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Members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board listen to developer Bart Blatstein make his pitch to the for Philadelphia's second casino license during a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Philadelphia. State law allows the city a second casino, and the five applicants are making their final pitches this week to state regulators. SugarHouse Casino contends the market is already saturated and has asked the board to sit on the license. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Developer Bart Blatstein makes his pitch to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for Philadelphia's second casino license during a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Philadelphia. State law allows the city a second casino, and the five applicants are making their final pitches this week to state regulators. SugarHouse Casino contends the market is already saturated and has asked the board to sit on the license. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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This Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 photo shows Illinois state Rep. Robert Rita, D-Blue Island, speaking to lawmakers during a House Committee hearing on gambling at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Rita believes his latest bid to expand Illinois gambling may finally bear fruit now that the state's thorny pension crisis has been resolved to the satisfaction of the governor who twice spiked measures that would have added casinos. Rita is to launch his quest Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, with a planned meeting at East St. Louis' Casino Queen, where he was to seek input from the region's casinos, a horse track and local officials. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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dFirst place Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway celebrates on the podium at the end of an alpine ski men's World Cup Night Slalom in Schladming, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

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Chairman Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, presides over the House Local Government Committee in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Hill, who cast the deciding vote last year against a proposal to all grocery stores to sell wine, voted in in favor of the latest version of the bill seeking to allow cities to hold referendums on the issue. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Costa Book of the Year shortlisted author Nathan Filer poses with his book The Shock of the Fall during the award ceremony in London, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Costa Book of the Year winning author Nathan Filer poses with his prize for his book The Shock of the Fall, during the award ceremony in London, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Costa Book of the Year shortlisted author Nathan Filer poses with his book The Shock of the Fall during the award ceremony in London, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)