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Lady Luck (other)
Lady Luck, a personification of luck, may refer to: Fiction and mythology * Fortuna, in Roman mythology, goddess of fortune * Tyche, in Greek mythology, goddess of fortune * Lady Luck (comics), a character created by Will Eisner Film * Lady Luck (1936 film), ''Lady Luck'' (1936 film), a film directed by Charles Lamont * Lady Luck (1942 film), ''Lady Luck'' (1942 film) or ''Lucky Ghost'', a film directed by William Beaudine * Lady Luck (1946 film), ''Lady Luck'' (1946 film), a film directed by Edwin L. Marin * ''Lady Luck'', a 1973 television film starring Bert Convy Music * Lady Luck (rapper) (born 1983), American rapper * Lady Luck (album), ''Lady Luck'' (album), by Broadzilla, 2001 Songs * Lady Luck (Jamie Woon song), "Lady Luck" (Jamie Woon song), 2011 * Lady Luck/Dilly Dally, "Lady Luck"/"Dilly Dally", a single by After School, 2012 * "Lady Luck", by the 69 Eyes from ''Savage Garden (The 69 Eyes album), Savage Garden'' * "Lady Luck", by David Lee Roth from ''A Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luck
Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at any time, both due to random and non-random natural and artificial processes, and that even improbable events can happen by random chance. In this view, the epithet "lucky" or "unlucky" is a descriptive label that refers to an event's positivity, negativity, or improbability. Supernatural interpretations of luck consider it to be an attribute of a person or object, or the result of a favorable or unfavorable view of a deity upon a person. These interpretations often ''prescribe'' how luckiness or unluckiness can be obtained, such as by carrying a lucky charm or offering sacrifices or prayers to a deity. Saying someone is "born lucky" may hold different meanings, depending on the interpretation: it could simply mean that they have been bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel-Log
''Travel-Log'' is the ninth studio album by J. J. Cale. It was released on November 6, 1989, through Silvertone Records. Background Cale initially made his reputation in the 1970s as a songwriter for Eric Clapton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Cale's recording career came to a halt in the mid-1980s. Although he produced a handful of minor hits, Cale was indifferent to publicity and preferred to avoid the spotlight. As a result, his albums never sold well. However, his 1983 Mercury Records, Mercury release ''#8'' was the first album of his career not to chart, and he became disillusioned with the music business, taking six years off. In 1990 he explained in an interview, "In 1984 I was with a different record company, and it didn't seem to be working out too good, so I asked to get out of my contract, and that took a couple of years to shuffle the paper around. Then when I got through doin' that, I thought I'd take a little break from recording; maybe go in once or twice a year and record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Nemacolin (formerly known as Nemacolin Woodlands Resort) is a four-season resort in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph Hardy. It includes The Lodge at Nemacolin, a Tudor Revival-style hotel which is a member of the Historic Hotels of America. Located at the center of Nemacolin, it was the hunting lodge of Pittsburgh businessman Willard F. Rockwell, who had it built in 1968. The resort also includes a casino, dubbed The Casino at Nemacolin. History The resort is named after Chief Nemacolin, a native Delaware Indian who in 1740 trailblazed a route through the Laurel Highlands mountains between what is now Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh industrialist Willard Rockwell established a private game reserve on the property called Nemacolin Trails Hunting Reserve in 1968. The Rockwells established a hunting lodge along with a gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino Queen Marquette
Casino Queen Marquette is a riverboat casino located in Marquette, Iowa (across the Mississippi River from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin) that is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation Bally's Corporation is an American gambling, betting, and interactive entertainment company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. In the US it operates 19 casinos across 11 states, a horse track in Colorado, a golf course in New York, and .... The riverboat, named Miss Marquette, is located by a site that also contains an enclosed pavilion, providing dining on the first floor and an entertainment showroom/banquet area on the second floor. Currently offering 566 slot machines featuring a variety of games and 8 tables games. History The Miss Marquette riverboat in Marquette, Iowa was bought from Sodak Gaming in November 1999 for $41.67 million. Shortly after, on October 6, 2000, Isle of Capri agreed to acquire the ''Miss Marquette'' riverboat for $47.7 million. The riverboat, ''Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Hotel & Casino
The Downtown Grand, formerly the Lady Luck, is a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by CIM Group and operated by Fifth Street Gaming. The property originated as Honest John's, a news stand and barbershop with a small number of slot machines. It opened in 1961, and became a full casino three years later, under the new ownership of Andy Tompkins. He renamed it the Lady Luck in 1968, and enlarged it during the 1970s. Tompkins added a small hotel in 1983, and later expanded it with two towers, opened in 1986 and 1989, respectively. In the 1990s, the Lady Luck name expanded to other casinos around the U.S. through Lady Luck Gaming, overseen by part-owner Tompkins. The Lady Luck changed ownership several times beginning in 2000, and eventually closed on February 11, 2006, for a year-long renovation. However, the project was derailed by financial problems. CIM purchased the shuttered property in 2007, and eventually launched a $100 million renovation. The prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Gaming
Lady Luck Gaming Corp. was a gaming company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that developed and operated casinos in the Midwestern and Southern United States. It was acquired by Isle of Capri Casinos in 2000. History Company founding and first casinos (1991-1993) In 1991, Andrew Tompkins, founder of the Lady Luck Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, wanted to expand locally, but found property in Las Vegas and Laughlin too expensive. Instead, he joined many other gaming industry figures in looking to Midwestern and Southern states that were beginning to legalize riverboat casinos. He revealed plans for a casino in Natchez, Mississippi, in August 1991, and went on to open the Lady Luck Natchez in February 1993 at a cost of $8 million. After Colorado legalized gambling in three cities in 1991, Tompkins negotiated to buy land for a casino in Central City from the school district, but withdrew from the deal after the city council imposed a 9-month moratorium on new casino development. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg
Bally's Vicksburg is a riverboat casino and hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by Bally's Corporation. It has of gaming space and 89 hotel rooms. History The project was initiated by the Rainbow Casino Corporation (RCC), made up of John A. Barrett and Leigh Seippel. Hospitality Franchise Systems agreed to provide $7.5 million in financing, and to franchise a hotel at the property under its Days Inn brand. Six Flags agreed to build a 10-acre theme park named Pennants. Bally Technologies, United Gaming (later known as Alliance Gaming, and then Bally Technologies) signed on to manage the casino. The Rainbow Casino opened on July 12, 1994, with 574 slot machines and 28 table games. United Gaming took a 45 percent ownership stake on the day it opened. It took a controlling stake the following year, after RCC failed to finance elements of the casino that it was responsible for. The hotel, owned by AmeriHost, opened in May 1995, and the company called it "the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville
Century Casino & Hotel Caruthersville, formerly Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville, is a land-based casino and hotel in Caruthersville, Missouri. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Century Casinos. Missouri's first non-floating casino that makes its home next to the Mississippi River. In 2005, the casino generated $28 million in revenue and $7 million in profits. History The casino opened on April 28, 1995 as Casino Aztar. It was built by Aztar Corp. at a cost of $55 million. Aztar was acquired by Columbia Sussex in January 2007. Columbia Sussex, unable to obtain a casino license in the state, immediately put the property up for sale and threatened to close it down in order to preserve the takeover deal with Aztar. In 2007, Isle of Capri Casinos Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. was a gaming company headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri in Greater St. Louis which operated casinos and associated entertainment and lodging facilities in the United States. It operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show Of Shows (film)
''The Show of Shows'' (the title shown as ''Show of Shows'' in the actual film and in the advertising) is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production was shot almost entirely in Technicolor, cost almost $800,000 and earned a little over twice as much at the box office. ''Show of Shows'' was Warner Bros.' fifth color film; the first four were '' The Desert Song'' (1929), '' On with the Show!'' (1929), ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) and ''Paris'' (1929). ('' Song of the West'' was actually completed by June 1929 but had its release delayed until March 1930). ''Show of Shows'' featured most of the contemporary Warner Bros. film stars, including John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Noah Beery Sr., Loretta Young, Dolores Costello, Bull Montana, Myrna Loy, Chester Conklin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tully Marshall, Nick Lucas, and Betty Compson. Overview The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Radio Controversy
''The Great Radio Controversy'' is the second studio album by American hard rock band Tesla, released in 1989. The album's sound has been described as "glam metal to play inside the cab of a tractor-blusey denim and downright wholesome". The hit singles "Love Song", " Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)", " Hang Tough" and " The Way It Is" received considerable airplay on MTV's ''Headbangers Ball'' and rocketed the band to stardom. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 23, 1998. The album is titled after the controversy about the identity of the inventor of radio. It is posited that Serbian engineer Nikola Tesla (whom the band is named after) is the true inventor of radio, while the Italian Guglielmo Marconi took the credit and is widely regarded as having the title. The album's inner sleeve recounts this story. Critical reception Kirk Blows of British newspaper ''Music Week'' gave positive a response to the album. He said that the album musical material will "sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spanner In The Works
'' A Spanner in the Works '' is the seventeenth studio album released by Rod Stewart on 29 May 1995. It ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album, '' Vagabond Heart''. Although he did release the live album '' Unplugged...and Seated'' in 1993, as of 2024, this remains Stewart's longest break between studio albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You're The Star", " Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and " Purple Heather". Content The album includes covers of Bob Dylan's " Sweetheart Like You" and The Blue Nile's " The Downtown Lights". The song "Muddy, Sam and Otis" is Stewart's tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro '96 Football Squad, "Purple Heather" is a folk song that normally goes by the name " Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of The Proclaimers
''The Best of the Proclaimers'' is a greatest hits compilation album by Scottish folk rock duo The Proclaimers, first released in April 2002. The album reached the Top 5 in the United Kingdom, where it has been certified Platinum, while also charting in New Zealand. Compiling the duo's singles and several album tracks from the four studio albums they released between 1987 and 2001, the release also featured three newly-recorded songs; "Ghost of Love", "Lady Luck" as well as a cover of Frankie Miller's " The Doodle Song" (1977). The album's sleeve notes were written by the English comedian and Proclaimers fan Matt Lucas. Critical reception ''The Best of The Proclaimers'' attracted some positive reception. Hal Horowitz of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ... a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
