AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Poker Gamble
DATE: 4:45 AM
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      <p><a title='Gaming&apos;s new frontier (Las Vegas Sun)' alt='Gaming&apos;s new frontier (Las Vegas Sun)' href='http://www.gamblingwiz.com/poker.htm'>Gaming's new frontier (Las Vegas Sun)</a>As gambling profits spur an unprecedented multibillion-dollar building boom on the Strip, untold ranks of professional poker players, sports bettors and recreational gamblers continue to pour money into a shadow industry based offshore but with a de facto home in Las Vegas.</p>
<p><a title='Tassie&apos;s $2.65 billion gamble (The Mercury)' alt='Tassie&apos;s $2.65 billion gamble (The Mercury)' href='http://www.gamblingwiz.com/poker.htm'>Tassie's $2.65 billion gamble (The Mercury)</a>TASMANIAN punters lost $2.65 billion gambling last financial year, $5 million more the year before, with pokies the most popular form of gambling.</p>
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