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Chicken S#@t Bingo Drops Its Lucky Load at SXSW

With some plywood, some chicken wire and a live hen, a Texas honky-tonk turns a DIY game of chance into a local institution. Wired.com ditches SXSW to hang with some hens.
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Meanwhile, Sissy is filling up on chicken feed. "They feed 'em a good bit," says Johnson.Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
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