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		<title>The City&#8217;s Road to Ruin</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/the-citys-road-to-ruin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a dark day. While memorial services are being held at Fort Hood, St. Louis is &#8220;celebrating&#8221; the opening of River City Casino Boulevard, a $23.8 million roadway paid for by Pinnacle Entertainment which will lead to the new $380 million casino development slated to open next spring.  (http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/11/09/daily14.html) Casino owner, Pinnacle, has paved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=156&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Gambling Task Force Focuses On College Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol and drug abuse is one of the main concerns for parents when they send their children off to college. A national task force, however, is warning these parents and the rest of the country that gambling should be treated in the same preventative manner as alcohol and drugs.
Gambling options have increased drastically over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=149&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling By the Numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Number of casinos:
 

1998 &#8211; 450 commercial casinos, 160 American Indian casinos
2008 &#8211;  445 commercial casinos, 423 American Indian casinos

Legal gambling revenue:


1998 &#8211; $27 billion
2008 &#8211; $95 billion

Revenue from illegal gambling is estimated to be higher.
Estimated social cost of gambling (thefts, job loss, bankruptcy, court costs) in 2008 &#8211; $6.7 billion

Of adults who gamble:


2-3 percent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=144&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missouri, Don&#8217;t Let this Happen to You</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/missouri-dont-let-this-happen-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Addiction To Gambling

 by Lee Prokaska The Hamilton Spectator (Sep 18, 2009)
The figures on gambling in Ontario are astounding and disturbing:
* Revenue from all forms of legalized gambling in the province was about $6.1 billion in the 2007 fiscal year.
* Each day, on average, nearly $10 million is gambled in Ontario casino and slot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=141&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Underage gamblers get in casinos because Missourians passed casino-supported Prop A last November</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casinos face fines over rash of underage gamblers &#8211; STLtoday.com
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		<title>MO Legislators may resurrect Bingo Bill</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/mo-legislators-may-resurrect-bingo-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Governor Nixon&#8217;s veto last July, there is a possibility that the State House may consider an override for HB 620/671 during the veto session beginning today.  Do not be lulled into thinking that this bill is simply about relaxing requirements for organizations that use bingo as a fund raising tool.  This bill is all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=137&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>STL Co. Planning Commission Approves Casino Plan</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/stl-co-planning-commission-approves-casino-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought &#8220;planning commissions&#8221; were supposed to think ahead.  This is a dumb idea and the community obviously does not want it:  the wrong thing on the wrong place at the wrong time.  The proposed Spanish Lake Casino is just wrong.
Spanish Lake casino plan clears first hurdle
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH  09/15/2009
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		<title>St. Louis County Smoking Ban and Gambling Expansion</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/st-louis-county-smoking-ban-and-gambling-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed smoking ban in St. Louis County will be a vote to expand gambling in the area. Exempting casinos from the ban takes even more money from the community as well as the ability to compete, and empowers casinos with both. No matter how you feel about the health issues involved (and they are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=126&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riverview CasiNO</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/riverview-casino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riverview Casino Wrong for St. Louis

Wrong for our economy
Statistics show that they take more than they give. The promised new jobs and tax revenue will suck the life out of the community. Pawn shops and payday loans will replace the economic landscape. Casinos cost MUCH more than they pay. With six casinos in the St. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=121&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Casino in St. Louis!?!</title>
		<link>http://mocage.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/yet-another-casino-in-st-louis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The St. Louis County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 on a proposal for a casino complex on 376.82 acres along Riverview Drive in north St. Louis County. This is madness!  Read the entire story:

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2009/07/st-louis-county-planning-commission-to-hold-hearing-on-north-county-casino/ 
The St. Louis Christian community needs to unite against this immoral, illogical, and economically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mocage.wordpress.com&blog=4305233&post=118&subd=mocage&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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