Along with Organizing Beyond Barriers, the Culinary Union is calling upon Trader Joe’s to stop carrying Gordon Biersch beer labels Josephsbrau, Black Toad Ale, and Stockyard Oatmeal Stout. Why? Because the “principals are Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, controlling 
owners of the Las Vegas-based casino chain Station Casinos.” Aye, there’s the nub of it. At the risk of pulling a Donald Trump and engaging in false moral equivalencies, do you think the Culinary would be as vocal about the Fertitta Brothers having “helped propel into power political leaders who attack immigrants, women, the environment, LGBTQIA+ communities, and working families”? Methinks the union doth protest too much. Now that it has a contract at Trump International, it doesn’t take on The Donald directly but goes after the lower-hanging fruit.
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their early revenue performance. They also put a cloud over Genting Group‘s in-progress Montreign project in the Catskills, most expensive of the bunch. State officials are taking comfort in the fact that investment and job recruitment have exceeded projections. Jeff Gural, owner of Tioga Downs Casino, may be the only man in America 
weren’t for your support I’d probably have hung it up long ago. Much has changed in these last ten years. For instance, whoever thought that the most-failed casino owner ever would fail his way into the White House? Who thought that Caesars Entertainment would go bankrupt (well, I knew something bad would come of its LBO but nothing that drastic)? Ditto Station Casinos. Who could have figured the whole Sam Nazarian saga, ending with SLS Las Vegas falling on its ass? We’ve seen casino gambling plant roots in Kansas, Massachusetts and Maryland, even Alabama, and fail to take hold (despite much trying) in New Hampshire and Georgia. We’ve also seen Las Vegas Sands try twice to sell Sands Bethlehem, only to change its mind both times.
yet-undisclosed joint venture between Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International. He even gave Glenn Straub a mulligan, including Revel in 
than of skill or luck there is no economic benefit to anybody. That means that 100 percent of what goes on the table wagered on poker must leave with the players. That includes money for tips. The minute you take a dollar out of that pot and hand it to the dealer or hand it to the waitress, that’s an economic benefit directly from the poker that the [state] can say is a violation of the law.” — Post Oak Poker Club owner Daniel Kebort on the rules card rooms must observe in order to operate in Texas.
for L’Auberge Baton Rouge and its two rivals, they have until June 18 to get ready, plenty of time to prepare outdoor smoking venues, possible even ones that have slots. (A task force commissioned by Gov. Bobby Jindal [R] is studying the feasibility.) What they shouldn’t do is follow the example of Harrah’s New Orleans, which wasted all the time leading up to New Orleans‘ smoking ban whining about it, then had some rough months while it suddenly adjusted to life after smoking. Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli is already downgrading 
thought to be getting skittish as the Nipponese government sketches out a conservative, 
investors would likely have their patience tested, he wrote, “we think long term oriented investors will be rewarded by a heavily invested management team which has generated strong returns historically.” In other words, Red Rock Resorts (Station’s nom de voyage on Wall Street) is still a “buy.” Management has pitched another $76 million into the Palace Station capex budget — for a $226 million total — as they continue to reinvent the property. As for the Palms, Phase One of reinvestment is a hearty $146 million.
Technically speaking, the trademarks are registered to DTTM Operations (itself co-registered to The Donald), which operates from within the president’s favored pied a terre, Trump Tower. According to Reuters, the big man recently recorded trademarks for “real estate services, construction and development, hotel property, food and beverage and conference facilities.” Trump’s business operations are ostensibly in the hands of his sons but they make no bones about discussing them with Dad, so it’s what I call a seeing-eye trust.
2016.) True, the creeping effect of slot routes may have played a role but speculation can carry one only so far. Defying the odds were Rivers Casino, up 2% ($38.5 million) and MGM Resorts International‘s Grand Victoria, up 3% to $15.5 million. Hollywood Joliet ($11 million) was flat but everyone else was revenue-negative. Most seriously affected was Harrah’s Metropolis (-9.5%), making $7 million, while Harrah’s Joliet was down 6.5% to $15 million. Gaming & Leisure Properties‘ Casino Queen slipped 8% to $8.5 million.
“I loved my previous life. I had so many things going. This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.” — Donald Trump, on the burdens of the presidency.
“I’ve changed my mission from making New Jersey the Silicon Valley of Internet gaming to the mecca of Internet gaming.” — state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D), author of a bill that would 
(Slots are taxed at a usurious 43%.) While Dover Downs made $32,000, it suffered a 7% decline in casino revenues. A piquant Delaware law requires racinos to close on Christmas and Easter, and the latter happened to fall in 2Q17. CEO Denis McGlynn also has been pressing Gov. John Carney for increased promotional efforts on the casino industry’s behalf — although, having extracted that 43% pound of flesh, it’s an open question whether Carney would reinvest it right back from whence it came.
lowbrow, bodega-incense vanilla, either. It smells like a Diptyque candle or fancy shampoo. Like vanille, sourced from some formerly colonized nation. Like rich people. If you do not come from wealth, it’s intoxicating, this scent that permeates the MGM National Harbor. It sticks to your hair and your clothes, quietly bathing you in status.” — from