Vegas-style slot machines debut at Seminole Hard Rock casino (Indian Country Today) HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Purse in hand and eyeglasses on, 80-year-old Ruth Spivak stood behind a velvet rope Jan. 28 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, just steps away from the bright lights, musical chiming and big jackpots of the tribe's first Las Vegas-style slot machines.
The easy addiction of online poker (AP via Yahoo! News) "Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair With Gambling" (Tarcher/Penguin, 224 pages, $23.95), by Martha Frankel: The title of this harrowing book refers to what happens when you gamble so much and are so far under water that all that is left are hats and eyeglasses on the surface.