Dean Goes All In - 2004-01-27
Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's campaign manager, is surely caught up in the poker craze that appears to be sweeping across America these days. Their activities over the weekend clearly show that the Dean campaign has decided to go "all in" with their chips in New Hampshire.

As anyone will know who has watched Celebrity Poker, The World Poker Tour, or any of the other TV shows about the card game that have proliferated in recent months, the popular tournament game of "No Limit Texas Hold'em" allows the player to bet all of the chips he has on one hand. In the terminology of the game, this is called going "all in."
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Casino Off The Hook For $5.6M In Taxes After Lawsuit Settled - 2004-01-27
The Imperial Palace will save at least $5 million in property taxes in the next eight years under a settlement agreement reached Monday. The Imperial Palace sued Harrison County in 2000, claiming the county's $128 million tax assessment of the business was too high.

A specially appointed Chancery Court judge agreed and said the county could not document how it determined the $128 million value. The judge said the value of the casino was $83 million. Because of the decision, county tax assessors had to recalculate all casino values.
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