{"id":12544,"date":"2014-01-24T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=12544"},"modified":"2014-01-24T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:53:07","slug":"all-stories-lead-to-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/all-stories-lead-to-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"All stories lead to Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MGM<\/a>Since it faces no competition in western Massachusetts<\/strong>, it was mostly theater when MGM Resorts International<\/strong> CEO James Murren<\/strong> presented the project to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission<\/strong>. The latter will have months in which to mull the enormous volume of supporting documentation and the values of the project. But Murren’s testimony was mainly for show<\/a>, although it allowed him to make the point that, with 19 points of ingress and egress, MGM Springfield<\/strong> would allow patrons to reach amenities without being marched through the casino floor. Now comes the tantalizing suspense of waiting to see whose applications are accepted and whose are not.<\/p>\n

Internet gambling<\/strong> is still in its legal infancy but that’s not deterring<\/a> state Sens. James Whelan<\/strong> and Raymond Lesniak<\/strong>. They want New Jersey<\/strong> to enter into interstate and international compacts to open “the worldwide market to us, the $30 billion Big Kahuna,” as Lesniak put it. The two solons’ bill would require background checks and other vetting of i-casino affiliates. And if banks don’t lower their resistance to i-gaming payments, this vehicle isn’t going to make it out of the driveway.<\/p>\n

* Atlantic City<\/strong> has its first headline-making online jackpot<\/a>. An unidentified man took the Borgata<\/strong>‘s Web site for\u00a0$153,638.75.<\/div>\n
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* Speaking of jackpots, Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby<\/strong> favors raising their threshold from $600<\/a> to something closer to the federal minimum of $1,200. Not all agree. “I just have difficulty catering to people who don\u2019t like paying taxes,” grumbled fellow commissioner James McHugh<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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* The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals<\/strong> has upheld Carcieri v. Salazar<\/em> in a California<\/strong> tribal-casino case. This doesn’t bode well<\/a> for the Mashpee Wampanoags<\/strong>‘ chances in Massachusetts, which rest upon a Carcieri reversal.<\/div>\n

* Maintenance isn’t job one at Harrah’s Philadelphia<\/strong>. Neglect of the track<\/a> has led to the suspension of live racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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