{"id":13444,"date":"2014-04-24T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=13444"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T17:01:32","slug":"packer-sparks-protests-heads-roll-at-zynga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/packer-sparks-protests-heads-roll-at-zynga\/","title":{"rendered":"Packer sparks protests; Heads roll at Zynga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just the prospect of a James Packer<\/strong>-owned casino was enough to spur a Buddhist-driven protest march in Sri Lanka<\/strong>. Packer’s Crown Resorts<\/strong> has concessions to \"\"develop three resort properties and the Sri Lanka government has been talking out of both sides of its mouth as to whether they’d \u00a0have gambling or not. The country already has gambling, albeit on a small scale. That could change. Between them, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs\u00a0Ravi Wijeratne<\/strong> and\u00a0Dhammika Perera<\/strong> have been granted five casino concessions. Whether they are successfully developed remains to be seen: Although the current government holds a two-thirds majority, opposition to casinos cuts across party lines.<\/p>\n

Mind your own business<\/strong>. That’s the message<\/a> from New Jersey<\/strong> lawmakers to the Adelson caucus on Capitol Hill<\/strong>, which would strip the Garden State of Internet<\/strong> gambling. \"senlesniak\"<\/a>Said state Sen. Raymond Lesniak<\/strong> (D, right<\/em>),\u00a0\u201cCongress should leave us alone.\u201d Slightly more expansively, state Sen. President Stephen Sweeney<\/strong>\u00a0(D) added,\u00a0\u201cWe have quickly become a national leader in the world of internet gambling, and we simply cannot afford to have all our hard work and effort undone by the whims of a few down in Washington<\/strong>.” A newly released<\/a> McAfee<\/strong> report details the dangers of the black-market Internet gambling scene and ought to be mandatory reading for Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>‘s meddlesome Beltway minions. Meanwhile, New York<\/strong> state Sen. John Bonacic<\/strong> (R) is trying to lead the Empire State toward the promised land of Internet poker<\/a>. A license would cost $10 million and revenues would be taxed at 15%.<\/p>\n