THESE are bad days for the most highly developed members of Georgia’s gambling community. By order of the state’s highest court, video poker—a.k.a. the “crack cocaine of gambling”—is about to vanish like a mud puddle beneath the pitiless summer sun. Machines must be out of the state by month’s end, forcing gamblers to find other outlets, such as the lottery, five-card stud (a game of true skill), various workplace pools, and placing bets on whether the weatherman is correct.
Government Earns an F in Econ 101
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