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  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2001-januaryfebruary-stories-2.html",
  "year": 2001,
  "month": "January/February",
  "monthNum": 1,
  "headline": "Stories",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "The article examines the growth of the American Indian gambling industry and investigates state lottery misconduct, revealing that despite gambling revenues increasing dramatically, poverty and unemployment rates remained stagnant.",
  "keywords": [
    "gambling",
    "investigation",
    "industry"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Investigative Methods",
    "Government & Politics",
    "Demographics & Census"
  ],
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  "full_text": "For more on gambling, call the IRE Resource Center, (573) 882-3364.\n\nStory # 17010. In this article, the Associated Press uses computer-assisted reporting to find \"the American Indian gambling industry has boomed, with annual revenues increasing from $100 million in 1988 to $8.26 billion in 1998. Poverty and unemployment rates changed little during that period.\"\n\nStory # 13853. The Journal-Bulletin (Providence, R.I.) investigation into the state lottery leads to the dismissal of director of the lottery, investigations by the attorney general, state auditor and state Ethics Commission and the cancellation of a contract that would have put the state gambling agency in the television bingo business.",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
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