{"id":28072,"date":"2020-10-01T06:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=28072"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:54:56","slug":"case-bets-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"289\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Plainridge5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Plainridge5.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Plainridge5-150x59.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Congratulations to <strong>Plainridge Park<\/strong>. The <strong>Penn National Gaming<\/strong> racino celebrated five years in business and the renewal of its <strong>Massachusetts<\/strong> gaming license. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/09\/30\/business\/plainridge-park-becomes-first-mass-casino-win-license-renewal\/?et_rid=753721489&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">The decision was unanimous<\/a>. (And why not?) While Plainridge Park has seen its revenues cut into by <strong>Encore Boston Harbor<\/strong>, it still posts some of the best win\/slot\/day numbers in the Bay State. General Manager <strong>Lance George<\/strong> is leaving, however, moving up to <strong>Argosy Riverside<\/strong> in <strong>Kansas City<\/strong>. Subordinate <strong>North Grounsell<\/strong> takes his place. Plainridge will be going forward with a reduced workforce, following the Great Shutdown. Said Penn CEO <strong>Jay Snowden<\/strong> of the occasion, &#8220;The [<strong>Massachusetts Gaming<\/strong>] <strong>Commission<\/strong> has set high standards for the integrity of gaming and racing in Massachusetts, and we pledge to continue to uphold these principles over the next five years and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Jottings<\/em><\/strong>: A <strong>Covid-19<\/strong> outbreak among the <strong>Tennessee Titans<\/strong> has caused <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/09\/30\/sports\/titans-steelers-game-postponed-wake-nfls-first-covid-19-outbreak\/?et_rid=753721489&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">the first disruption<\/a> of the <strong>NFL<\/strong>&#8216;s regular-season schedule. Is there a prop bet for occurrences like this? &#8230; So long, <strong>Mac Davis<\/strong>. The singer-songwriter is best known to some of us for his &#8220;In the Ghetto&#8221; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/as-long-as-im-making-music-i-cant-do-nobody-wrong-mac-davis-sweet-songs-sail-into-paradise\/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The+Daily+Co-Write:+September+30,+2020&amp;utm_campaign=American+Songwriter+Daily+Co-Write+9\/30\/20\" target=\"_blank\">and has died at age 78<\/a>. When <strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong> sang it, it sounded like The King has cruised through the barrio once in a limo with tinted windows. When Davis recorded it, he made it sound like he&#8217;d just come from the ghetto that moment and had something urgent to say &#8230; <strong>Park MGM<\/strong> reopened yesterday <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vegas.eater.com\/2020\/9\/30\/21494693\/restaurants-bars-reopen-park-mgm-nomad-coronavirus-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">with a full slate of bars and restaurants<\/a>. Here&#8217;s hoping the no-smoking experiment works well enough to inspire emulation &#8230; <strong>Station Casinos<\/strong> has raised the minimum sports bet from $5 to $10. We know sports books are a low-margin department but still &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Plainridge Park. The Penn National Gaming racino celebrated five years in business and the renewal of its Massachusetts gaming license. The decision was unanimous. (And why not?) While Plainridge Park has seen its revenues cut into by Encore &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-37\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,112,245,39,69,25,74,243,57,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28072"}],"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=28072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28074,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28072\/revisions\/28074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}