{"id":27496,"date":"2020-07-09T07:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=27496"},"modified":"2020-07-09T07:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T15:08:56","slug":"canary-in-the-coal-mine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/canary-in-the-coal-mine-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Canary in the coal mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UQ0Kfm8Jhw\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In Asian cultures, safety protocols like wearing a face mask are routine\u2014they\u2019ve dealt with viral outbreaks in the past, it\u2019s not unusual,\u201d gaming consultant <strong>Andrew Klebanow<\/strong> told <em>Global Gaming News<\/em>. And though <strong>Covid-19<\/strong> cases spiked at 17,000 in <strong>Singapore<\/strong>, Klebanow&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbnews.com\/article\/analyst-why-singapores-likely-to-bounce-back-faster\/\">betting on it to recover faster<\/a> than other, less-prepared jurisdictions. (Skeptics are postponing a full recovery until 2023.) In comparison to the city-state, <strong>Nevada<\/strong> \u201cclosed for 78 days, but we didn\u2019t get much guidance from the <strong>CDC<\/strong> or the state for at least half that time, 45 days.\u201d Heck, Singapore was erecting protective barriers and shutting slot machines and practicing social distancing <em>before<\/em> it went into casino lockdown. While some aspects of Singapore&#8217;s paternalistic society wouldn&#8217;t go down so well over here, there&#8217;s  quite a bit to be learned from its proactive approach to <strong>Coronavirus<\/strong> in the casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Jottings<\/em><\/strong>: Invoking the spirit of <strong>Rosa Parks<\/strong> and words of <strong>Jan Jones Blackhurst<\/strong>, casino veteran <strong>Richard Schuetz<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbnews.com\/article\/be-a-rosa\/\">calls for civil disobedience<\/a> in gaming. Specifically, he urges women in the industry to boycott conferences that present &#8220;panels&#8221; (all-male panels) &#8230; The <strong>Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong> has split at least one baby in the <strong>Caesars Entertainment<\/strong>\/<strong>Eldorado Resorts<\/strong> merger. Operation of the sports books will be outsourced to <strong>William Hill<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a big loss for Caesars &#8230; The latter, meanwhile, has ordered all employees to get tested for Covid-19 by July 17 or else, as in &#8220;or else you&#8217;re off the schedule.&#8221; Great way to get an unwanted vacation &#8230; If you want to get out of <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong> right now, we&#8217;ve got good news. The &#8220;green buses&#8221; of <strong>FlixBus<\/strong> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flixbus.com\/?wt_mc=.us-com.flixbus.email.lifecycle.product.rampup.ad&amp;wt_cc1=rampup-activecity_us-com&amp;utm_source=lifecycle&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=product.rampup.rampup-activecity_us-com&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=us-com.flixbus\">resuming service<\/a> to Sin City with rates starting at $30. It&#8217;s cheaper and less enervating than driving, and far less of a hassle than flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Asian cultures, safety protocols like wearing a face mask are routine\u2014they\u2019ve dealt with viral outbreaks in the past, it\u2019s not unusual,\u201d gaming consultant Andrew Klebanow told Global Gaming News. And though Covid-19 cases spiked at 17,000 in Singapore, Klebanow&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/canary-in-the-coal-mine-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[244,34,268,14,199,283,207,25,108,243,19,100,252],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27496"}],"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=27496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27497,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27496\/revisions\/27497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}