Gambler sues over textbook dud check - 2004-02-11
A car salesman with a weakness for gambling has taken legal action against a private casino in northern Greece after a dud check he used to pay his debts made its way into a Thessaloniki University textbook as a prime example of an illegitimate payment order.

According to a report in yesterday’s Ta Nea daily, the check was reproduced in a law school textbook on securities to illustrate crooked practices of paying by check — with the man’s full particulars clearly visible.
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Rose'll behave if he has to - 2004-02-11
While in Denver for a book signing, Pete Rose told the Denver Post he would never again visit a casino, never bet on football or basketball, never again be seen at a racetrack or wager on a horse race if that's what commissioner Bud Selig would order.

"Where do you want me to sign?" Rose said. "I'll start going to church for Bud." Rose was laughing while making that last comment. "I don't mean to make light of it, but I'm not going to be a hypocrite," either," he said. "... I would miss it. But I'd absolutely give up the track, everything."
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