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...sparkling summer morning, and over on the Boardwalk they are already crowding into the casinos-thousands of Ali Babas in brightly colored polyesters, searching for treasure in those vast air-conditioned caves. Dice are rolling, cards are turning, and there are hands attached to most of the slot machines, which occasionally gratify with spurts of change. It is the busiest time of year in the new Atlantic City, which has high hopes of becoming the Las Vegas of the East, and the ebb and flow of the surf has given way to an even more soothing sound: great sums...
...airline's own training school. Last week S.A. became known for something a little less gracious: high-altitude gambling. An S.A. 747 jumbo jet took off from Singapore, bound for San Francisco, with one row of tourist-class seats filled not with paying passengers but with six slot machines...
...armed bandits. The machines were set by S.A. to pay out 90% of the take in winnings, which is above the 50% at some gambling casinos but about the same as payouts at Nevada hotels. After takeoff, 148 of the 330 passengers aboard requested time at the slots and attempted to line up the familiar combinations of bars and cherries. The jackpot payoff of $100 was signaled by three pictures of S.A.'s logo, a stylized bird. Said Toronto Psychiatrist Jon Ennis, a passenger on the flight: "Little old ladies trying to get to the lavatories had to push...
...third place in the superheated evening-news ratings race, could ill afford to lose an asset like Brokaw. Just how far the network was willing to go to keep him became clear with last week's announcement that Brokaw will take over John Chancellor's anchor slot on NBC's Nightly News. The precedent-shattering deal was reportedly for as much as $15 million in salary and benefits over seven years, making Brokaw the highest paid TV newscaster in history.* Said a weary Brokaw when all the negotiating was over: "In a way it was the most...
...maneuver the spaceship. The second affliction was discovered by Dr. Richard Neiman of Sacramento and Susan Ushiroda of Portland, Ore., after examination of two women who complained of sudden pain in the right shoulder. Investigation revealed that their discomfort followed a weekend of gambling at Lake Tahoe, Nev. For "slot-machine tendinitis," the authors have a surefire treatment: "Rest or winning a jackpot early...