{"id":11409,"date":"2013-08-28T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T18:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=11409"},"modified":"2020-10-09T06:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:22:13","slug":"sands-pays-the-man-brothel-bargains-caesars-goes-to-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/sands-pays-the-man-brothel-bargains-caesars-goes-to-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Sands pays The Man; Brothel bargains; Caesars goes to Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Uncle Sam<\/strong> is $47 million richer today after collecting an eight-figure settlement<\/a> from Las Vegas Sands<\/strong>. Seems the latter had been operating on the outer fringes of legality when handling large sums of moolah from Zhenli Ye Gon<\/strong>. The latter, presently under indictment in Mexico<\/strong> for drug smuggling, had $45 million transferred into his Sands account and Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>‘s minions didn’t report it, evidently. They apparently got dollar signs where their eyes should have been, never having seen so large a cash transaction before. So Sands forfeits the money, plus interest, and avoids further punishment — unless you count the $36.5 million in bad debt it had to eat. Considering the alternatives, I’d say they took the least-unpalatable option. Is it any surprise that Sands is seeking limited criminal immunity in Spain<\/strong>, in its preliminary negotiations there? The fine points of the U.S. deal also explain<\/a> why Sands recently hired Jerry Markling<\/strong>, late of the Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong> to investigate itself.<\/p>\n

Speaking of prostitution<\/strong> … You know times are tough when Nevada<\/strong> brothels report a calamitous decline in revenue<\/a>, as the state continues to bring up the rear in national economic indicators.\u00a0Besides, why drive out to\u00a0Pahrump<\/strong> when you can get a long-distance version of the world’s old profession via your high-speed Internet connection. “I offer a lot more specials and discounts and incentives,” says terrestrial sex worker Brooke Taylor<\/strong>, conjuring up visions of brothel customers clipping coupons.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dissonance in Boston<\/strong>: Beantown Mayor Thomas Menino<\/strong> and Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> CEO Gary Loveman<\/strong> need to coordinate their rhetoric. When touting the virtues of his new host-community agreement with Boston<\/strong>, Loveman huffed<\/a>, \u201cI think the difference is that our project is in Boston where you have the greatest capacity to deliver. The other is in Everett<\/em>.” Ah, but Menino says Steve Wynn<\/strong>‘s rival project is<\/em> (oh, so very slightly) in Boston, enabling him to block it. (He says.) These two need to get their story straight as they now proceed to woo the electorate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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