{"id":24799,"date":"2019-08-29T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=24799"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:55:43","slug":"cherokee-go-to-d-c-maybe-ivey-cleaned-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/cherokee-go-to-d-c-maybe-ivey-cleaned-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherokee go to D.C. (maybe); Ivey cleaned out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Native American tribes have a hard time being heard in Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u00a0So it was past time that the Cherokee Nation<\/strong> took advantage of a treaty provision two centuries\u00a0old<\/a> and nominated a delegate to our nation’s capitol. The actual decision \"\"hasn’t been made but the tribe is mulling it more seriously than at any time previous.\u00a0\u201cOver 184 years ago, our ancestors bargained for a guarantee that we would always have a voice in the Congress.\u00a0It is time for the United States to uphold its end of the bargain,\u201d proclaimed Principal Chief John Hoskin Jr<\/strong>. (We agree.) If it does, the 300,000-strong Cherokee would join\u00a0Puerto Rico<\/strong>, American Samoa<\/strong>, Guam<\/strong>, Northern Mariana Islands<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Virgin Islands<\/strong> in have delegates who can vote in committee but not on the floor.<\/p>\n

Hoskin’s choice, Kim Teehee<\/strong>, has Washington experience from her time in the Obama administration, as senior policy advisor for Native American affairs in the\u00a0Domestic Policy Council<\/strong>, which \"\"gives her a leg up on your average freshman congresswoman. She’d provide a welcome, indigenous voice to the frequently stale debate on Capitol Hill<\/strong>. And, given the Cherokee’s considerable gaming holdings, which include a Hard Rock<\/strong>-branded casino and Will Rogers Downs<\/strong>, Teehee would be poised to be an important influence-maker for the casino industry If it happens, the Cherokee will have one foot in statehood and one in sovereign nationality. Then again, Congress could always refuse to seat Teehee (breaking yet another treaty in the process). Throw the bums out!<\/p>\n

* Las Vegas<\/strong> easily absorbed 1,202 new hotel rooms last month, with occupancy at 91%. That’s thanks in part to 499,000 conventioneers, a 22% increase (and including the ASD Show<\/strong>, which actually concluded in August). Average room rates on the Las Vegas Strip<\/strong> were $136\/night and occupancy was 93%. While auto traffic was static at the California<\/strong> border was static, it was up 4% on all major highways (thank you, Utah<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

* Casino regulators cracked knuckles in Iowa<\/strong>. Out $20,000 is Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino<\/strong> for allowing underage play. \u201cFor Prairie Meadows, this was the second incident in the last 365 days. If there would happen to be a third, those fines would escalate,\u201d said Iowa Racing &\u00a0Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko<\/strong>. William Hill<\/strong> failed to upload self-exclusion data<\/a> into its screening program, which is considered the same as allowed barred patrons to play. Pay the man $5,000.<\/p>\n

* Speaking of payment, Phil Ivey<\/strong> is out $124,410, monies confiscated by Borgata<\/strong> and seen by some as the end of Ivey’s World Series of Poker<\/strong> career. This won’t be the last time the U.S. Marshals show up to take Ivey’s dough, as he owes MGM Resorts International<\/strong> $10 million, a figure that would drive a lesser man to suicide. Ivey was found guilty of cleaning Borgata out of $9.6 million by the technique of ‘edge sorting’<\/a> and the judge threw in Ivey’s $500,000 craps payday for good measure. All of which means Ivey is going to be avoid U.S. tourneys and stashing his cash offshore. Since British casinos already have an eye out for Ivey’s edge-sorting at baccarat, he may have trouble finding the money to satisfy the court.<\/p>\n

* This is a fine story about beer tourism<\/a>. However, it fails to mention a single casino resort\u2014not even The Venetian<\/strong>, which has its own cicerone (a sommelier for beer). Tsk, tsk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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