Letters to the Editor
Ron Ferrell
When I moved to Oklahoma City in the 1980s, there was “liquor by the wink,” and the other loophole was to bring your own bottle in order to have a cocktail, or become a member of that club. Liquor by the drink was illegal, but there were ways around the law.

CFN
Gazette staff
The 1919 World Series was poisoned by gamblers who bribed several Chicago White Sox players to throw the championship.

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Gazette staff
As a journalist, it’s probably best that the only place your name ends up in a newspaper is in the byline.

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Gazette staff
Have you heard? The Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat are in the NBA Finals. No lie!

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Gazette staff
Thunder pride and gambling mania have taken hold at the Oklahoma City Public Schools district.

Commentary
Michael J. "Mickey" Homsey
You can’t have a better bag man than the U.S. government.

News
C.G. Niebank
Although addicted gamblers in Oklahoma are estimated to number well more than 100,000, only $750,000 is allotted by the state to treat the problem. As the number of problem gamblers grows, those charged with administering treatment are tasked with doing more and more with only allocated portions of that yearly $750,000.

Letters to the Editor
David Grow
Rev. Steve Kern’s letter to the editor ("What evolutionists fear,” March 13, Oklahoma Gazette) projects, yet again, his willful ignorance of science. His characterizations of evolutionary science are flat wrong

News
Peter Wright
When the Oklahoma Lottery’s first instant ticket was sold in October 2005, the odds were that the numbers underneath the scratch-off film would be worthless to whoever bought it. Yet the dollar exchanged for that card was intended to be the first of millions raised for education.

Letters to the Editor
Cal Hobson
In reference to the article by C.G. Niebank III about problem gambling in Oklahoma (”Losing bet,” March 13, Oklahoma Gazette), it is true that more money is needed to deal with this issue. As the story indicated, only $750,000 is earmarked to help those addicted to gaming at Oklahoma’s 117 casinos, four racetracks and dozens of bingo parlors.