Category Archives: Cantor Gaming

What did Lee Amaitis know and when did he know it?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by David McKee

According to the Wall Street Journal, the founder of Cantor Gaming — Lee Amaitis (left) — is under federal scrutiny for an alleged role in illegal sports wagering. Already one Cantor exec, Michael Cantor, has copped a plea for facilitated the … Continue reading →

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St. Louis: Pinnacle out, Icahn in; Cosmo’s death wish

Posted on August 19, 2013 by David McKee

After fielding several offers, Pinnacle Entertainment has liquidated Lumiere Place Casino and its affiliated Four Seasons hotel to … Carl Icahn. Uncle Carl spent $260 million to close the deal. Considering that the book value of Lumiere Place is $401.5 … Continue reading →

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Big Brother Sheldon

Posted on June 28, 2013 by David McKee

Professional sourpuss Sheldon Adelson doesn’t think you should gamble … on the Internet, that is. (“In the history of bad ideas, this has to be one of the worst,” the ad glumly intones.) In Adelson’s intellectually dishonest world it’s perfectly … Continue reading →

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Revel gets the memo; Sheldon Adelson knows what’s good for you

Posted on June 21, 2013 by David McKee

Wall Street really hates it when casinos buy business with “promotional allowances” (read: comps) but sometimes — and especially when you’re Revel Hotel-Casino — there’s no choice. In marketing policies as new as its expanded nomenclature, Revel is acknowledging its … Continue reading →

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No-win situation; October surprise

Posted on November 1, 2012 by David McKee

You might say Mitt Romney was for gambling before he was against it. Both as a 1994 Senate candidate and later as governor, he advocated slot parlors and later VLTs in Massachusetts. (He also proposed to extort $75 million apiece … Continue reading →

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High-profile Vegas divorce

Posted on October 26, 2012 by David McKee

This just in … peripatetic chef Carla Pellegrino has just released a statement in which “announces her mutual separation from Tropicana Las Vegas,” after 19 months overseeing its Italian restaurant, Bacio. The Brazilian chef, also late of Rao’s at Caesars … Continue reading →

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Black man frightens Steve Wynn, Part Two; MGM: Time to forget Harmon?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by David McKee

As Yahoo‘s Jeff Macke cuttingly puts it, he “found a real, live businessman who creates jobs,” thereby providing a Steve Wynn-to-sanity translation, courtesy of CIO Advisors‘ Hugh Johnson. If Wynn were truly being honest, he’d cut to the quick: He’s … Continue reading →

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Black man frightens Steve Wynn, Part One

Posted on October 10, 2012 by David McKee

Update: Today, Wynn got into the act in the ongoing Big Bird charade. As Steve Sebelius points out, it’s meaningless posturing, nothing more. Life’s been good to Steve Wynn. How good? Well, if you or I talked like a crazy … Continue reading →

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Big Brother is triangulating you; Dark days for LVH, Riv; Pinnacle’s Lone Star play

Posted on April 26, 2012 by David McKee

Just to make sure you’re not piggybacking onto its mobile-gambling systems, Cantor Gaming is partnering with Locaid to provide “geo-fencing” for its pocket casinos, which can now be played damn near anywhere on a casino property. (The real endgame, however, … Continue reading →

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The wild bunch

Posted on May 23, 2011 by David McKee

There’s no one more depraved than a politician looking to close a revenue shortfall. So we’ve learned from the drive-by shootings hailing from the amoral outlaw band otherwise known as the Nevada Legislature. As sage political pundit Obi-Wan Kenobi observed, … Continue reading →

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Low-rolling at Aria; MGM ups China ante; That doggone Desert Xpress

Posted on April 14, 2011 by David McKee

A SoCal-based player kindly shared this image from the latest Aria/M life offer: My friend ran an experienced eye over the chips on the rail and concluded that it “must be the lowest-minimum craps table Aria has ever seen,” as … Continue reading →

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Cantor’s new brand: Slots for tots

Posted on April 6, 2011 by David McKee

Other than as a medium for sports betting, mobile-gambling devices have resolutely failed to catch on in Las Vegas casinos. Provider/operator Cantor Gaming has made a few inroads but mostly at one-off properties like M Resort and the Hard Rock … Continue reading →

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