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A Brief History Today, there are more slot machine titles in a casino than all the other games combined; however, unlike most other games, these have many secrets that the casinos keep from you. Digging Deeper Slot placement is deliberate In actuality everything regarding slot placement is completely deliberate. The casinos that make the most profits are placed in the limelight while ones that have a lower house edge are cornered away. That is why it is best to avoid those that are found in well-lit areas and head for one that is at the back. More often than not,…

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A Brief History On January 12, 2020, the National Football League’s 2019 season hurtles toward its final determination as to who wears the Championship crown for the next year.  With the Wild Card games out of the way, we only have to wait for the results of the Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks playoff to determine who will play the San Francisco 49’rs to see which NFC team will go to the big show and the results of the Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs game to determine which team will play the Tennessee Titans for AFC honors. Update:…

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A Brief History On January 10, 2020, a not so latest science fiction/horror movie, Underwater, was released across the country after sitting in whatever box movies sit it while they await release for the past couple years.  Despite being filmed back in 2017, the film apparently got caught up with corporate shuffling by 20th Century Fox which had been the target of acquisition by media giant Disney in 2017, and successfully swallowed up by Disney in 2018 in a deal called a “merger,” which was finally put into effect in 2019.  Meanwhile, Underwater languished in a sort of movie limbo…

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A Brief History On January 13, 2020, the Northern tier of states such as Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (among others) are normally mired in the dreary winter, complete with the blahs and SAD (seasonal affective disorder) due to the lack of sunlight and outside time.  Scraping ice off car windows and shoveling snow is no fun at all.  This year (2020), even the normal winter sports such as ice fishing, snowmobiling and ice skating have been problematic due to a warm winter so far.  So what can you do for recreation? Digging Deeper One way you can keep busy…

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A Brief History On January 10, 2020, the latest World War I combat epic film, simply titled 1917, makes its widespread opening across the United States.  Though the film deals with British, rather than American main characters, the incredible levels of tension, tragedy, terror, and heart pounding action combine to make this film a certain contender for the Best Picture Oscar. Digging Deeper Set in the year, 1917, the movie captures the drudgery and crushingly oppressiveness of 3 long years of war seemingly without end.  Set designers made elaborate trenches and battlefield depictions to capture the surreal mien of that…

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