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Slots gambling hits a bump in the road (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 16--Pennsylvania's unprecedented attempt to create a layer of middlemen to supply slot machines to the state's casinos is beginning to bog down the introduction of gambling to the commonwealth and delay the promised stream of revenue to the state treasury and local school districts.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Chairman Tad Decker has declared a "total impasse" among the board's seven members on whether to set up one, two or five regions for slot machine distributors, and Gov. Ed Rendell is starting to suggest that the entire notion of requiring middlemen might need to be scrapped.

"We're continuing to monitor [the dispute]," Mr. Rendell told reporters last week. "I don't know if you can legally split [the state] up into regions. I don't think that ever was the original contemplation.

"But if [gaming board members] don't move on this, you may well find that there will be legislation to do away with the distributor requirement."

Asked if he would support such a bill, Mr. Rendell replied, "Possibly."

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Michael Jordan's Problem with Gambling

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Michael Jordan's Problem with Gambling

Oct. 23, 2005

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(CBS) Michael Jordan is one of the most recognized names in the world, and among the most dominant and gifted athletes ever to play professional sports.

But how does a man who has been called the most competitive person alive still compete when there are no more games to play, no more championships to win? It’s a question Jordan tries to answer in his new book, Driven from Within.

In his first major television interview since he left the spotlight two and a half years ago, he talks candidly — and sometimes painfully — with correspondent Ed Bradley about the game he loves, the business empire he has built, the murder of his father, his problems with gambling, and his hopes for a quieter, more private life.

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Some Parkinson's Drugs May Trigger Compulsive Gambling

July 11, 2005 08:40:42 PM PST
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Eleven people with Parkinson's disease temporarily became compulsive gamblers after taking a class of drugs designed to control movement problems caused by the illness, a new study reports.

This is the latest in a series of case studies linking such drugs -- called dopamine agonists -- to pathological gambling in Parkinson's patients.

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