It’s that time of the year when we give thanks to those in and around the casino industry who make our job that much more gratifying. So, in no particular order …<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Las Vegas Golden Knights<\/strong> and Las Vegas Aces<\/strong>: A Stanley Cup<\/strong> and a (second) WNBA<\/strong> championship. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Culinary Union<\/strong> and United Auto Workers<\/strong>: For bringing better standards of living to the Las Vegas Strip<\/strong> and to Detroi<\/strong>t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Bally’s Corp<\/strong>.: For setting the bar of expectations low and consistently undershooting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Caesars Entertainment<\/strong>: For proving that having everything is never enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Formula One<\/strong>: For being over (for now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las Vegas Raiders<\/strong>: For nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Wynn<\/strong>: For being out of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phil Ruffin<\/strong>: For doing it his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Churchill Downs<\/strong>: For proving that $135\/vote can’t buy you a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DraftKings<\/strong> and FanDuel<\/strong>: For demonstrating that there really is<\/em> money to be made in sports betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida<\/strong>: For playing hard to get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City<\/strong>: For playing impossible to get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seminole Tribe<\/strong>: For those who bet on the hare rather than the tortoise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aristocrat<\/strong>: For NFL<\/strong>-themed slots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barstool Sports<\/strong>: For giving us a posterior to kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cirque du Soleil<\/strong>: For defying the odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crown Resorts<\/strong> and Star Entertainment<\/strong>: For proving that Big Gaming really isn’t above the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dan Lee\/Full House Resorts<\/strong>: For the best investor calls in gaming, by a country mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Derek Stevens<\/strong>: For not treating sports bettors like chumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ESPN Bet<\/strong>: For shaking things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fontainebleau<\/strong>: For demonstrating that there are second acts in Las Vegas<\/strong>, and third acts, and fourth …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parx Casino<\/strong>: For standing alone against smoking in Pennsylvania<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Packer<\/strong>: For getting out of gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kazuo Okada<\/strong>: See Packer, James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kentucky<\/strong>: For legalizing sports betting. Now let’s have some casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las Vegas Sands<\/strong>: For a nice try in Nassau County<\/strong>. Too bad it didn’t work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laughlin<\/strong>: Just for being you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve “the Shill” Hill\/Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority<\/strong>: For showing that there truly is no shame in Sin City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Massachusetts<\/strong> and New Jersey<\/strong>: For being the gold and silver standards of regulation. Sorry, Nevada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MGM Resorts International<\/strong>: For being George with customers after the Sept. 10 meltdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ocean Resort\/Hard Rock Atlantic City<\/strong>: For keeping things interesting on the Boardwalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan Jossel\/Plaza Hotel:<\/strong> For being one of the most inspiring comeback sagas in gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Park MGM<\/strong>: For giving Vegas visitors someplace smokeless to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reno<\/strong>: For being nicer than Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resorts World Las Vegas<\/strong>: For all the tawdry headlines. Keep ’em coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dana Gentry<\/strong>: For being first and best on the Scott Sibella<\/strong> scandal and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Schuetz<\/strong>: For having the best column in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scott Roeben<\/strong>\/Vital Vegas<\/em>: For being first with the most (scoops).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anthony Curtis<\/strong>: For keeping us gainfully employed and off the breadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kate Beckinsale<\/strong>: For making life worth living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s it. See you next year. Let’s have some turkey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s that time of the year when we give thanks to those in and around the casino industry who make our job that much more gratifying. So, in no particular order … Las Vegas Golden Knights and Las Vegas Aces: A Stanley Cup and a (second) WNBA championship. ‘Nuff said. 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