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Casino may be in the works for Hercules - 2004-01-05
Although city officials and a casino promoter have downplayed rumors of an American Indian casino in Franklin Canyon, a developer says he was asked about it more than four months ago and that the idea is very much in the works.

Peter Kiesecker, president of GreenPark Holdings LLC of Seal Beach, says real estate broker John Troughton first approached him with the idea in late August.
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Cambodian Casino Might Terminate Jobs of Thai Workers - 2004-01-05
As reported by the Straits Times: "Casinos in the Cambodian border town of Poi Pet have threatened to terminate more than 3,000 Thai workers' jobs if Bangkok does not remove its strict controls on Thais crossing the border to gamble.

"The controls, which include stringent documentation and currency checks, have created long queues and spawned an 80 per cent drop in visitor volumes at the nine casinos in the border town opposite the Thai town of Sa Kaeow.
Read the full story at Rolling Good Times