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Canadian Provinces Gamble Big

29 July 2002

CANADA – As reported by the 50Plus.com: "It's a rainy Monday evening in Welland, and Main Street seems even more deserted than usual. This southern Ontario steel city has seen better days—unemployment is high, recovery prospects are bleak and many of the downtown businesses have closed their doors, boarded up their windows and beaten a path to the mall on the city's outskirts.

"Yet, through it all, there's one business on the dilapidated downtown strip that continues to thrive.

"Good times or bad, this former department store near the old canal buzzes with excitement. Tonight, as usual, it's filled to capacity. Welland's Bingo Palace is doing a brisk business—even on a Monday night.

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