Tuesday August 05, 2008 - 00:03 EST
Q. Recently at the Grand Victoria in Elgin I was playing video poker (Double Bonus Poker or Double Double Bonus — I was switching). A King, Queen, Jack and Ace of clubs came up, along with a 10 of hearts. My husband said I should keep that hand because it was a winning hand, a straight.
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1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time.
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