They’ve seen the future …

… and it’s Singapore. That’s good news if you’re Sheldon Adelson, less auspicious if you’ve got a weak track record as a developer (coughCaesars Entertainmentcough). And if Chad Mollman‘s correct, does this mean Steve Wynn has soured on his proposed Boston casino? That Wynn’s getting to be a mighty fickle fellow these days.

Designers wanted. And, boy, does Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in upstate New York need them:

Isn’t that just about the butt-ugliest casino you’ve ever seen. It looks like a damn warehouse and sure doesn’t connote “fun.” Seneca Gaming Corp. thinks there’s room for improvement and S&G has never concurred so strongly with an opinion in living memory.

Through the side door? Online poker has a well-placed friend in Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX, left) and he hopes to introduce its legalization through a somewhat unusual venue: the Energy & Commerce Committee. The usual legislative avenues are blocked by gambling-averse chairmen. Internet sites that have been misbehaving — such as perhaps PokerStars — would probably have to go sit in the corner for a year or so. That’d work out nicely for Caesars Entertainment, its online partner (888) having escaped Pokergeddon this spring. Caesars/888 might have as many as 15 months to try and corner the marketplace. My Capitol Hill connection tells me that Sen. Harry Reid‘s support for legalization, though, is “soft.” Worse still, Reid couldn’t deliver a ham sandwich these days, much less a controversial piece of legislation.

Sheldon Adelson, mark. Four years ago, the Las Vegas Sands CEO lavished cash and aircraft on the short-lived Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. Giuliani repaid Adelson’s generosity by basically going on a paid vacation.  (The Fertitta Brothers also got plucked by “America’s Mayor.”) Flash forward to 2011 and history is repeating itself. Does Adelson go around wearing a big “Kick Me” sign or something?

(For the curious, Adelson’s history of “george” donations can be perused at leisure. Some of the early beneficiaries of his largesse might surprise you.)