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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>CASH Only</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Relax...Maine finally has Powerball...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The G-word, otherwise known as  gimmick,  was invoked frequently Thursday as lawmakers learned that Gov. John E. Baldacci plans to borrow against a portion of Maine's state lottery revenues to balance a $5.5 billion, two-year budget.Not entirely unlike the governor's decision to lease out the state's retail liquor operations for $125 million two years ago, Baldacci reportedly is planning on exchanging the state's proceeds from online games such as Powerball and Megabucks with a Wall Street broke... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/105172">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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