WAMI taps Skillet as best group/artist

Grammy-nominated Kenosha Christian hard rock band Skillet took best group/artist, and “Come Out Swingin’ ” by Boxkar was named best CD/recording at the 27th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards Monday night at Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s N…

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Mon, April 30th, 2007

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  • 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
    1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
  • In Cuba, during the 1950's, the blackjack shoe was first introduced. The dealers in Cuba handled the cards really well and management thought that the dealers may be being a little too good to their friends. So, to curb their suspicions, management decided to use a "dealing box" which is currently known as a shoe.
  • The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.