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ALE agent hits jackpot - 2004-02-12
When is it right for a law enforcement officer to play an illegal convenience store video poker game?

When the officer is playing as an undercover cop.

Carson Edmondson, 49, of Elm City, owner and clerk of Sarah's Grill, located in the Temperance Hall community, and Shana Ford, 23, of Greenville, clerk at Peaden's Grill, located at 103 E. Green St., Macclesfield, were arrested Saturday after an undercover N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agent played the machines in these stores and allegedly received illegal monetary compensation for winning.
Read the full story at Tarboro Daily Southerner

Lottery retailers get more than fair share, report says - 2004-02-12
Video poker retailers in Oregon need a maximum of $10,000 a year in compensation to get a fair rate of return on their lottery investment, according to an independent consultant's report published Tuesday.

Instead, roughly 1,900 bars and taverns received an average of $80,000 in compensation this past fiscal year for carrying the Oregon State Lottery's video poker terminals.

The report, commissioned by the lottery and conducted by economic consulting firm ECONorthwest, also says retailers with video poker machines do not employ more staff than bars, taverns and restaurants without the terminals.
Read the full story at Oregonian