots to willing Chinese for prices ranging from $2,500 apiece to $6,000. The broker found on his lists a Chinese whose age approximated that of a registered son, sent him on to the U.S. Once there, the newcomer often became virtually an indentured servant until he paid for his slot, frequently was harassed by extortionists and informers who threatened to expose his illegal entry unless he paid...
...Swank & Slot Machines. The 20-story, 400-room Havana Riviera (up to $40 a day for a double room) is a modern-style palace with egg-crate fagades, wall-to-wall marble, a 78-cabaña pool and ornate saloons. One of its prime functions plainly is to house well-heeled amateur gamblers in soporific luxury and feed them efficiently to the hemisphere's swankiest casino, a domed, elliptical hall with gold-leafed walls, 85 slot machines and 17 tables for craps, blackjack and roulette. One effect was to attract to the opening a fortnight ago the largest...
...Reno, rabid Forty Niners fans had every opportunity to shoot their football winnings at slot machine, crap table and roulette wheel. But they had nothing to gamble with until Quarterback John Brodie passed to Halfback Hugh McElhenny and won the game in the last 54 seconds, 17-13. After that, whether they won or lost at the gaming tables, the long ride home seemed short and sweet...
Gene Coker, a standout performer against Princeton, will start at fullback, and Winterbauer will be in his usual quarterback slot. The starting halfbacks will be Dick Winkler and Herb Hallas, who caught a 53-yard pass from Winterbauer in Saturday's game, only to have it called back on a penalty...