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To: kidl who wrote (760)	2/1/2002 8:41:16 AM
From: Herc	Read Replies (2) of 827

Nice to see you're still with us. Nothing really new except some new boldness on the part of casino companies by calling Goodlatte's regulatory attempts "foolish". Two years ago they were supporting the legislation. Also I loved this... <<SCOTLAND – Jan. 25, 2002 –As reported by the Scotsman: “A National Lottery millionaire was drinking a bottle of spirits, a litre of wine and up to eight cans of lager every day leading up to his death, an inquest was told. ”Philip Alan Kitchen, 58, had not moved from the sofa at his home for several months. ”Although the former master carpenter was surrounded by two crates of lager and an unopened bottle of whisky, there was no alcohol found in his body and the cause of death was bronchial pneumonia. ”Recording a verdict of death from self-neglect, coroner Victor Round said Mr Kitchen’s lifestyle since scooping a £2 million (US$2.8 million) jackpot in 1999 had `immobilised’ him. ”…In a statement, Robert Walker, a long-standing friend who had moved in to act as Mr Kitchen’s groundsman and carer, said he was unable to stop the millionaire’s excessive drinking. ”…Mr Walker, who had known Mr Kitchen since 1966, had last seen him at 3pm on 19 December and discovered him dead on the sofa at 11:30pm the same day. Mr Kitchen was wearing dirty clothes, and undertakers who came to remove the emaciated body found faeces embedded in the sofa…”>>

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