Waysons Corner is an

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, United States, east of Upper Marlboro. Waysons Corner is located at the junction of Maryland routes 4 and

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(Southern Maryland Boulevard), where the former changes names to

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Geography

Waysons Corner is five miles west of

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but hosts the current "Lothian" post office and is in the current Lothian postal zip code area.

History

In the 1950s, a bingo and slots machine parlor was opened in a warehouse here. When gambling was outlawed in Maryland in the 1960s, the Wayson family kept the bingo business running as Wayson's Bingo in a 750-seat hall.Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56500-2004Dec10.html Las Vegas business magnate

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, whose resorts on the

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and Golden Nugget, got his start in gambling by managing the bingo hall here.

References

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