{"id":27796,"date":"2020-08-20T07:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=27796"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:50:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:50:59","slug":"holy-toledo-sigma-derby-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/holy-toledo-sigma-derby-needs-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Toledo!; Sigma Derby needs you"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ohio<\/strong> casinos didn’t just outperform the Midwest during July, they had their best month ever. What gives? Well, Detroit<\/strong> was still off-limits (redounding to the considerable benefit of Hollywood Toledo<\/strong>) and discretionary capital was clearly plentiful. The four non-racinos hadn’t even come close to this number since March 2013. “What\u2019s remarkable about these figures is that they were reached when all four casino resorts were dealing with the effects of Covid-19<\/strong>, returning from state-mandated lockdowns with fewer customers, fewer machines and almost no amenities,” reports David Ross<\/strong>. Hollywood Toledo’s $33 million obliterated the previous apogee, a $26 million month for Jack Cleveland<\/strong>. Said Ohio Casino Control Commission <\/strong>spokeswoman Jessica Franks<\/strong>, “July was a weird case scenario and Toledo was very much an outlier.\u201d And a very profitable one, Franks speculates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would guess that for folks who have entertainment dollars, their options are fairly limited and perhaps they\u2019re choosing to go the casinos\u2014that\u2019s one place where they can have some fun,\u201d Franks adds. You can hardly go to the movies in the Buckeye State and concerts are verboten. So long as that’s the case, expect casinos to continue prospering. (Racinos were not including in the OCCC’s report because they answer to the Ohio Lottery<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just in time for National Aviation Day, passengers came to blows on an American Airlines<\/strong> flight out of Las Vegas<\/strong>. The cabin was already crammed when one flier’s refusal to abide by American’s mask-wearing rule starting exchanging fisticuffs with another traveler. The fracas was caught on video<\/a> and, as Fox News<\/strong> put it, “Throwing punches is certainly not social distancing.” Neither is the crowded cabin, one in which we would not set foot knowingly. Authorities were summoned and the woman who caused the ruckus was seen exiting the plane. Well, she got to spend a little more time in Vegas, whether she wanted to or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n