On AlterNet: gambling

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Looking for a New Economic Model? Try an Old One -- Islamic Banking

Staff, Truthdig. March 4, 2009.

The U.S. spent much of the 20th century lecturing the world about how to run an economy. Clearly, we've lost some credibility in that area.

Hardcore Gamblers Predict Who Is Going to Win the Election

Keith Thomson, AlterNet: PEEK. November 3, 2008.

Bookmakers must make an accurate line or they lose -- period.

The Gambling Scam on America's Poor

Mark Lange, Christian Science Monitor. May 3, 2007.

What kind of government spends millions of taxpayer dollars peddling false hope to confiscate cash from its poorest citizens to fatten state coffers?

My College Addiction

Campus ProgressJuly 30, 2005.

There is a new addiction plaguing college campuses -- online gambling.