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What do you do when the news is too short to justify a paragraph but too big to be ignored? How about a big-ass session of …<\/p>\n

Jottings<\/strong><\/em>: Mike Brooks<\/strong> and Tim Brooks<\/strong>, owners of the Emerald Isle Casino<\/strong> are doubling down<\/a> on Henderson<\/strong>. They’ve bought the Rainbow Club<\/strong> from Peppermill Casinos<\/strong>. The Brooks brothers are described as “well-respected” in Henderson … David L. Kennedy<\/strong>, who served briefly as Scientific Games<\/strong>‘ CEO and lengthily on its board of directors, is stepping down<\/a> for “personal and family reasons.” S&G<\/em> hopes nothing is seriously amiss … Kansas<\/strong> is offering early contract renewal for casino-management companies\u2014in return for a 2% tax hike<\/a>. They’ve already got one taker, Boot Hill Casino<\/strong> … Terre Haute<\/strong> is all but a \"\"done deal for Spectacle Entertainment<\/strong>. The filing deadline for applications came and went, and nothing was heard from Full House Resorts<\/strong> (strange inaction from Dan Lee<\/strong>). A casino award is expected early next year<\/a> … Christmas came early for investors who bought Gaming & Leisure Properties<\/strong> stock while it was stagnating earlier this year. Currently it’s up over 8% this quarter and outperforming the S&P 500<\/strong>. GLPI is gaining on Vici Properties<\/strong>, still the favored gaming REIT, and doing far better than MGM Growth Properties<\/strong> … Casinos in Baton Rouge<\/strong> seem finally to have hit bottom, down only 1%<\/a> in October, for an $18 million gross. It would actually have been a revenue-positive month except for a stinker of a performance by \"\"Belle of Baton Rouge<\/strong>, plummeting 23% to $2 million. L’Auberge Baton Rouge<\/strong>\u00a0(pictured<\/em>) was up 3% to $12 million and Hollywood Casino<\/strong> was up 2% to $4 million … South Korea<\/strong> is getting a bit spooked by forthcoming megaresorts in Japan<\/strong>. There’s a call for more casinos<\/a> in the Incheon<\/strong> area. It already has one casino, as many as four more on the way (including the now-doubtful Caesars Korea<\/strong> project) and wants two to three additional ones. A selling point is that land in the Incheon Free Economic Zone<\/strong> is cheaper than in Nippon, where it could represent 40% of project cost … Whoever in Las Vegas<\/strong> thought of glueing cowboy hats onto pigeons not only got airtime<\/a>, he may be putting the birds at risk from raptors and suchlike. He’s probably a Raiders fan, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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