41.   In Washington, the rise of the gambling industry has created influential power brokers.

42.   In state races, gambling industry dollars are also having a huge impact.

43.   Industry analysts said the deal would give Boomtown the capital to keep expanding as the gambling industry begins to consolidate after several years of heated expansion.

44.   Investors in the gambling industry may have already scored the easy money.

45.   It is supported by state attorneys general, major professional and collegiate sports leagues, family organizations and the Nevada gambling industry.

46.   It comes as no surprise that such a measure is strongly opposed by the gambling industry, which has become a large contributor to political campaigns.

47.   It sounds like a gambling industry dream.

48.   It would be tempting to see this phenomenal success as some kind of counterweight to the gambling industry -- God striking back against Mammon.

49.   Its gambling industry is still in trouble and its police department still has a long way to go to gain credibility with citizens, critics say.

50.   Its members ought to enact the Leach-LaFalce approach and resist the urge to load it down with exemptions for favored elements of the gambling industry.