{"id":12387,"date":"2014-01-03T12:25:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=12387"},"modified":"2018-01-31T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:55:26","slug":"taiwan-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/taiwan-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan in 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/william_weidner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/william_weidner.jpg\" alt=\"william_weidner\" width=\"145\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/william_weidner.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/william_weidner-104x150.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a>It could happen. Enabling legislation to put casinos on <strong>Taiwan<\/strong>&#8216;s outer islands has a good chance in parliament, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ralphjennings\/2014\/01\/01\/first-taiwan-casino-open-by-2019-government-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">it is reported<\/a>. <strong>Matsu<\/strong> is expected to be the principal beneficiary but, if it can change voters&#8217; minds, <strong>Claremont Partners<\/strong> has a clear shot at <strong>Penghu<\/strong>. Only <strong>William Weidner<\/strong> (<em>right<\/em>) is openly interested in Matsu, but where there is Weidner there are surely others lurking in the shadows. <strong>Gary Loveman<\/strong> kicked the tires of Taiwanese gambling a while back, as did Weidner&#8217;s old boss, <strong>Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>. This would be his opportunity to make up for having Blown It when <strong>Macao<\/strong> was in play. Either way, it&#8217;s a five-year project, Matsu&#8217;s infrastructure being woefully inadequate to support casino resorts at present.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macaubusiness.com\/news\/hope-for-casinos-on-taiwan%E2%80%99s-main-island-fades.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">parliament dead set<\/a> against casinos on Taiwan itself, Matsu&#8217;s chances look <!--more-->that much better. Of course, those companies that are in Macao might find the government there looking askance if they try to have Macao and eat Matsu too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Weidner&#8217;s looking<\/strong> for a good meal, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdcgamingreports.com\/dennys-closes-strip-location-for-reconstruction-lvrj\/#.UscbXPTOkWJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">he can forget about the high-grossing<\/a> <strong>Denny&#8217;s<\/strong> next to <strong>Casino Royale<\/strong>. It&#8217;s out of commission until 2015, at which time it will return as a some kind of supersized Denny&#8217;s. Just thought you&#8217;d like to know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A scare campaign<\/strong> is being ginned up against a <strong>Seneca Nation<\/strong> casino targeted for <strong>Henrietta, N.Y<\/strong>. However, the trail to the origins of the campaign hit a dead end at a post office box and a telephone. However&#8217;s behind this is believed to conduct other hit-and-run anti-casino jihads around the country. It&#8217;s amazing what an effective bogeyman Native American casinos continue to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It could happen. Enabling legislation to put casinos on Taiwan&#8216;s outer islands has a good chance in parliament, it is reported. Matsu is expected to be the principal beneficiary but, if it can change voters&#8217; minds, Claremont Partners has a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/taiwan-in-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,22,62,101,33,12,9,20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21059,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12387\/revisions\/21059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}