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Not Super about football? Try ... - 2004-01-31
Not interested in either The Super Bowl or Survivor? ... don't throw away that remote. There is more TV in the cards.

Especially over at City-TV, where they've got World Poker Tour: Battle Of Champions (the two-hour special airs tomorrow at 4 p.m.).

Now, watching other people play cards on TV might sound kinda, well, lame, but trust me, this is the hottest TV trend in L.A.
Read the full story at Canoe.ca

Study: Lottery retailers get high payouts - 2004-01-31
Secretary of State Bill Bradbury issued a study Thursday saying state payments to Oregon's video poker retailers are much higher than payouts in other jurisdictions with similar lottery games.

An industry group representing bars and taverns immediately attacked the finding, saying it is based on an "illegitimate" comparison between Oregon and lotteries in eight Canadian provinces.

Bradbury's office conducted the study at the request of the state Lottery Commission, which is preparing to draw up a new contract with the 1,900 bars and taverns that have video poker games.
Read the full story at Albany Democrat Herald