{"id":26091,"date":"2020-02-12T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=26091"},"modified":"2020-10-16T07:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:09:08","slug":"new-deadline-for-oklahoma-nevada-casinos-notch-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/new-deadline-for-oklahoma-nevada-casinos-notch-new-high\/","title":{"rendered":"New deadline for Oklahoma; Nevada casinos notch new high"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti<\/strong> has\u00a0placed the ball on compact renewal squarely back in Oklahoma<\/strong>‘s court. However, he has\u2014to mix metaphors\u2014split the baby quite fairly<\/a>. And he’s given everyone a ticking clock\u00a0\"\"to make a deal. Both sides are to submit a wish list of possible arbitrators, from whom DeGiusti will draw one, and divide the cost of mediation 50\/50. Aforesaid mediation must be “completed or substantially completed” by the end of March. That means the Sooner State’s gaming tribes and Gov. Kevin Stitt<\/strong> (R) will be forced out of their did\/didn’t impasse over whether the compacts automatically renewed at the start of this year.<\/p>\n

Once that issue has been arbitrated\u2014DeGiusti having taken a pass on it\u2014one side or the other will have substantial incentive to reach an accord. If the tribes lose, they’ll probably have no choice but to pony up a severe tax increase. If Stitt loses, he’ll have to dangle “something of value” (read<\/em>: sports betting) to get a quid pro quo from the tribes. It’s a high-risk gambit for everyone involved but, with both sides implacably entrenched, there doesn’t seem to be any other way around it. Technically speaking, the tribes are already at a disadvantage, having put their marbles on the federal courts as a forum for this issue. No such luck.<\/p>\n

Jottings<\/strong><\/em>: Casinos in Nevada<\/strong> hit an all-time best in F&B sales last year: $5 billion. Gambling is still king, at $8.75 billion. Customers spent $3 billion on meals and a pie-eyed $2 billion on booze. Believe it or not, comped drinks (and rooms) were way up from 2009. The average casino grossed $84.5 million last year overall … The worst owner in the NFL<\/strong>, Dan Snyder<\/strong> wants a sports-betting license<\/a> in Virginia<\/strong>, after first pitching the idea to Maryland<\/strong>. But when is he going to field a winning team? … Harrah’s Ak-Chin<\/strong> has completed a three-year, $100 million expansion<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cMaricopa<\/strong>\u2019s bustling economy is great for business, but the local unemployment rate has made it difficult to fill open and specialty positions with local residents,\u201d said\u00a0Employment Manager Lauren Conley<\/strong>. So what was that about Desert Diamond Casino<\/strong> being bad for the local economy? … Macao<\/strong> authorities are exquisitely noncommittal<\/a> about lifting the “suspension period” for casinos when it theoretically expires on Feb. 19. Seven hotels have also been shuttered, the latest being Melco Resorts & Entertainment<\/strong>‘s Altira<\/strong>, closed “until further notice in order to curb the spread of the new strain of coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti has\u00a0placed the ball on compact renewal squarely back in Oklahoma‘s court. However, he has\u2014to mix metaphors\u2014split the baby quite fairly. And he’s given everyone a ticking clock\u00a0to make a deal. Both sides are to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109,18,14,283,62,72,222,207,115,74,243,31,20,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26091"}],"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=26091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28300,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26091\/revisions\/28300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}