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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[If the New York Lottery vanished tomorrow, many store owners would suffer. Their businesses rely on the 6 percent commission they get from lottery sales.<br /><br />I would not be in business without the lottery,  said Mike Palencar, who owns two convenience stores in Webster, N.Y.<br /><br />He estimates that lottery commissions amount to just 5 percent of his stores' total profit. But sales commissions aren't the only benefit for the lottery's 16,000 vendors statewide. People coming to the stores to buy lott... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/150008">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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