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Police fight over measure for non-Indian slot machines - 2004-01-26
Proponents trying to stop Indian tribes' monopoly on slot machines took one step closer to getting their measure on the ballot Monday, but police chiefs to assure the plan that would expand gambling within the state.

It follows multiple failed legal problems to the tribes' monopoly on slot machines, though the card rooms can feature table games like poker and blackjack.
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Additional Charges for Insernio - 2004-01-26
Albert Isernio, who federal officials report masterminded the Nassau County insurance scandal, has agreed to confess leading the scheme and plead guilty to conspiring to bribe a Nassau County official and defraud the county, according to sources informed about the case.

During the income-tax evasion trial, Isernio admitted that he was a gambler who carried major amounts of money and wagered thousands of dollars on hands of blackjack.
Read the full story at Newsday