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Tuesday Morning Wakeup Call

By Alyssa Roenigk
EXPN.com

Monday, April 12, 2004

Last Monday, Guadalupe Lopez sat down at a dollar slot machine in Atlantic City and, two dollars later, left New Jersey a new woman. In one swift pull of the arm, she was transformed from "J-Lo's mom" to America's newest millionaire. Who has that kind of luck? A superstar daughter and two million bucks? So we started thinking, if anyone has lady luck on their side, it's the athletes we cover. These guys gamble every day, but they're betting their bodies with every hand. So we went to the sourc ...

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