I began playing in Jerry Apa's illegal poker games in the basement of the Bodega in Deadwood somewhere around 1985. It was a seminal time in bringing gaming to the Gulch. The late Mike O'Connell was a founding father and a Democrat as were Chuck and Bernie Williams.
One frequent player was Walter Dale Miller even after he became Lt. Governor Miller. After poker became legal he played while governor and even after Bill Janklow shafted him forcing him from politics he came to Deadwood to play. This reporter has been in Texas hold 'em games where Gov. Miller, Mark Hollenbeck's dad, Bud, and Kevin Costner were also playing.
Miller was horrible at poker sometimes pouring thousands into a game. He liked being called Walt.
Recall that after years of financial problems Miller's son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Mary, were convicted of tax crimes then served time in federal prison.
Mark Hollenbeck is up to his tits. Bud was a shitty player, too.
My obsession with poker and power wiped out a career and destroyed at least two of my marriages so, i haven't played for over ten years.
Going into a restaurant where poker is on teevee causes my mind to replay images of the past and renders me unable to take my eyes off the screen.
Imagine the number of lives touched by video lootery.
The specter of Janklow operatives sabotaging Governor George Mickelson's plane still haunts me.
It took the lobbying of Lt. Governor Walter Dale Miller, Democrats Bill Walsh and Tom Blair to bring legal gaming to Deadwood to finance historic preservation; but, Republican greed has turned it into the prostituted cultural wasteland that it is today.
One frequent player was Walter Dale Miller even after he became Lt. Governor Miller. After poker became legal he played while governor and even after Bill Janklow shafted him forcing him from politics he came to Deadwood to play. This reporter has been in Texas hold 'em games where Gov. Miller, Mark Hollenbeck's dad, Bud, and Kevin Costner were also playing.
Miller was horrible at poker sometimes pouring thousands into a game. He liked being called Walt.
Recall that after years of financial problems Miller's son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Mary, were convicted of tax crimes then served time in federal prison.
Mark Hollenbeck is up to his tits. Bud was a shitty player, too.
My obsession with poker and power wiped out a career and destroyed at least two of my marriages so, i haven't played for over ten years.
Going into a restaurant where poker is on teevee causes my mind to replay images of the past and renders me unable to take my eyes off the screen.
Imagine the number of lives touched by video lootery.
The specter of Janklow operatives sabotaging Governor George Mickelson's plane still haunts me.
It took the lobbying of Lt. Governor Walter Dale Miller, Democrats Bill Walsh and Tom Blair to bring legal gaming to Deadwood to finance historic preservation; but, Republican greed has turned it into the prostituted cultural wasteland that it is today.
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