The Dealer had a brief chat with Cincinnati city councilman Cecil Thomas, seeking some elaboration on his claim that he had been offered 30 pieces of silver to support a ballot proposal that could put casino gambling in Cincinnati.

DEALER:  Cecil, you explained your opposition to the Casino Amendment by saying that you wouldn't sell out for 30 pieces of silver. Did someone bribe you to support this proposal?

CECIL THOMAS:  Yes they tried, but I refused to sell out my messiah for some Ohio casino. I'm not going to let anyone be crucified like Judas did, no matter how many chips all that silver will buy me at the blackjack tables.

DEALER:  Alright Cecil, do you also condemn church festival gambling, or are casinos a bigger problem?

CECIL THOMAS:  Matthew 21:12 tells us that Jesus threw out the crooked money changers and card dealers who had turned the holy temple into a casino, so we know casinos are bad.   But church festivals are outdoors, so they're cool with Jesus.  Do you remember when Jesus was gambling for loaves and fishes and he kept on winning more and more? Well, that took place outdoors.

DEALER:  Cecil, where is your messiah now, or has your messiah already been crucified by Indiana and Kentucky?

CECIL THOMAS:  Why art thou asking of me the whereabouts of my savior Christ?  Thou art residing with the Devil's henchmen if thou asketh me to betray Him.

DEALER: Uh okay, fair enough. Your fellow council members overwhelmingly voted to pass this measure.  Are you calling them a bunch of sell-outs? 

CECIL THOMAS:  No, in their defense, they really didn't have anything to sell out. They're just unholy and demonic, that's all.

DEALER: Cecil, thank you for this thought-provoking interview.