A piquant news item, cobbled together from two @RalstonFlash tweets:
“This is embarrassing: George Maloof, tapped to host POTUS for DNC fundraiser this week in LV, gave $2,400 to [Sen. Harry] Reid foe [Danny] Tarkanian in Sept. Maloof gave to Reid in ’07, Obama in ’08. I hear Tark bought Palms condo so Maloof felt obligated. Palms boss is big D donor over years.”
What they won’t do to move a Vegas condo in today’s market …
OK – David, I am counting on you to find out more on this one and add some pithy commentary.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/business_breaking/84388817.html
Now they don’t just want your bet, they want to charge you a fee to gamble.
I believe that was mentioned in passing last week, as I asked whether S&G readers would pay 25 cents for the privilege of playing $2 blackjack. I wouldn’t. Chalk it up as another brilliant move by either Resorts CEO Nick Ribis or the creditors who now own the casino and probably trying to squeeze a little extra juice out of this lemon. It’s not as bad as Singapore charging its citizens $70 every time they visit a casino but it’s chintzy, to be sure.