{"id":25344,"date":"2019-11-12T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=25344"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:56:36","slug":"wynn-elaine-did-me-dirty-new-jersey-rakes-it-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wynn-elaine-did-me-dirty-new-jersey-rakes-it-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynn: Elaine did me dirty; New Jersey rakes it in"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the principle that two wrongs make a right, disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn<\/strong> is accusing ex-wife Elaine Wynn<\/strong> of stirring up the Wall Street Journal<\/em> story that ended his career. This comes by way of testimony<\/a> by one Ren\u00e9e Palleggi<\/strong> that Mrs. Wynn paid her a six-figure sum to accuse \"\"Mr. Wynn of rape. Palleggi adds that Elaine Wynn gave the Journal<\/em> the names of 150 women to ask about her husband’s sexual misconduct. Where there’s that much smoke there’s bound to be a modicum of fire. (Elaine Wynn denies the allegations.) The testimony comes as Steve Wynn tries to snuff out a lawsuit by former hairdresser Jorgen Nielsen<\/strong> that now-CEO Matt Maddox<\/strong> and others at Wynn Resorts<\/strong> engaged in espionage against him for having taken a public stand against Mr. Wynn. “They say Nielsen is a self-described close friend of Elaine\u2019s and thinks she\u2019ll benefit from his efforts,” reports Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For his part, Nielsen said he was deposed in favor of Andrea Hissom<\/strong>‘s favorite stylist. (Hissom’s son, model Nick “Hizzy” Hissom<\/strong> was once seriously \u00a0proposed<\/a> by Steve Wynn as his successor.) Nielsen, who is being sued by Mr. Wynn for defamation, is seeking $500,000 in damages. His attorney says Wynn Resorts is still “in lockstep” with its founder, despite claims to have expunged all traces of him. As for Palleggi, she describes herself as a close friend of Steve Wynn and even named her son Wynn out of gratitude. Ewwww! Brain bleach!<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Here’s an excellent feature<\/a> on “the carpetbagging gamblers of the Garden State,” disenfranchised New York<\/strong> citizens who are trekking to the fringes of New Jersey<\/strong> to place sports bets. They can’t do it in the Gotham \"\"area, a situation unlikely to change anytime soon.\u00a0\u201cI know people who drive to the Vince Lombardi<\/strong> rest station just to make their bets,\u201d said former Garden State Gov. Chris Christie <\/strong>(R). It’s a big win for GeoComply<\/strong>, maker of New Jersey’s highly effective geofencing software. 80% of all mobile wagers are being made within 10 miles of the state border. According to FanDuel<\/strong>, 25% of its business is attributable to New Yorkers. As Esquire<\/em> writes of the train terminals and rest areas that are the new Lourdes<\/strong>\u00a0of sports bettors, “The Borgata<\/strong> it isn\u2019t. But convenience beats out coddling …\u00a0the house is open all day and all night, and it\u2019s less than twenty minutes from midtown Manhattan<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

In other New Jersey news, you can now place bets on e-sports, at least to the extent of the League of Legends World Championship<\/strong>, the Super Bowl<\/strong> of e-sports. Borgata immediately posted odds<\/a> on the LoL, as it’s known. Casino prexy Marcus Glover<\/strong> said,\u00a0\u201cWe are grateful to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement<\/strong>\u00a0for their partnership in helping advance such an innovative initiative.\u201d Borgata’s example was rapidly followed by\u00a0FanDuel and PlaySugarHouse<\/strong> and FoxBet<\/strong>. The move is timely, coming as it does on the heels of a new study that says e-sports viewers will reach 300 million by 2022. A lot of them won’t be of gambling age but that’s still a tranche the casino industry will want to cultivate.<\/p>\n