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LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:53:24 GMT

i can certainly relate to joe callari.i recently cut back my hours at work due to successful gambling on my part.i wouldn't even be doing this if i knew i couldn't profit from it.seems like they want to pass the bill and if they do i'll be working an extra day of work again.i don't take kindly to the government trying to take away this freedom.

Responsible gamblers threatened by anti-gambling bill

Lottery Post — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:09:29 GMT

Joe Callari is 27. He's a college student.

He has no wife, no kids. He works about four hours a day.

And he says he makes nearly twice as much in a year as the average Joplin household.

About six months ago, Callari, a psychology and business major at Missouri Southern State University, quit his job as a manager at a local Hastings store to take on a slightly more profitable venture playing online poker.

Callari said he makes $40 an hour in his new gig he sets his own hours an... [ More ]