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Posted At : February 13, 2008 05:53 PM | Posted By : Administrator
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... there may be a whole lotta litigation, now that Judge Cosmo Giovinazzi ruled in favor of a baccarat dealer -- and against the erstwhile Claridge Casino Hotel -- in a lawsuit concerning the impact of second-hand smoke. Former dealer Kam Wong lost her entire left lung in a pair of surgeries and hasn't worked in eight years.
The judge agreed with Wong's attorney's contention that a decade of exposure to players' and colleagues' cigarette smoke had a causative effect. "Wong testified ... that six out of 10 people smoked in front of her and would exhale their smoke right in her face," writes The Press of Atlantic City.
Current Claridge owner Harrah's Entertainment was keeping its counsel as of press time, while a fellow defendant was mulling appeal. If Wong's claim holds up, look for it to be the thin wedge of more and more litigation on this issue. It could also provide additional ammo for those who argue that casinos have to carve out enclaves for non-smokers ... something other than putting ashtrays on one side of a narrow aisle and "No Smoking" signs on the other. (And I'm not making that example up, either.)
Steve Wynn tells it like it is and investors scatter in panic. Guys, if you're just in it for the short haul and sunshine every day, don't invest in Las Vegas, OK? Especially not in the era of the multi-billion-dollar megaresort. It's not for the fainthearted.
You have my sympathy, Steve. (So much so that S&G is inaugurating a "Steve Wynn" subject tag for the occasion.)
There's no doubt that a McCain administration would, from a tribal-issues standpoint, be a vast improvement on the current one, represented below by its two primary architects, here united through the apparent magic of Photoshop:
(OK, that's a relative compliment to McCain, but we didn't mean it that way). But one tribal advocate begs to differ and he's not mincing words.
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