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COVER FTG OF CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO CASINO AND STREET SCENES FOR A CS ON THE NATIONAL GAMBLING BOOM. 07:00:19 CLIPS OF A GOLD DIGGER'S CASINO OFFICIAL PRESENTING AN ENLARGED CHECK TO A GAMBLER WHO HIT NICKEL SLOT MACHINE JACKPOT. CU OF THE MACHINE W/ TRIPLE SEVENS SHOWING IN THE DISPLAY WINDOW. TIGHT SHOTS OF A CLOSED SIGN IN THE WINDOW OF THE DEFUNCT CALAMITY JANE'S CASINO. SCENIC EXT SHOTS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY STOREFRONTS ALONG A MAIN STREET. CLIPS OF A NEW FIRE ENGINE EMERGING FROM A STATION HOUSE. 07:06:14 INTV W/ CRIPPLE CREEK FIRE CHIEF JEFF RUCKERS ABOUT THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE RECENT LEGALIZATION OF GAMBLING. RUCKERS CLAIMS GAMBLING SAVED THE TOWN BY PROVIDING A LARGE NEW STREAM OF REVENUE. TWO SHOT OF RUCKERS W/ THE REPORTER. 07:12:00 INTV W/ VOLUNTEER FIREMAN SPARKY HAAS ABOUT THE CHANGES IN THE TOWN RESULTING FROM GAMBLING. HAAS COMPLAINS THAT GAMBLING HAS CHASED AWAY LOW RENT CONVENIENCE STORES AND WARNS THAT CASINO LEGALIZATION FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE CHARACTER OF SMALL TOWNS. COVER SHOTS OF HAAS DONNING AND REMOVING FIRE FIGHTING GEAR. 07:18:57 CLIPS OF A NEW AMBULANCE ROLLING THROUGH TOWN. CI: ECONOMY: COLORADO. INDUSTRIES: CASINO GAMBLING. STREET SCENES: COLORADO.