She gambled and lost

“That’s amazing to me, as a former U.S. attorney.”

Lauren Proctor stole to pay off her gambling debts. Then she sued to try to get back the money she stole so she could pay back the people she stole from. via The State

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Wed, September 26th, 2007

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  • Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
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    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.