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Three Polish Officials Resign in Scandal Over Gambling Measure

BERLIN — Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland cleaned house Wednesday in an effort to move past a political scandal over gambling legislation and charges of influence peddling.

Mr. Tusk accepted the resignations of three high-ranking government officials while also moving to dismiss the head of the anticorruption agency that has pursued the case.

The anticorruption investigation, code-named Operation Blackjack, has captured headlines across Poland. The allegations by the Central Anticorruption Bureau that public officials used their influence to reduce the burden of new gambling taxes on the casino industry in Poland have damaged the reputation of the government of Mr. Tusk’s center-right Civic Platform party.
By NICHOLAS KULISH
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