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To: Jonathan Brown who wrote (6457)	1/16/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: jimmy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10368

Jonathan, I too am neutral on this management change. Hopefully they won't make us wait until the next conference call to hear where the company is headed. Boy, what I wouldn't give to have a heart to heart with Wilson about now!

To: Jonathan Brown who wrote (6457)	1/16/1998 2:10:00 PM
From: T.K. Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10368

The State and Gov. Beasley have been saying how the people of South Carolina have changed their minds about video poker since the election in 1994. If y'all recall 34 of 46 counties voted in favor of video poker at that time. Well, I wanted to get a handle on just how likely it is, if a new election were held on the same issue, that video poker would be voted down. So, I called the South Carolina State Election Commission and they faxed me a spreadsheet of the results of that election. Very interesting data. - Of the 12 counties voting AGAINST video poker, 7 voted it down by LESS than 5% of the total vote for that county and only 2 voted it down by more than 12%. - Of the 34 counties voting IN FAVOR of video poker, all but 1 voted in favor by MORE than 5%, 31 voted in favor by MORE than 10%, 29 voted in favor by MORE than 20%, and 21 voted in favor by MORE than 30%. - The average margin of victory in the 12 AGAINST counties was 10.8%. - The average margin of victory in the 34 IN FAVOR counties was 26.7% - The overall vote was 491,469 IN FAVOR vs. 344,415 AGAINST for a difference of 147,054 votes. That translates to 58.8% IN FAVOR vs. 41.2% AGAINST - a 17.6% margin of victory. I would have to characterize these results as an absolute LANDSLIDE in favor of video poker. I seriously doubt if nearly 150,000 people have changed their minds about video poker in the last 3 years. Small wonder The State doesn't want to put the issue to a referendum again. They got CRUSHED last time out. TKA