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Business Lessons From a Bookmaking Front

Don McNay | Posted 06.12.2012 | Business
Read More: McNay Settlement Group, Small Business, Low Wages, Bookmaking, Newport Kentucky, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Don McNay, Long Hours, Outsourcing, Dry Cleaners, Small Business America, Lottery Winners, Business News
Don McNay

There was one factor that made the dry cleaners a smart business decision. In its back room there was a bookmaking operation and an ongoing card game.

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Legalized Loan Sharks

Don McNay | Posted 09.28.2011 | Business
Read More: JP Morgan Chase, McNay Settlement Group, Citigroup, Richmond Kentucky, Loan Sharks, Payday Lenders, Financial Reform, Bailouts, Kentucky, Don McNay, Vanderbilt, Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics, Gary Rivlin, Working Poor, Structured Settlements, Screw Andrews, Bank of America, Poverty Industry, Broke USA, Wealth Without Wall Street, Ohio, Newport Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Banks, Legalized Loan Sharks, American College, Too Big to Fail, Personal Finance, Personal Debt, Business News
Don McNay

"Financial reform" is a boon for people in the payday loan business. When people fall out of the world of traditional banking, they are still going to need bank-like services. Payday lenders will be in position to fill the gap.

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Caffeine Insanity A Factor In Wife's Killing, Says Kentucky Man

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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NEWPORT, Ky. — The lawyer for a Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife argued at trial Monday that excessive caffeine from sodas, energy dr...

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Wall Street and Legalized Loan Sharks

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

If there was ever a shining example of why you should Move Your Money from Wall Street, legalized loan sharking is a good one.

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On Winning the Lottery, "Sin City" & "Big Money"

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

Don McNay has been on a book tour, promoting his book, Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers, and What to Do When You Win the Lottery. In a ...

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A Teaching Role Model on Teacher Appreciation Week

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Don McNay

The first week of May is Teacher Appreciation Week. One that I was glad to have was Dan Tieman. 34 years later, I still remember his teaching. It made an impact on my life.

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Wall Street and Legalized Loan Sharks

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Don McNay

Gary Rivlan notes in his book, Broke USA, "the working poor have become big business." You wouldn't think that poor people would be a growth market, but businesses make big money off people who live paycheck to paycheck.

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What Are We Going to Do About Gambling Addicts?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

My solution to gambling addiction would be same one that seems to be helping keep track of sexual predators: A national registry. If widely shared, such a list could prevent addicts from any legalized gambling.

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Son of a Gambler's Guide to Holiday Books

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Don McNay

It's a lesson to me, the ablers and the beggars and the thieves -The Grateful Dead If you read my book, Son of a Son of a Gambler, you'll know that...

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