Officials in Goa, a former Portugese protectorate off the western coast of India are so worried about gambling that they’re barring locals from entering Goa’s casinos. Considering what a sorry bunch of hulks to the Goanese casino fleet is, the politicians may be doing the locals a favor.
A thoroughly heterodox character, Atlantic City‘s new mayor, Don Guardian could be described as a rebel with a cause. “I’m an openly gay, white Republican Roman Catholic. I’m a good man, and I make good decisions. I bring that to the job,” says Guardian, whose Franciscan ideas including giving idle land free to the indigent, with the eventual intent of bringing it back onto tax rolls eventually. At first blush, it looks like the Boardwalk made the right choice.
While the erstwhile Margaritaville Biloxi is being demolished for scrap materials, modest Margaritaville Casino is contemplating a 250-room hotel. Chalk up one for the little guy. Gary Loveman‘s abandoned Margaritaville, by contrast, never stood a chance and is the poster child for his poor stewardship of Caesars Entertainment.
