{"id":22958,"date":"2018-11-21T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=22958"},"modified":"2018-11-21T08:54:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:54:42","slug":"slow-news-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/slow-news-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow news day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effects of <strong>MGM Springfield<\/strong> on <strong>Connecticut<\/strong> tribal casinos are starting to show. To view the glass as half-empty, slot revenues at <strong>Mohegan Sun<\/strong> were down 17.5% last <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MGM-Foxwoods.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MGM-Foxwoods.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/MGM-Foxwoods-150x104.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>month and 15.5% lower at <strong>Foxwoods Resort Casino<\/strong>. The glass-half-full perspective is that in September MGM grossed on $18 million at slots compared to $38 million and $47 million at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun respectively. So the tribal casinos still have some incentive to pursue that satellite casino in <strong>East Windsor<\/strong>. But, compared to MGM, their current business is gangbusters.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Steve Wynn<\/strong>\u00a0has scored at least a temporary victory in his war with <!--more-->the <strong>Massachusetts Gaming Commission<\/strong>. A Bay State judge has enjoined the MGC from releasing the findings of its investigation into <strong>Wynn Resorts<\/strong>. Regardless of whether the report is made public, no one seems to expect any worse fate for <strong>Encore Boston Harbor<\/strong>\u00a0than a hefty fine. Chalk it up as a cost overrun.<\/p>\n<p>* We hear a lot of talking about geofencing, in connection with sports betting and <strong>Internet<\/strong> gambling. But how does it work? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/press\/casinos_tourism\/resorts-offers-peek-at-tech-that-protects-sports-bets\/article_f70d0642-f4b4-550e-a20d-080c6628e659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s how<\/a> <strong>Resorts Atlantic City<\/strong> does it. It&#8217;s all very <strong>James Bond<\/strong> and suchlike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effects of MGM Springfield on Connecticut tribal casinos are starting to show. To view the glass as half-empty, slot revenues at Mohegan Sun were down 17.5% last month and 15.5% lower at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The glass-half-full perspective is that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/slow-news-day\/\">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":[23,251,166,37,112,245,167,25,232,243,32,8,233],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22958"}],"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=22958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22959,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22958\/revisions\/22959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}