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Jason Beem's Thursday Column for Sept. 1, 2022

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Alan Denkenson passed away early Wednesday morning after a battle with cancer. Jason Beem met Dink in Las Vegas in 2017. Dinks was a Las Lasian legend and a professional gambler. Beeman had the pleasure to sit with Dinky at three NHL games over the years. Jason and Dinking went to the Lightning game after the races in Tampa Bay in the spring. The columns and podcast will be off for two weeks after next week. They will resume next next Wednesday. It's a holiday weekend of racing. Next Tuesday is the Virginia Derby and then Wednesday is Colonial Downs' closing day. For Jason it's some vacation time.

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