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Settlement Allows Video Poker In Rock Hill - 2004-01-20
The Catawba Indian Nation is allowed to operate video poker gambling in South Carolina, says an opinion by the state Senate Judiciary Committee's legal staff.

State Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, requested the opinion and said he would use it to help clear the path for a high-stakes bingo hall at Santee.

The opinion said the state is barred by its Constitution from changing the conditions of a 1993 settlement of a tribal land claim that gave the Catawbas the right to operate two bingo halls in the state.
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Gran Wins £265,000 Poker Prize - 2004-01-20
Gran Flo O'Connor is celebrating a quarter-of-a-million pounds poker jackpot - from a wager of only
£1. The 64-year-old florist wants to see the world and spoil her grandchildren. Flo was dealt a winning hand at a Casino, on her first visit of the New Year.

She bet an extra £1 to enter a national accumulative poker game which linked her cards to 32 other casinos around the country. And when Flo was dealt an unbeatable royal flush, which carries odds of over 650,000-1, she knew she had hit the big time - and a total pay-out of £265,000.
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