Closely mirroring a post-storm jump in Louisiana casino gambling, players are shoving more money into fewer video poker machines at fewer locations in Louisiana than before Hurricane Katrina - and leaving more cash behind.

For the first 11 months of the state's 2006-07 fiscal year ending June 30, gamblers lost $632 million while wagering on video poker machines, compared with $625.1 million for the first 11 months of 2005-06 - a year that included the double punch of Katrina and Hurricane Rita that disrupted the business.

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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/...ap3881771.html

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