Gaming executive Tim Poster has bounced hither and yon, and now he’s asking to be bounced to the outer fringes of the casino industry. His attorneys will not be challenging the Nevada Gaming Control Board‘s finding of unsuitability and will 
ask the Nevada Gaming Commission to ratify it. Poster will still be able to work as a casino consultant but not in any meaningful executive role. A gaming license is out of the question. During his tenure at the Golden Nugget, Poster came off as a doofus, but his counsel is valued in the corridors of Wynn Resorts and Ultimate Poker. But his NGCB hearing was pretty ugly and Gaming Commission proceedings promised to be even uglier, as the NGCB hadn’t unloaded its full dossier on Poster. Even so, it’s only a matter of time before we see him again, in some capacity and sooner rather than later, I reckon.
Do people really fall for the Undercover Boss ruse when it’s played at a casino? MGM Grand hosted one of these farces and now it’s the turn for Mohegan Sun to get air time.
A loophole in federal law should allow the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to build a casino in Lansing … once the land is taken into 
trust. The litigation has pitted other Michigan tribes and the state’s governor against Lansing’s mayor. If built, $245 million Lansing Kewadin Casino would dedicate some of its proceeds to four-year scholarships for needy college candidates. State Attorney General Bill Schuette could still take the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court … but will likely wait on the outcome of a case involving the Bay Mills Indian Community‘s off-reservation casino in Vanderbilt. There’s also the not-inconsiderable matter of whether Lansing Kewadin could blow off the revenue-sharing agreements to which all other Michigan gaming-enabled tribes are bound. As the litigation goes forward, that will be a central issue.
Allegany County is the second-to-worst educated county in Maryland. All the more reason to praise county commissioners for weighing a proposal to divert $490,000 in casino-tax proceeds to scholarships for two local colleges. S&G urges a big “yes” vote.
