MississippiOnline Gaming
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SID SALTER: GOP should heed Moak’s online gaming tax effort
(5/20/2013)
(Mississippi) -- In this age of hyper-partisan politics at every level, Democrats and Republicans generally torpedo the political initiatives of their partisan opponents...
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Online gaming inevitable, experts say, but will Mississippi see it?
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Online gaming is coming. All the experts will tell you it’s inevitable – but they just can’t tell you when it will happen.
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Internet gambling dies in committee in MS, vetoed in NJ
(2/9/2013)
(Mississippi) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed Internet gambling Thursday, two days after an attempt to legalize online gambling in Mississippi died in committee.
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'Not A Lot Of Hope' For iGaming Bill In Mississippi
(1/25/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Rep. Bobby Moak, the legislation’s author, told Card Player Friday that there’s “not a lot of hope” for it this year. Though,...
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Hopes Not High For Mississippi Internet Gambling Bill [sub req'd]
(1/23/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Internet gambling legislation has been reintroduced in Mississippi, but its sponsor is not optimistic the measure will pass this year. Democratic Rep....
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Mississippi Online Gambling Bill Details
(1/22/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Mississippi House Bill number 254 was introduced by State Representative Bobby Moak last week. The bill is named the Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming...
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Mississippi Online Gambling Effort Resurrected
(1/22/2013)
(Mississippi) -- A Mississippi lawmaker is trying again to pass his Internet gaming bill, just like he said he would. The plan could bring fully legal online poker to...
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Asia, Internet Expansions Stretch U.S. Gambling Regulators
(5/15/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Partnerships being formed by American gambling companies in international markets and for Internet gambling are testing the ability of U.S. regulatory...
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Public Smoking
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Ban on smoking would hurt casinos, gaming exec says
(5/10/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Any ban on indoor smoking that includes casinos usually hurts the casino industry and it’s a discussion worth continuing in Vicksburg during the...
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American Gaming Association
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AGA chief honored for contributions to casino industry
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The 20th Southern Gaming Summit opened Wednesday with a standing ovation for Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., retiring American Gaming Association president and...
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Caesars
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Caesars CEO: Old Grand property may be torn down
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Gary Loveman, CEO of Caesars Entertainment, parent company of the Grand Biloxi Casino, opened the 20th Southern Gaming Summit on Wednesday at the...
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Caesars’ CEO addresses casino concerns at Biloxi summit
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- With Mississippi gaming issues at the heart of his presentation, Gary Loveman, president and CEO of Caesars Entertainment, used his keynote address...
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Gary Loveman of Caesars speech to open Southern Gaming Summit
(1/20/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Gary Loveman, chairman and CEO of Caesars Entertainment, will speak at the opening session of first full day of the 2013 Southern Gaming Summit in...
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Caesars writes off unfinished Biloxi casino
(5/3/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. says it won't continue construction of the unfinished casino on the beach in Biloxi, Miss.
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PokerStars
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Caesars CEO Calls For Strict Scrutiny Of PokerStars In New Jersey [sub req'd]
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Joking that even his dog has been fingerprinted by New Jersey gaming authorities, Caesars Entertainment CEO Gary Loveman on Wednesday said he hopes...
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Online Legislation
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BLOG: Nevada takes legal gaming online; how far behind is Mississippi?
(5/3/2013)
(Mississippi) -- A Las Vegas NV firm this week became the - 1st to launch legal online gaming in the - United States, & it likely will have a major impact on casinos...
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Failed online gaming bill likely to return
(5/13/2012)
(Mississippi) -- When it comes to so-called "sin" taxes, Mississippi has a long track record of contradictory political and public policy behavior.
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Baby Veronica
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State of Miss., Choctaws want federal adoption act left intact
(4/21/2013)
(Mississippi) -- A case before the U.S. Supreme Court could determine the future impact of a federal law that gives jurisdiction over adoptions of American Indian...
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Margaritaville Casinos
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Lawsuit: Margaritaville Biloxi employees stole trade secrets
(3/22/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant is named in a lawsuit claiming its executives stole confidential information when they left the...
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Margaritaville Casino reduces staff
(9/9/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant Biloxi is laying off about 50 full-time and 150 part-time workers as the summer tourist...
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Margaritaville Casino laying off staff
(9/5/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant Biloxi is laying off about 200 employees, most of them part-time, as the summer season ends.
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Margaritaville Casino reduces staff
(9/5/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant Biloxi is the smallest of the 12 casinos in South Mississippi by size, yet has the fourth...
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COO Karen Sock leaving Margaritaville Casino Biloxi
(8/31/2012)
(Mississippi) -- The woman whose smiling face invited everyone to Biloxi's newest casino is leaving Margaritaville. Karen Sock has been Margaritaville Biloxi's...
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Nevada Online
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Nevada gets lead position in online gaming markets (HED)
(2/23/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Las Vegas now offers it. Atlantic City will begin to offer it in days. Will Biloxi or Tunica be threatened by the lack of it? I’m talking about...
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Hard Rock
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Hard Rock Biloxi scores another stop on memorabilia tour
(2/14/2013)
(Mississippi) -- In 2012, the Hard Rock On Wheels 40th anniversary memorabilia tour rolled into Biloxi on a bus. This year, Biloxi is again a stop on a memorabilia tour...
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Biloxi Council OKs tax incentives for new Hard Rock hotel
(7/24/2012)
(Mississippi) -- The Biloxi City Council on Tuesday authorized a seven-year tourism tax incentive for a new hotel tower at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi
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Hard Rock proposes adding hotel rooms
(7/23/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Hard Rock Casino officials are considering building a new 12-story hotel tower in Biloxi. On Tuesday, they will ask the city for a tourism incentive.
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Hard Rock will ask for tax breaks to build new hotel
(7/23/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Executives with the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will ask the Biloxi City Council for tax exemptions so it can build a second hotel tower.
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Hard Rock officials to seek tourism incentive for hotel tower in Biloxi
(7/22/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Officials at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi are considering building a 12-story hotel tower and on Tuesday will ask the city for a tourism incentive to make...
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N.J. Sports Betting
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Internet gambling dies in committee in MS, vetoed in NJ
(2/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed Internet gambling Thursday, two days after an attempt to legalize online gambling in Mississippi died in committee.
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Poker Tournament
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Illinois man wins $185K in poker tournament at Beau Rivage
(1/24/2013)
(Mississippi) -- An Illinois man took top honors and the final pot at The Million Dollar Heater Poker Series at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino held Jan. 4-23 in Biloxi.
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Bankruptcy
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City Front casino property languishes in court
(1/22/2013)
(Mississippi) -- More than nine months after the Grand Station Casino closed amid bankruptcy, the property near Vicksburg's City Front is in disrepair as several...
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Mississippi casino closes abruptly pending foreclosure
(3/31/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Vicksburg's Grand Station Casino was abruptly shuttered Wednesday, leaving 230 employees without jobs. Casino officials began escorting employees...
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Foreclosure of casino postponed indefinitely
(3/26/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Bally Gaming Inc. and the owners of Vicksburg's Grand Station Casino have agreed to discuss unpaid $3 million debt.
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Nevada Revenue
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Las Vegas and Atlantic City casino revenue drops
(1/10/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Reports released Thursday show casino revenue fell 11 percent in Las Vegas in November. In Atlantic City, where casinos continue to rebound from...
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Choctaw Tribe
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5 Children Die in Wreck, May Have Drowned to Death
(12/30/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Five children and one adult were killed on Saturday morning following a car crash outside of Philadelphia. The children, aged between 18-months and 8-...
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5 children die in wreck: funeral arraignments made for Choctaw family
(12/30/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Funeral plans are set for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened off a...
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5 Children Die In Wreck; Mississippi Accident 'Deadliest In 26 Years'
(12/30/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Five children died in a car wreck on Saturday night, when their SUV ran off the road and overturned in a nearby creek. The wreck happened outside the...
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Choctaw family devastated in Miss. SUV wreck
(12/30/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Funerals will be held this week for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened...
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Heartbroken Native American mom and dad to bury their brood
(12/30/2012)
(Mississippi) -- The heartbroken mother and father of the five Native Americans - all under 10 years old - killed in a Mississippi car accident Saturday will bury their...
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5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi wreck
(12/29/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen...
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FIVE Native American siblings - all under the age of nine - perish in Mississippi car accident
(12/29/2012)
(Mississippi) -- A Native American mother and father were suffering the worst heartbreak Saturday after their five children - all younger than nine - drowned in an...
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Analysis: Paul Harvey helped Mississippi gambling get off ground without scandal
(9/9/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Paul Harvey repeatedly said his goal as Mississippi's first gambling regulator was to see the industry got established without a hint of scandal.
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Choctaw casino in Jackson County still off the radar - for now
(7/5/2012)
(Mississippi) -- It's been a year since the Department of Interior opened the door for a casino in Jackson County. But the Mississippi Band Of Choctaws and new Chief...
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Choctaws name new resort manager
(5/19/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Holly Gagnon has been name president/CEO of Pearl River Resort. WTOK-TV reports (http://bit.ly/LeMQnX ) that the announcement came this week from...
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New Leader for Resort / A new CEO has been named at the Pearl River Resort
(5/17/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Tribal Chief Phyliss J. Anderson and the Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (CRDE) Board announced that Holly Gagnon has been selected to serve as...
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Choctaw Chief Anderson's first 126 days
(3/26/2012)
(Mississippi) -- She has been in office only 126 days now, but the first democratically elected female tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is already...
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Online Poker
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BLOG: Poker Sites to Play Legal Poker in Mississippi
(10/22/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Mississippi has changed its old ways of allowing unregulated gambling on riverboats, with its stricter and with a broader view on unregulated gambling.
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Kentucky Gaming
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Churchill Downs Inc. to acquire casino and hotel in Mississippi for $141 million
(10/6/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Churchill Downs Inc. announced late Friday that it intends to acquire Riverwalk Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg, Miss., for about $141 million.
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MGM Resorts
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MGM CEO Says States Likely To Lead On Internet Gaming
(5/11/2012)
(Mississippi) -- Despite his preference for federal legislation, MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren on Thursday acknowledged states are more likely to lead the way...
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Other News
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Gold Strike to open new $8M buffet in Tunica
(5/20/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Gold Strike Casino Resort is preparing to open Buffet Americana, its newly renovated 13,500-square-foot buffet. The project, budgeted at $8 million,...
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Judge won't dismiss $75 million casino lawsuit
(5/20/2013)
(Mississippi) -- A federal judge has refused to dismiss a $75 million lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a heavily medicated man so many free drinks that...
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Opinion: State's gaming market ranking suggests GOP should heed Moak
(5/19/2013)
(Mississippi) -- In this age of hyper-partisan politics at every level, Democrats and Republicans generally torpedo the political initiatives of their partisan opponents...
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Mississippi historical site seeking facelift
(5/18/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Historians, tourism officials and others are pushing to get started on a multimillion dollar face-lift at Winterville Mounds State Park north of...
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Mississippi Casinos and the Upside of Disaster
(5/13/2013)
(Mississippi) -- All those television ads about how BP is cleaning up the Mississippi and Alabama beaches after the 2010 oil spill have helped the Coast casinos overtake...
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Winterville Mounds takes steps toward expansion
(5/12/2013)
(Mississippi) -- After more than 40 years, Winterville Mounds is in the process of getting a multi-million dollar facelift that would expand the site and transform the...
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Gaming Summit closes in South Mississippi with road map for future
(5/10/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Speakers at this week's Southern Gaming Summit provided a road map for bringing more tourists to South Mississippi and increasing business at local...
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Casino ads were fun, not anti-Mississippi, says Southland executive from Gaming Summit
(5/9/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The advertising, in a word, was taken personally by gaming officials in Mississippi. Southland Park Gaming and Racing’s recent marketing campaign...
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Southern Gaming Summit: Tribal gaming growing in the South
(5/9/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Tribal gaming is expanding in the Southern region of the U.S. with the addition of gaming space, hotels and amenities such as spas, to keep gamblers...
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Caesars CEO: South Mississippi needs more visitors, non-casino amenities
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Get over the idea the next casino to open will be bigger and better, Gary Loveman, CEO of Caesars Entertainment, said Wednesday at the Southern Gaming...
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Mississippi takes action after the ‘glory days’
(5/8/2013)
(Mississippi) -- “The glory days are over, and we have to deal with that.” That’s how Larry Gregory of the Mississippi Casino Operators Association...
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Competition puts Mississippi 6th among casino states
(5/6/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The 15th annual State of the States report released by the American Gaming Commission Monday shows Mississippi has more competition among states and now...
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High-tech gaming: Staying current, competitive ‘paramount’ to success
(5/6/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The gaming industry is at a sort of crossroads, with demand weakened by a still-damaged economy, and issues around emerging technology. And, some...
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Gaming Summit opens in Biloxi for 20th year
(5/5/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The 20th Southern Gaming Summit this week will bring casino executives from across the country and throughout the industry to Biloxi for business, fun...
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Coast casinos get new amenities and makeovers
(5/4/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Cranes and construction crews are back in South Mississippi, bringing more hotel rooms and added amenities at Coast casinos to draw players to the...
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No public meetings planned to sort casino debt
(5/4/2013)
(Mississippi) -- Efforts to sort debts owed by former principals with the vacant Grand Station Casino will continue through sworn statements instead of public meetings,...
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Sale of Ameristar Casino to be the second in Vicksburg in less than a year
(5/1/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The sale of Ameristar Casino will mark the second gambling house buyout in Vicksburg in less than a year. Riverwalk, which opened in 2008, was purchased...
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Gaming officials concerned over falling Tunica casino revenues
(4/26/2013)
(Mississippi) -- When Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill recently creating the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, John Hairston saw the occasion...
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Vicksburg casino headed to the scrap heap
(4/26/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The bankrupt Grand Station Casino riverboat barge, a fixture in downtown Vicksburg for years, is headed to the scrap heap.
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Annual powwow hosted on campus
(4/23/2013)
(Mississippi) -- The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagle Intertribal Society (GEIS) hosted its 11th annual powwow this weekend on Centennial Lawn.
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