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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (21427)	11/19/2004 7:50:01 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Respond to of 90947

Laz, "Depends on how you look at it. Your guys are in the casinos here putting the casinos back home out of business." The guys in your casinos own casinos in Nevada (and other states). In any event, the moolah still flows back into Nevada. Nevada's revenue is not dependent upon gambling, contrary to popular opinion. "Remember the Ponderosa?" Yes! Indeed I do! It was a hotel/casino that went entirely nonsmoking from the get-go, circa 1968. Even the contractors who built it and the contractors who installed the fixtures and the carpet and the gaming gadgets were not permitted to smoke. The place quickly went bust and is now a . . . well, I'd best not post in a public forum. - Holly