{"id":14931,"date":"2014-11-04T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=14931"},"modified":"2014-11-04T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T19:57:07","slug":"case-bets-california-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-california-boyd\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Bets: California, Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/CBSSAC.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=996527;hostDomain=video.sacramento.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=450;playerHeight=253;isShowIcon=true;clipId=10809756;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.SAC%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Always cover your bets. That&#8217;s the lesson <b>Sacramento<\/b>&#8216;s <b>Casino Royale<\/b> card room learned <a href=\"http:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2014\/11\/03\/state-shutters-sacramentos-casino-royale-alleging-card-room-couldnt-cover-its-chips\/\" target=\"_blank\">after being caught twice<\/a> with a shortage of cash. The <b>California Department of Justice<\/b> had no patience this time and shuttered the casino, seeking a permanent revocation of its license. That&#8217;s pretty rough luck for Casino Royale employees.<\/p>\n<p>* <b>Boyd Gaming<\/b> CEO <b>Keith Smith talks up Atlantic City<\/b>&#8216;s immediate future and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/watch\/cnbc\/ceo-borgatas-bright-future-351979075998\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">eloquently sidesteps<\/a> the question of Boyd becoming a REIT. <em>Cruel Irony<\/em>: Not one of the casinos on the studio backdrop of <b>Las Vegas<\/b> is a Boyd property.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* It&#8217;s only interim but <b>SugarHouse<\/b>&#8216;s new poker room looks impressive. And though it&#8217;s part of a $164 million expansion, most of that new capacity will be devoted to restaurants and convention space. The new-for-now poker room will have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/philadelphia\/morning_roundup\/2014\/11\/inside-sugarhouse-casinos-new-poker-room.html\" target=\"&quot;_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">massage service<\/a>, a mobile application that allows you to reserve a table and <b>iPod<\/b> and <b>Android<\/b> docking stations for players. Not bad for a temporary facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always cover your bets. That&#8217;s the lesson Sacramento&#8216;s Casino Royale card room learned after being caught twice with a shortage of cash. The California Department of Justice had no patience this time and shuttered the casino, seeking a permanent revocation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-california-boyd\/\">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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14931"}],"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=14931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14933,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14931\/revisions\/14933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}