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stated on June 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"The Nevada Gaming Commission did not find Trump ‘trustworthy’ enough for a gaming license."

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc.
stated on November 8, 2014 in a tweet:

The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.

By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2014
Jack Roberts
stated on December 11, 2013 in an interview on Oregon Public Broadcasting:

"We don’t show people playing these games. We don’t show them winning playing the video lottery games."

By Dana Tims • December 19, 2013
Julaine Appling
stated on November 13, 2013 in a radio interview:

In Wisconsin, more than 300,000 people have "some kind of addictive gambling problem, whether it’s pathological or what we’d categorize as a problem gambler."

By Dave Umhoefer • November 27, 2013
Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release:

Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education."

By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012

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