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Building with a padlock on two glass dors
Tiffany Tompkins
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Bradenton Herald
A joint investigation by Suncoast Searchlight and the Bradenton Herald reveals a thriving network of illegal slot parlors operating in plain sight across Sarasota and Manatee counties, despite years of law enforcement crackdowns and state reforms.

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