"What about it, Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas? You know gambling is bad. 'Well, smoking's bad, drinking's bad,' Thomas told me Tuesday. And, 'I've had women laugh at me and call me a fool for going to a Red Sox and a Patriots game because I stand up and scream like a little kid. They say to me it's immature, it's a man thing, it's stupid, there's a bunch of beer guzzling fools. . . . That's their opinion.'

Does he patronize casinos? Rarely. 'I'm not a big gambler.'"

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M. Charles Bakst: Some questions for supporters of a R.I. casino (The Providence Journal 5/13)
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