Congratulations to Plainridge Park. The Penn National Gaming racino celebrated five years in business and the renewal of its Massachusetts gaming license. The decision was unanimous. (And why not?) While Plainridge Park has seen its revenues cut into by Encore Boston Harbor, it still posts some of the best win/slot/day numbers in the Bay State. General Manager Lance George is leaving, however, moving up to Argosy Riverside in Kansas City. Subordinate North Grounsell takes his place. Plainridge will be going forward with a reduced workforce, following the Great Shutdown. Said Penn CEO Jay Snowden of the occasion, “The [Massachusetts Gaming] Commission has set high standards for the integrity of gaming and racing in Massachusetts, and we pledge to continue to uphold these principles over the next five years and beyond.”
Jottings: A Covid-19 outbreak among the Tennessee Titans has caused the first disruption of the NFL‘s regular-season schedule. Is there a prop bet for occurrences like this? … So long, Mac Davis. The singer-songwriter is best known to some of us for his “In the Ghetto” and has died at age 78. When Elvis Presley sang it, it sounded like The King has cruised through the barrio once in a limo with tinted windows. When Davis recorded it, he made it sound like he’d just come from the ghetto that moment and had something urgent to say … Park MGM reopened yesterday with a full slate of bars and restaurants. Here’s hoping the no-smoking experiment works well enough to inspire emulation … Station Casinos has raised the minimum sports bet from $5 to $10. We know sports books are a low-margin department but still …
On a local Los Angeles newscast they did a full segment with video on Park MGM opening up as a non-smoking resort in Las Vegas, its a newsworthy event apparently… It will break my heart if the NFL can not get a handle on the virus, my team the Rams look great, and I have really enjoyed watching all the games. Having to postpone the Titans game is a giant blow to fantasy football players, Derrik Henry is a top ten player, nobody has a bench player that caliber, this weeks matchups are thrown into disarray, nobody knows how this is going to shake out. The NBA bubble has worked way better than I expected, they pulled it off, I have to eat my doomsday predictions, they proved me wrong. With virus numbers surging in the Midwest and cold weather coming I am very afraid for this NFL season…