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2008 Conference Highlights

Keynote Address- Taylor Branch, The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of Parting the Waters, the definitive history of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement examines state sponsored gambling versus American democratic values. Windows Media Video
A New Thrift - Repurposing the State Lotteries David Blankenhorn, President of The Institute for American Values, New York, NY, directed one of the most talked about reports of 2008 titled For a New Thrift: Confronting the Debt Culture, taking dead aim at state-sponsored gambling’s role in trapping millions of Americans in a culture of debt.   Windows Media Video
Duty of Care: An Attorney Strikes Back Arelia Taveras, a recovering gambling addict who became a national story because of her pending lawsuit against an Atlantic City casino Windows Media Video
Strategies to Reform the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act   New York Attorney Neil Murray, a prominent New York State attorney who has become a national leader and legal force in challenging the massive abuses of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Windows Media Video
U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) discusses federal legislation and its impact on tribal and internet gambling.   Windows Media Video
Online Gambling: Bringing Las Vegas into Every Home in America Greg Hogan, an Ohio father whose son became an online gambling addict at college and robbed a bank to feed his addiction. The son was recently released from prison. The story of his family was a national story. Windows Media Video