AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Poker Gamble
DATE: 4:45 PM
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      <p><a title='Betting the ranch house on BBQ (Contra Costa Times)' alt='Betting the ranch house on BBQ (Contra Costa Times)' href='http://www.gamblingwiz.com/poker.htm'>Betting the ranch house on BBQ (Contra Costa Times)</a>It's a big gamble -- they do things "big" in Texas -- that should make Jeff Erb flush. The Bay Area boy who opened Back Forty Texas BBQ 30 years ago has tripled down again.</p>
<p><a title='Principal stole funds for pokies' alt='Principal stole funds for pokies' href='http://www.gamblingwiz.com/poker.htm'>Principal stole funds for pokies</a>A SCHOOL principal stole $46,000 from school funds to support her poker machine addiction, even though she was paid a $60,000 salary for 20 hours work a week.  Marlene Elfverson, 36, pleaded guilty la</p>
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