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Video Poker: A Bad Bet for Illinois

Rep. Jack Franks | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Video Poker, Gambling, Illinois, Illinois Budget, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois General Assembly, Video Gaming Act, Illinois Gaming Board, Chicago News

I've filed a bill to repeal the Video Gaming Act, which allows places licensed to serve alcohol to have up to five video poker machines for patron use -- the equivalent of 60 new casinos in Illinois.

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It's Time To Bet On Health Insurance Reform

Beau Friedlander | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gambling, Moral Hazard, Public Option, Alan Grayson, Senator Orrin Hatch, Politics News

The very nature of the health insurance industry is antithetical to its stated reason for being: helping people stay well and to get better.

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It's Time to Teach Children About Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Keen Johnson, Kentucky Governor, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Have and Have Nots, School Curriculum, Rowman & Littlefield, Cell Phone, Gambling, Bailout, Lexington KY, Dollar, Grade School, Timothy Geithner, Happy Chandler, Financial Meltdown, Great Depression, McNay Settlement Group, Ipod, Educators, Ky, Clu, Savings Rate, Education, Louisville, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Million Dollar Round Table, High School, Ben Bernanke, Teachers, Investments, John Mellencamp, Frugal, Main Street, Darwin, Keen Babbage, Financial Crisis, The American College, Richmond, Personal Finance, Impact, Casinos, Msfs, Structured Settlement, Lottery, Chfc, Handling Money, Kentucky, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Hank Paulsen, Slot Machines, Recession, Henry Clay High School, Credit Cards, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Extreme Economics, Too Big to Fail, Payday Leading, Business News

I'm convinced that most of the mistakes made handling money result from lack of information and bad habits formed in childhood.

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Shawn Chacon, Former Rockies Pitcher, Arrested For Gambling Violations

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gambling, Nevada, Shawn Chacon, Colorado, Rockie Pitcher Arrested, Greeley Colorado, Colorado Rockies, Denver News

GREELEY, Colo. — Authorities say they have arrested former major league pitcher Shawn Chacon at a Colorado bowling alley on charges related to u...

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States Face Drop In Casino And Lottery Revenues For First Time

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Casinos, State Budgets, Lottery, Economic Downturn, Economic Crisis, American Casinos, Business News

Casinos and lotteries in most states are reporting a downturn in revenue for the first time, resulting in a drop in the money collected by state and l...

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Poll: 40% Of Sports Reporters Gamble On Sports

Editor & Publisher | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Gambling, Sports, Reporters, Sports Reporters, Sports Media, Media News

Forty percent of sports reporters admitted in a recent survey to gambling on sports, while 5% said they had bet on sports they had covered....

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The Lottery Question

Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: American Business, Met Life, Trial Consultants, Chinese, New York Life, Strategic Coach, J. Giles Band, Mediations, Gambling, Cnbc, The Dan Sullivan Question, Richmond Ky, Megamillons, American Bar Association, Johnny Bench, Self Reliance, Real Estate, Financial Planning, Lottery Winners, Jury Consultants, Injury Victims, Trial Lawyers, Church, Major League Baseball, Actuaries, Medition Consultants, Prudential, Clu, Louisville, Dan Sullivan, Angel in Blue, Inner Circle of Advocates, Million Dollar Round Table, College Tuition, Entrepreneurship, Big Red Machine, Sports Betting, Small Business, Lawyers, Settlement Conferences, Toronto, Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Washington, Main Street, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Structured Settlement Consultant, Personal Injury, American Associaton for Justice, Fox Business Network, Aig, Insurance Carriers, Cincinnati, Financial Crisis, Kentucky Association for Justice, American College, Lexington, Personal Finance, Casinos, Msfs, Structured Settlement, Lottery, Chfc, Life Care Planners, Japanese, Powerball, Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky, Don McNay, Structured Settlements, Cnn, Dreams, Mediators, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Claims Adjusters, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Nascar, Children to College, Too Big to Fail, John Hancock, Mdrt, Aviva, Reds, Business News

Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.

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State Budgets Take Big Hit As Consumers Cut Back On Gambling

wsj.com | CONOR DOUGHERTY | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Casino Revenue, Nevada State Budget, Gambling, Illinois, California State Budget, Illinois Budget, Business News

States' revenue from casinos, slot machines and lotteries is falling for the first time in many of the 48 states that have grown to depend on gambling...

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Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, Dreams of My Father, Obama, Sarah Palin, Reagan, Gambling, Unwed Mothers, Politics, 2008, Richmond Ky, John Edwards, Richard Wolffe, The Making of the President 1960, The Daily Beast, Lexington KY, Bookmaking, Obama Haters, Covington Catholic High School, Richard Wolffe Renegade, Barack Obama, Adoption, Clu, Playboy Magazine, Playboy Mansion, Born Again, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Obama's Dreams of My Father, Hillary Clinton, Nixon, Sports Betting, George Bush, 2008 Elections, Playboy, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, Single Parents, Gerald Ford, Cincinnati, Betting, American College, Newsweek, Playboy Bunnies, Covington Kentucky, Bill Clinton, Structured Settlement, Msfs, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Annuities, Chfc, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Father's Expectations, Don McNay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama 2008, Structured Settlements, Vanderbilt University, Renegade Obama, Playboy Bunny, 2008 Presidential Race, Eastern Kentucky University, George W Bush, Fatherhood, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Hugh Heffner, Renegade, Media News

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

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Playing the Hand that Life Deals You

Don McNay | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Main Street and Wall Street, Handicapped Children, Chartered Financial Consultant, Bailouts, Poker, Trial Magazine, Northern Kentucky, Gambling, Goldman Sachs, Car Financing, Bailout, Richmond Ky, Trial Lawyers, McNay Settlement Group, Brian Injured Babies, Tennessee Trial Lawyers, Grandparents, Joe McNay, Fox Business News, Clu, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Million Dollar Round Table, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street Bonuses, Washington, Positive Attitude, Main Street, Obama, Drugs, Special Needs Children, Cincinnati, Teen Pregnancy, Financial Crisis, Substance Abuse, American College, Personal Finance, Blackjack, Kentucky Trial Lawyers, Professional Gambler, Structured Settlement, Msfs, Twitter, Chfc, Kentucky, Don McNay, Sub Prime Mortgages, Parenting, Facebook, Structured Settlements, Federal Bailouts, Credit Cards, American Association for Justice, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Financial Consultant, Natalie Merchant, Casino, Brain Injury, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Newport Ky, Cbnc, Living News

I've dealt with hundreds of parents of special needs children. They take the hand that is dealt to them. And usually turn that hand into aces.

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How Gamblers are Betting on Palin's Move

Keith Thomson | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet Gambling, Gambling, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Resignation, Politics News

The news of Sarah Palin's resignation reached gamblers during a busy holiday weekend. Still, somehow, they found time to handicap and place a flurry of online bets regarding Palin's future.

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Gambling with Ohio's Future

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gambling, Bill Harris, Ted Strickland, Budget, Ohio, Ohio Budget, John Kasich, Horse Racing, Politics News

Ohio is facing one of the worst budget crises in its history and instead of rolling up their sleeves to hash out a budget, the politicians are rolling the dice in an epic game of fool the public.

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US Online Gambling Regulations Anger EU

GlobalPost | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Gambling, Internet Gambling Regulations, Games, Wto, World Trade Organization, Internet Gambling, Internet Gambling Rules, Us Internet Gambling, World News

SAN FRANCISCO The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the Unite...

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Fear and Looting in America: Is President Obama a Financial Wimp?

Les Leopold | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, TARP Money, Income Inequality, Economic Crisis, Larry Summers, Franklin Roosevelt, Housing Crisis, Barack Obama, Gambling, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bailout, Joe the Plumber, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, Socialism, Great Depression, Business News

We cannot thrive or even survive in an economy that only moves money around instead of producing tangible goods and services.

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Daddy's Little Shill: Memories of a Gambler's Daughter

Lea Lane | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Gambling, Greyhounds, Relationships. Father's Day, Dog Racing, Daughters, Addiction, Early Reader, Horse Racing, Fathers, Living News

Before I tell you how, as a two-year old, I was my daddy's shill, let me tell you a bit about him. Daddy was a "professional gambler," if betting dail...

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New Ways to Think About Guilt: Inside the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Lies, Conscience, Guilt, Sociopathy, Gambling, Reward, Brain, Sociopath, Srinivasan Pillay, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Self-Regulation, Risk, Happiness, Vmpfc, Living News

The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires.

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Chicago Gambling: City, Waukegan Could Get New Casinos

CBS 2 Chicago | Mike Flannery | Posted 06.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gambling, Illinois Gambling, Chicago Gambling, Chicago Casino, Waukegan Casino, Chicago News

There is a new push to expand gambling across the state, including Chicago, sources tell CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery. The deal for gambling ...

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How to Pick and Bet on a Kentucky Derby Winner

Don McNay | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

When I go to the track, I don't look at the racing form, jockeys, past history or pick horses with funny names. I usually win enough money to pay for lunch.

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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Powerball Jack and the Wall Street Bailout

Don McNay | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: John Thain Decorator, John Thain, Wall Street Bailout, West Virginia, Main Street, Powerball Winner, Immediate Annuities, Jack Whitaker, Wv, Gambling, Merrill Lynch, Private Jets, Hurricane West Virginia, Kentucky, Wall Street Bonuses, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Casinos, Lottery, Toliets, Annuities, Lotteries, Powerball, Lottery Winner, Charleston, Aig, Don McNay, Structured Settlements, Wall Street, Citigroup Bailout, Annuity, Citigroup, Business News

If the people on Wall Street knew that no one would ever be there to bail them out, ever again, they would be less inclined to gamble with instruments they don't really understand.

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States Selling Addiction: "Why Not? We Need the Money!"

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.07.2009 | Home

Our financial and emotional needs now dictate that state governments sedate their citizens, while picking their pockets, from California to Kansas to the Mid-Atlantic.

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Floridians Turn To Blackjack To Recoup Lost Savings

United Press International | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Debt, Flordia Blackjack, Florida Gambling, Floridians Gambling, Florida, Recession, Business News

The head of the Florida's compulsive gambling council says a growing number of state residents are attempting to recoup personal loses through blackja...

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Will Kate Winslet Cry When She Wins the Oscar?

Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted 03.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gambling, The Academy Awards, Oscar Odds, Award Season, Oscar Betting, Betting Odds, Oscar Nominations, The Oscars, Oscar Nominees, Entertainment News

At the Oscars, much like the Super Bowl, people all try to predict the winners. Here are the latest odds on the big categories along with a couple of interesting "Proposition Wagers."

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Betting on America

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vig, Lobbying, Ncaa, Quarterback, Obama, Tooth Fairy, Las Vegas, Gambling, Sports, K Street, Internet Gambling, Santa Claus, Sports Gambling, Republicans, Gross Betting Product, Entertainment News

Sports can be part of the solution -- one of the largest portions of the underground (and untaxed) economy involves sports gambling.

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Wanna Bet on the Inauguration?

Richard 'Skip' Bronson | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gambling, Presidential Betting Odds, Betting Odds, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Politics News

To mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president, Irish bookmaking chain Paddy Power is offering a wide range of Obama-themed betting opportunities. Here are the odds.

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