Robbing the fools

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PUBLISHED: July 12, 2011 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 5:58 AM CDT

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A fool and his money are soon parted. Gov. Quinn is betting on video poker to prove we have a lot of fools in Illinois.

— Dean Armentrout, Barrington

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