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    August 30, 1983 - United States

    Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space, aboard the third flight of the shuttle Challenger on the eighth Space Shuttle Mission. This was the first mission to launch and land at night. During 98 orbits of the Earth in 145 hours, the crew deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System with the Payload Flight Test Article; operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System with live cell samples; conducted medical measurements to understand biophysiological effects on space flight. STS-8 landed on 5 Sep 1983. By 1992, Bluford had spent 688 hours on four space shuttle flights.

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    August 30, 1989 - U.S.A.

    Leona Helmsley the billionaire New York City hotel operator and real estate investor is convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison ( Later Most charges were dropped and she served served 18 months in federal prison ) 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. 3 counts of tax evasion. 3 counts of filing false personal tax returns. 10 counts of mail fraud. She is best known for a quote to a former housekeeper Elizabeth Baum when asked about her taxes. "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."

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In a fast pace era where technology changes in every snap of a finger and almost three fourths of the population is depending on the internet in every possible way hoping it might fasten their daily chores or lessen their boredom.

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In a fast pace era where technology changes in every snap of a finger and almost three fourths of the population is depending on the internet in every possible way hoping it might fasten their daily chores or lessen their boredom and for entertainment, one of the industries that is most booming is the Online Casino, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, that offers online gambling with poker rooms and bingo rooms twenty four hours a day seven times a week using excellent graphics and themes. All a person needs is a computer a fast internet connection a quick casino download and a quick deposit using any of your bank account offered and accepted in the online casino. After this you will have an online experience that rivals the excitement of being in Vegas in the comfort of your own space anywhere in the world.

Online Casinos are divided in groups depending on the interface, these are the web base online casinos where a user can play games without downloading the software into a local computer and the download based online casinos where a user is asked to download the software in order to play a game.

People will always gamble and this activity cannot be stopped, that's the reason why there are a lot of online casinos that offers a high paying bonuses for first time users and to those players who subsequently plays well. There is also a customer support and the games is updated regularly. There are also websites that offers a no deposit required upon sign up. This means that a player can play with the casinos money without betting a single dollar from their wallets, however, if the player looses you cant just walk away, but if you win, you can get all the money you have made. Some websites also offers a no prohibition against any player regardless of age and country using a virtual money, but if a player wants to earn real money it is important that the player is at least more than 21 years of age and encourages players whose laws forbid bet online to refrain from playing.

Most online casinos offers a fast promotion and programs where a player can win prizes. Some promotions includes tournaments, bonus from inviting friends and many different things each day. Casinos may label their players using bonuses as ?bonus abusers?. Every player in every casino may commit fraud as well as the online casinos themselves. One of the examples of a player fraud is by creating multiple user accounts for the hope of claiming sign up bonuses. As for the casino fraud they change the terms of a bonus once a player has completed the requirements required for a player to claim his bonus.

Although there are some countries that prohibit the use of casinos and forbids bet as a respect in their religion or prohibits electronic transmission of information for sports betting across telecommunications lines many will still play to win or for entertainment purposes.

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