{"id":16103,"date":"2015-05-22T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=16103"},"modified":"2015-05-22T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T19:40:07","slug":"new-yorks-big-score-tribe-wins-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/new-yorks-big-score-tribe-wins-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"New York’s big score; Tribe wins in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Various law enforcement agencies are richer to the tune of $9.6 million<\/a> after nailing an offshore betting ring that extended all the way to \"Panama\"<\/a>Panama<\/strong>. The case started humbly enough, with some Albany County<\/strong> jail officers found to be involved with the illegal Internet<\/strong> gambling sites. Joined by other constabularies, the Albany County Sheriff’s Department<\/strong> worked its way up the food chain. The FBI<\/strong>‘s Boston<\/strong>, Miami<\/strong> and Oklahoma<\/strong> branches became involved, conducting literally tens of thousands of wiretaps, not to mention monitoring other forms of electronic communication.<\/p>\n

Since the skein began to unravel when Albany<\/strong> officers intercepted a $4 million wire transfer to Legendz Sports<\/strong>, its sheriffs’ office gets the bulk of the asset forfeiture — money that must be put toward the cost of law enforcement. Albany got $4.7 million, the FBI received $1.9 million, the IRS<\/strong> pocketed a $1.6 million tranche and Saratoga<\/strong> and Florida<\/strong>‘s Broward County<\/strong> got smaller amounts.<\/p>\n

* Penn National Gaming<\/strong> dodged a bullet when a federal court ruled in favor of Jamul Indian Village<\/strong>‘s $360 million tribal casino, which is \"Hollywood-Casino-Jamul\"<\/a>being financed by Penn. Some local church busybodies have been trying to thwart construction<\/a>, saying the Jamul didn’t have title to\u00a0the land in question. U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller<\/strong> replied,\u00a0\u201cThe court is aware of no statute or regulation, and the parties have cited none, that would require the NIGC or BIA to review or approve a management contract before the subject casino is constructed or operated, or to approve construction at all. To the contrary, the IGRA implies the Tribe may construct and operate a casino on its own land without a management contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opposition has promised to appeal. A fine bunch of Christians they are: Trying to take bread out of the Jamuls’ mouths because a casino puts their pious noses out of joint.<\/p>\n

* Given the overwhelming backing of the manufacturing sector and the unanimous approval<\/a> of the Nevada<\/strong> Legislature, it was a mere formality when Gov. Brian Sandoval<\/strong> (R) affixed his signature<\/a> to a bill permitting skill-based slots in the Silver State. The new machines should be an easy sell to the casino industry, considering that they have a 12% hold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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