Word: slot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point of perversity. Thirty-three million people visit the city every year, and each day 1,300 tour buses clog the streets. But since 1976 the local population has shrunk 20%, to about 35,000, and residents continue to flee to the suburbs. There are 18,103 slot machines, but no car washes, no movie theaters and only one supermarket. And on Mother's Day, people could not get to church because the Tour de Trump, a bicycle race, blocked the roads that morning...
With five minutes left to play, a Wildcat corner kick nearly broke the ice. Reilly yelled for her defenders to clear, but miscommunication resulted in a loose ball in the muddy slot. Reilly rushed out to grab it, but a UNH forward knocked her down. No whistle...
...people each week from among thousands of losing lottery ticket holders and gives them a chance to win a $1 million jackpot by whirling the Big Spin wheel. But in 222 tries over the past 18 months, no one has hit the jackpot. Officials added a second $1 million slot to the 100-slot wheel, but to no avail. Without a big winner to hype, ticket sales have dropped from $23 million in fiscal 1988 to $11.2 million...
...open for them on their new tour, the Stones have chosen hard-rocking Living Colour for a slot that has, over the years, taken on a fair amount of significance. Opening for the Stones has come to be not just another lucrative gig but a way for musicians (black) to break through to a larger audience (white...
...thumping 57% in the past five years. Casinos took in more than half of all bets, or $164 billion; sports gambling was a distant second with a $28 billion take, up 57% from 1983. Though impressive, that increase was dwarfed by a 98% jump in the coins clinked into slot machines, a 103% rise in legal bookmaking and a 228% leap in money wagered in cardrooms...