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The 7 7 7 Wedding Rush Is On In Vegas, Elsewhere

July 6, 2007 at 2:36 PM | 2 Comments

Thinking about getting hitched? Tomorrow may be your lucky day -- if you've planned enough in advance. For people who believe in the number seven, Saturday's date is triply auspicious for gamblers and for the affianced. If you haven't already applied for your wedding license in Vegas, there are 3,000 couples ahead of you, and you may have better luck marrying at home -- or at Six Flags, whose 12 locations will all be hosting weddings (including the metaphorically unlucky top-of-rollercoaster nuptial).

In response to the demand for lucky weddings in Lady Luck-land, Las Vegas' Caesars Palace is holding a mass-wedding at 7PM and is at FULL occupancy for Saturday night, while the Flamingo is holding 77 weddings. And the Little White Wedding Chapel, where Britney Spears tied the knot for the first time and Bruce Willis once wed Demi Moore, is uniting 460 would-be Mr. and Mrs.'s this weekend. "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria even got into the lucky-7 spirit, rushing the planning process for her dream wedding to NBA star Tony Parker so that they could celebrate in Paris on, yes, 7/7/07. (Her civil ceremony was today, but that doesn't count, right?)

Already hitched or not interested? You could try your luck in the Pennsylvania lottery, offering 7,777 prizes on a special $20 ticket. Al Gore's Live Earth concert, originally planned to be broadcast from eight sites, is down to seven after the Rio concert was canceled by the local police force. Fate? Some rap fans also believe Saturday is when slain star Tupac Shakur will return from his allegedly faked death. And perhaps to offset the deleterious effects of last year's 6/6/06, Christians in Nashville or elsewhere are hosting a pray-in. Then again, there's always 8/8/08.

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