Medford witness implicates Alexander
“You can call just about anybody in Haywood County, and they will give Tom a good name because Tom has been a good sheriff”
A South Carolina company paid “the sheriff of Haywood County” thousands of dollars a month to allow illegal video poker machines in businesses, a top company official testified Monday. via Asheville Citizen-Times
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- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
- The MGM Grand, situated on the a Las Vegas strip has come up with a brand new slogan to promote the casino, "Think of all the New Year's resolutions you'll break." Some say it might even rival the famous Las Vegas catchphrase, "What happens here, stays here."
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