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Voters must rule on gambling - 2004-02-06
In a single glancing blow, Carcieri empasized, yet again, his opposition to casino gambling, saying Rhode Island is currently "too dependent on gambling revenue."

That's where this issue should stay. We should choose, for ourselves, what sort of gambling we want, and where we want it, and who should manage it. Maybe some people would rather put their money down on poker, baccarat, blackjack. Maybe Rhode Islanders would rather have a real destination resort rather than going to Lincoln Park and Newport to incessantly pull one-armed bandits.
Read the full story at Naragansett Times, RI

He's a Gambling Man - 2004-02-06
As he closed in on his fifteen-minute stump speech on health care, Blair Hull, a first-time Democratic senatorial candidate from Illinois, stated offhandedly to his assembly of seniors, gathered in the town of Orland Hills for a Thanksgiving luncheon, "If elected, I will not accept a salary or a pension."

He beat the odds—or, rather, beat the house by altering the odds in his favor—by creating intricate mathematical formulas that called for a skilled team of card counters to help decide when and how to bet in blackjack.
Read the full story at Atlantic Online