Local tavern owner arrested for allowing gambling
9th January 2007

A local tavern owner was cited late Sunday evening after detectives with the Zanesville City Police Department learned he was allowing customers to use a Tic Tac Fruit game in his establishment.

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Former Colts quarterback struggles with gambling past
8th January 2007

Hundreds of scarlet-clad fans wearing his old number brushed past the former quarterback. They honored Troy Smith, the current No. 10, not the one they have forgotten or use as a punch line.

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No skill involved in Tic Tac Fruit, judge says
21st December 2006

The Tic Tac Fruit video gaming machines do not require skill and violate Ohio's law against games of chance, a judge has ruled.

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Slot machines spin opposing viewpoints
25th September 2006

Backers of proposed legislation to allow slot machines in Ohio tout the program as a cure for the state that would funnel billions of dollars into the economy while supporting a scholarship program to defray the cost of higher education.

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Muskingum County gaming operators ordered to close
19th August 2006

Owners of the gaming machines that have sprung up around Muskingum County are being given hand-delivered letters by Muskingum County Sheriff deputies informing owners they have one week to get rid of the machines.

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Lakewood man, 60, indicted for gambling operation
12th Apr 2005 - WKYC

A federal probe of a Cleveland-area gambling operation has resulted in an indictment against 60-year-old Lakewood man.

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Slots Of Other States Eyeing PA Gambling
11th Apr 2005 - Philadelphia Daily News

PENNSYLVANIA'S entry into the lucrative gaming industry has prompted surrounding states to ponder the potential for lost profits.

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Slots Put Town On Track
11th Apr 2005 - Cincinnati Enquirer

Once-thriving, now battered industrial towns line the banks of the Ohio River. More than 14,000 manufacturing jobs in four counties have been lost since 1980. Art deco department stores, auto dealerships and off-street storefronts shut down long ago.

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