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To: Elroy who wrote (348298)	8/24/2007 9:19:56 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1573864

Some friends of mine used to live and work in Saudi Arabia and for a good weekend with booze they always joined the locals on their way to Kuwait for a good evening or two out. But that was like 30 years ago. Taro

To: Elroy who wrote (348298)	8/24/2007 9:34:56 AM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1573864

At least Dubai right now is gambling big for Swedish OMX! Taro businessweek.com

To: Elroy who wrote (348298)	8/24/2007 11:48:21 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573864

Elroy, they've got a stock market. That's "gambling".

To: Elroy who wrote (348298)	8/25/2007 4:18:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573864

So then, if Dubai makes gambling legal, then it will be big news. Everyone in the UAE has an identity card which lists their religion. That's amazing. And you are comfortable in that kind of environment? If they were to legalize gambling, there would likely be a law that all gamblers will have to show their id card to prove that they are not Muslims. Whether the law would be enforced or not is another story. For example, alcohol is legal in hotel bars and restaurants and in licquor shops, and every consumer/purchaser of alcohol in those venues is supposed to be ready to show their id card to prove they are not Muslim. The law exists, but is only enforced in the licquor stores, and then loosely. Arabs drink licquor all the time in hotel restaurants, whether they are Muslim or not is never brought up, but it theoretically could be if the police chose to enforce that law. So much for my thinking that the UAE was looser than other Muslim countries. Moralistically, I thought Dubai was more like Hong Kong, but now it sounds more like Singapore. To make a single $5 billion investment in a casino suggests that fund is very big. Evidently they got some cheap packaged subprime loans as collateral.... And a somewhat damaged bridge in Minneapolis...........