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Posted At : September 2, 2008 06:41 PM | Posted By : D McKee
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With Alaska and its governor all over the news of late, I got to wondering what had become of that ballot initiative, backed by bar owners, to expand gambling in Alaska.
As it happens, the initiative was voted down, the most lopsided defeat for the casino industry in a year of setbacks, following legislative rebuffs in Kentucky and Massachusetts. It did, however, prevent discomfiture for one opponent -- Gov. Sarah Palin, who would have been required to appoint the members of the proposed Alaska Gaming Commission, had it been voted in.
If you're scoring at home, that's: Palin 1, Slot makers 0.
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows Dept. Although the largesse of MGM Mirage tends to flow towards the GOP, one of its prime beneficiaries this year is Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI). Meanwhile, the war chest of unopposed Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has been swelled by donations from Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson.
Conyers is seen as a critical ally in the move to overturn the UIGEA, that midnight raspberry blown to online poker players by then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA). Frist retired soon afterwards and voters -- probably including some pissed-off poker players -- sent Leach packing.
Swift Harrah's verdict? We may not have to wait long for a ruling on Harrah's Entertainment's legitimacy to build and run a casino in Kansas. There's the little matter of a disputed non-compete clause with the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, who formerly made use of Harrah's managerial experience before the latter severed ties. However it comes out, a speedy resolution is to be hoped for. It's going to take the Sumner County casino two years to get up and running anyway, even without being ensnared in litigation.
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