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Public betting pools and slot machines are common throughout Germany as well, but the real romance is still in the wheel of fortune. Explains Carl-Alexander von der Groeben, promotion manager at Bad Neuenahr: "Somehow we are still surrounded by the ancient aura of being socially exclusive, and just a little bit illicit. You can see it in the face of the grocer's wife, who comes in and looks around to see if anyone there knows...
...evening. Protests the Protestant weekly, Christ and World: "The last barrier against the burning German gambling fury used to be the entrance rules. Now one can get in if he earns $200 a month and exhibits a certain chic-which may only mean wearing a necktie." Adds Von der Groeben with obvious relief: "We haven't had a scandal since the casino opened in 1948. We have yet to hear any shots in the night, and the Ahr River is too shallow to drown yourself...
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