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Democrats get to vote on a proposition to legalize gambling in the state, a move that could make 8-liners in the Valley legal.

As states are about to legalize online gambling a number of casinos and social media giants are racing to take advantage. Reuters correspondent Joseph Menn tells Anthony De Rosa that social media giants Zynga and Facebook need to be careful before becoming involved with online gambling. (May 14, 2012)

Six Buddhist monks have quit after being secretly filmed drinking, smoking and playing a game of poker in which more than £600000 was won. South Korean television showed shots of the monks who had gathered at a luxury lakeside hotel for a colleague’s memorial service. The monks, who played poker for 13 hours, were from the Jogye order, which has ten million followers — a fifth of the nation’s population. The head of the order made a public apology yesterday, vowing ’self-repentance’. He added: ‘Basically, Buddhist rules say don’t steal … they abused money from Buddhists for gambling.’ The episode has led to speculation of a power split within the order. South Korean TV networks aired shots of monks playing poker, some of them smoking and drinking, after gathering at a luxury lakeside hotel in late April for a fellow monk’s memorial service. ‘The stakes for 13 hours of gambling were more than 1 billion won (£541400),’ Seongho, a senior monk who uses one name, said today. He said he had reported the incident to prosecutors. Gambling outside of licensed casinos and horse racing tracks is illegal in South Korea and frowned upon by religious leaders. ‘Basically, Buddhist rules say don’t steal. Look at what they did, they abused money from Buddhists for gambling,’ Seongho said. The behaviour of the supposedly abstemious monks has led to Korean media speculation about a power split within the Jogye order.

Senior monks from a Buddhist sect in South Korea offer to resign after a video was made public, appearing to show fellow monks gambling. (May 11) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Associated Press on Twitter: apne.ws Associated Press on Google+: bit.ly

Six leaders from South Korea’s biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video showed monks playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.