Wakula: This week

TODAY Arts and crafts: 10:30 a.m., exercise, crafts: 12:30 p.m., bingo: 1 p.m., beginner’s line dancing: 1:30 p.m. Wakulla Senior Center. 926-7145. TUESDAY Pickin’ & Grinnin’ Band: 10 a.m., music: 12:30 p.m., bingo: 1 p.m., Wakulla Senior Center. 926-7145. WEDNESDAY Brain Gym: 10:30 a.m., dominoes: 12:30 p.m., bingo: 1 p.m. Wakulla Senior Center. 926-7145. THURSDAY Coastal Optimist Club: noon, …

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Gambling history facts:

• 1973: The MGM Grand opens on the Strip, becoming the world's largest hotel.
  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.
• U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
• Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.
• 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
  1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.