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Minibottle backers air commercials - 2004-02-01
Advertisements against changes in the state's minibottle laws started running last week in some newspapers and on radio stations, including at least one in Horry County.

The ads state that they are placed by the Coalition for the Responsible Consumption of Alcohol. But the address, telephone number and contact person for the organization are at Crantford and Associates, a Columbia marketing and political consulting firm with an owner who used to work
for a consortium of video poker operators.

Neither Carey Crantford, the firm's owner, nor Will Brennan, who is listed on state-required forms as the contact for the coalition, were available for comment Friday.
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Video Gaming, Lottery Pushed As Cash Options For Alabama - 2004-02-01
Milton McGregor says the ongoing debate over video gambling in Alabama no longer focuses on whether it should be allowed.

Poarch Creek Indians already operate four video gambling parlors in Alabama. The newest, outside Montgomery, has at least 500 bingo, video poker and "pull tab" slot machines. They will pull in an estimated $40 million over the next year - all tax-free under federal law.

"Since it's already here, we would not be bringing in anything new," McGregor says. "The real question is: Do you want to tax it and regulate it?" John Giles, director of the Christian Coalition of Alabama, said McGregor's arguments don't hold water.
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