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    Page 6l LAS VEGAS - ITEM 27 like this one play in tandem around the clock -a relay of music that never ends* Hypno- tism by boogy-woogy or an off- heat improvisation of UP ON MUSIC. MAYBE "HUMORESQUE" AND HOLD ON THEM FOR ANOTHER HALF-MINUTE OR SO, THEN DOLLY AWAY AND THROUGH THE CASINO AND GAMBLING TABLES. ZOOM INTO HAND SHAKING DICE. WE DISTINCTLY HEAR THE CLICK-CLICK AND THE HAND ROLLS OUT THE DICE ACROSS THE TABLE. PULL DOWN AUDIO ON BANDSTAND TO HEAR THE SOUND OF THE DICE COME THROUGH AND THE NARRATIVE. There?╟╓s a music you hear every 16 seconds around the clock. 52 million throws of dice since The Sands opened its door only three years ago. And they wore out 250,000 pairs of dice doing it. PULL AWAY AND DOLLY TO BLACKJACK GAME. ZOOM INTO CU OF HANDS DEALING OUT CARDS. The same tune here ?╟÷ 90,000 ? decks of cards^losj) in the per-""* petual shuffle. But win or lose...