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Category Archives: Regulation
Mutiny!
One of the dirty little secrets of the “cruise to nowhere” business is that these vessels are crewed with seamen imported from foreign countries. (Americans, despite being citizens of one of the preeminent seafaring nations, apparently aren’t good enough.) So … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Boyd Gaming, CityCenter, Current, Economy, Florida, Harrah's, International, MGM Mirage, Ohio, Penn National, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, Riviera, Sahara, Station Casinos, The Strip
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Party Pooper of the Year
It seems that 2009 can’t slink quietly away without one more Bible Belt prude attempting to rain on gamblers’ parade. The spoilsport in question is South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, who is appealing a ruling that poker is more … Continue reading
Posted in Cretins, Politics, Regulation, South Carolina
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Loveman loves him some Macao
By now the saga of Harrah’s Entertainment‘s Macanese golf course is the stuff of legend: a $578 million golden albatross around the company’s neck and a metaphor for the company’s misfortune-prone international strategy. While some of CEO Gary Loveman‘s ventures … Continue reading
Earth to Adelson, Earth to Adelson …
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson claims he can finish his two resuscitated Cotai Strip™ casinos (below) and build three more in the next five years. Let the record show that Adelson currently also has casinos in various states of … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Cordish Co., Current, Economy, Florida, International, Macau, Maryland, MGM Mirage, Movies, New York, Pennsylvania, Politics, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, The Strip, Tribal
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A Privé by any other name …
Rose, the new nightclub in Mandalay Bay, hasn’t even opened yet and it’s racked up its first scandal. MBay is trying to rework Rose’s lease on more favorable terms, given that the club’s owners are some of the, er, colorful … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, CityCenter, Current, MGM Mirage, Regulation, Technology, The Strip
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Big casino opening today
No, not Aria. That’s tomorrow. Today’s the first day of business for $48 million Boot Hill Casino & Resort, in Dodge City. Avionics firm (!) and relatively novice casino developer Butler National did what brand names Penn National Gaming, MGM … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Economy, Harrah's, Kansas, MGM Mirage, Penn National, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Tribal
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Pelican State blues
November numbers are in for Louisiana and it’s the Pelican State’s worst gaming month in five quarters. Only the independent Eldorado Shreveport riverboat and Fair Grounds racino near New Orleans reported revenue growth. All major operators took it on the … Continue reading
Posted in Boyd Gaming, Columbia Sussex, Harrah's, International, Isle of Capri, Louisiana, Maryland, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Pinnacle Entertainment, Politics, Racinos, Regulation
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That’s a mouthful
To wit, the Wild Wild West is soon to be rebaptized as Days Inn – Las Vegas at Wild Wild West Gambling Hall. (Uff da!) Which kicks the prospect of “Viva” years further down the road. I mean, you know … Continue reading
Posted in Colony Capital, Current, International, Maryland, Regulation, Station Casinos
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Wall Street hearts Penn
Table games having been approved for Charles Town Races & Slots by a 60/40 margin, stock analysts are lurving Penn National Gaming … so long as Penn’s infatuation with Fontainebleau turns out to have been a passing malady. While those … Continue reading
Posted in Current, Election, Fontainebleau, Harrah's, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Penn National, Pinnacle Entertainment, Regulation, The Strip, Wall Street
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Tiger: On the game
Memo to the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority: Boys, it’s time to re-retire that “What happens here …” slogan because it is so yesterday. Sure, there was an era when a man of privilege might come to Las Vegas … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Sussex, Current, Regulation, Sports, The Strip
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Who’s better for F’bleau: Icahn or Penn?
That’s the unspoken question hanging over a lengthy piece in yesterday’s Las Vegas Sun. While Penn National Gaming is willing to commit $1.5 billion or more to finishing Fontainebleau, lead bidder Carl Icahn may be able to do the job … Continue reading
Harrah’s gets away with it
In a move certain to embolden scofflaws all over Clark County, District Attorney David Roger has cut a deal with Harrah’s Entertainment that lets the corporate behemoth slide on a variety of criminal charges in return for paying a $1.2 … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Architecture, Current, Harrah's, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, The Strip
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CityCenter Fever
For all the trepidation about $8.5 billion CityCenter and its prospects, today’s opening of Vdara has been enough to set “the Internets,” the blogosphere, the teevees and even traditional newspapers aflame with excitement. After all, who can resist the scrotum … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Bally Technologies, CityCenter, Current, Economy, IGT, MGM Mirage, Morgans Hotel Group, Regulation, The Strip, Tourism, TV, WMS Industries
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Chutzpah, thy name is Loveman
Do the bondholders of Harrah’s Entertainment ever get tired of being played for suckers? After being asked to take haircut after haircut — whether in the form of distressed buybacks or deferred repayment — comes a new indignity. While Harrah’s … Continue reading
Posted in CityCenter, Current, Downtown, Economy, Harrah's, Marketing, MGM Mirage, Mississippi, Planet Hollywood, Regulation, The Strip, Wall Street
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Is Adelson mad? Trump trumped & Kerzner booted
In an interview with Reuters, Sheldon Adelson said Las Vegas Sands might launch operations in India, Thailand and Japan as soon as 2010. Given the ropey financial condition of his company, the fact that Marina Bay Sands will open at … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Yemenidjian, Atlantic City, Current, Detroit, Donald Trump, Economy, Genting, Harrah's, International, Kansas, Macau, Massachusetts, Neil Bluhm, Penn National, Pennsylvania, Planet Hollywood, Racinos, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Stanley Ho, Taxes, Tourism, Tribal
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Now *this* is a scandal
During the early years of tribal gaming expansion, Native Americans had to go to Malaysia and South Africa for their startup capital — and it came at a hefty cost. Now Mohegan Sun is reeling from the delayed effects of … Continue reading
Case Bets: Aria, IGT, Maryland & Detroit
There was a small setback for Bally Technologies when it had to pull its iView DM systems software out of Aria. Seems MGM Mirage gave Bally a scant five days to get iView DM up, running and certified. Expect to … Continue reading
Posted in Bally Technologies, CityCenter, Current, Detroit, Economy, IGT, Maryland, MGM Mirage, Regulation, Technology, Tribal
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Case Bets: Cullotta’s moll, squeeze on Sands, gay old UFC
Local radio chatterbox Heidi Harris recently set her pants on fire attempting to rewrite history about a Mob terror campaign against then-Nevada Gaming Commissioners (one of whom went on to become Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]). The evidence seems pretty unambiguous … Continue reading
Posted in Harry Reid, International, Macau, Politics, Regulation, Sheldon Adelson, Singapore, Sports, Station Casinos, The Mob, TV, Wall Street
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Quote of the Day
“We’re trying to let the community know that we are here and we are here to stay for a while.” — ominous words from Glenn Koehler, Columbia Sussex‘s director of the Horizon casino-hotel in Lake Tahoe. Landlord Park Cattle Co. … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Sussex, Current, Economy, Lake Las Vegas, Regulation, Tropicana Entertainment
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