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October 17, 2006
A midnight craving for a hamburger could cost $6,000 if you're staying at the Palms Casino. This pricey burger will now be offered as part of the hotel's room service and coffee shop menu. The burgers will come from food chain Carl's Jr. , which is a sister chain to Hardee's restaurant. Since the franchise is not available inside the hotel, the franchise owner said the hotel bell hop will drive to Carl's Jr. to fetch it when ordered.
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October 17, 2006
Artist Picasso's famous "Dream" painting was poked with a hole the size of silver dollar by Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn. He had accidentally elbowed the multimillion dollar canvas. Wynn had just sold the painting for $139 million to another collector when the incident occurred while he was showing the painting to friends at his Las Vegas office.
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May 9, 2006
Topics ebay, help, news, casino, virgin, cheese, cancer, image, mary, internet, boy and money
The artwork of a 7-year-old boy raising money for his cancer treatments is the latest unconventional eBay purchase by an Internet casino. Goldenpalace. com paid more than $2,800 dollars for the watercolors.
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April 21, 2006
A grandmother won $13 million dollars on a five-cent slot machine in Atlantic City. Josephine Crawford was down to her last few coins when she hit the mega jackpot at Harrah's casino in New Jersey. Casino insiders say her win is the largest jackpot win in the city's history.
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April 20, 2006
The sleek and spiffy sports-themed restrooms at Wendell's, in the Columbus suburb of Westerville, were chosen as the nation's finest Thursday in an online poll sponsored by a bathroom supply company. Wendell's prize-winning potties are always well-supplied with towels, soap and mouthwash and are a hit with sports fans big on cleanliness, said Cintas, the Cincinnati-based manufacturer of restroom supplies.
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