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Updated: Monday, 03 May 2010, 2:02 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 03 May 2010, 2:02 PM EDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawyer who says he's battling a gambling addition has been suspended from practicing law for six months.

The state Supreme Court on Monday imposed the sanctions on John S. Ciolli, who was given a one-year suspended sentence after pleading no contest in 2007 to three misdemeanor counts of bookmaking.

Ciolli has said he became addicted to betting on sports events, and bet large sums of his own money with reputed members of organized crime. Ciolli has said he's seeking help.

The court said in an order Monday that the suspension was necessary to restore the integrity of the state's legal community.

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