Wife’s bingo led to molestations, defendant says

A man said he repeatedly sexually assaulted two young girls because his wife spent too much time playing bingo. “I told her — she was going to bingo three, four times a week — I told her to cut down to once a week. She said if they had bingo every day, she’d go,” said Floyd Kinney, 49.Save

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Sun, December 3rd, 2006

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    1989: One of Vegas's most extravag-ant hotels opens. Steve Wynn's Mirage resort features a man-made volcano and over 3,000 rooms. Siegfried and Roy sign a $57 million, five-year contract to provide entertainment at the hotel.
  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.