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Water company cites reconnections

The May 22 tornado has caused a dramatic drop in water usage for the Missouri American Water Co., but things are starting to turn around — one reconnection at a time.

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October 14, 2008

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Tue Oct 14, 2008, 12:03 AM CDT

TULSA, Okla. — Two former employees and a customer of a casino in Miami pleaded guilty last week to a conspiracy to bilk the casino of about $193,000 worth of “free play” gambling cards.

Diahann Rae Click admitted last week that she plotted with fellow former Buffalo Run Casino employee Kara Jo Bailey and customer Robert Ivan Knighton.

Knighton also pleaded guilty, stating that he won about $4,000 using about $30,000 in “free play” cards. These cards typically are non-redeemable and are used by some casinos to lure more players.

Knighton said Click told him that she had found a “glitch” that allowed the casino’s card system to be manipulated.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said at least two other people were involved and that more charges are possible.

Shores said the casino has fixed the flaw that allowed its system to be exploited.

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