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Monet takes a gamble on casino - 2004-01-24
Past the slot machines and the blackjack tables, there they'll be: 21 Monet masterworks, such as the hypnotic 1905 painting, "Water Lilies," right in the middle of the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas -- thanks to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

In exchange for a payment of a minimum of $1 million, the MFA has agreed to loan over half of its Monet collection to a for-profit, Las Vegas gallery housed in the resplendent casino for a show commencing this week.
Read the full story at Boston Globe, MA

A conscious gamble - 2004-01-24
Every year, Kansans make millions of trips to casinos passed the state line in Kansas City, Mo. And every year, state officials go hunting for millions of dollars in new profits for state government.

All said Kansas could own and manage a casino without spending taxpayer money to build a single building or purchasing even one slot machine or blackjack table.
Read the full story at Pittsburg Morning Sun, KS