{"id":7727,"date":"2011-10-17T16:15:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T00:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=7727"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T18:19:12","slug":"florida-bend-over-slots-on-the-loose-in-a-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/florida-bend-over-slots-on-the-loose-in-a-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida: Bend over & grab; Slots on the loose in A.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

Background investigations in Nevada<\/strong> — at least before the budgetary axe starting falling on the Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong> — were said to be an indescribably unpleasant experience. As award-winning local columnist Michael Green<\/strong> once pointed out, when Gary Loveman<\/strong> was a faculty member at Harvard University, he would have had to attend departmental meetings … and yet he still<\/em> pronounced his Nevada suitability investigation to be the worst experience of his life.<\/p>\n

\"\"Similar rectal probes will be part of the entry process<\/a> to Florida<\/strong>‘s growing casino industry, as enabling legislation continues to take shape. Anything less than a rigorous regulatory framework would likely doom the bill. Perhaps Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> is beginning to realize it’s not driving the bus. In any event, it says it’s prepared to go along with a synthesis of Nevada and New Jersey<\/strong>‘s oversight regimes. Genting Berhad<\/strong> is still pining for the Sunshine State’s jerry-rigged status quo<\/em>, which trifurcates gaming regulation amongst three state bodies. However, it’s grudgingly coming around to a more stringent model. Both it and Sands have Macao<\/strong>-related issues that could prove sticky, if they’re among the three lucky licensees, but it’s not going to improve their chances to resist scrutiny, obviously.<\/p>\n

\"\"Vegas, look to thy laurels<\/strong>. Although the Tropicana Las Vegas<\/strong> has been struggling of late, its former sibling in Atlantic City<\/strong> is making headlines of a more positive nature. It plans to experiment with scattering slot machines and other gaming positions amongst the retail\/dining offerings of The Quarter<\/strong>. In Nevada, every gambling position has to be viewable to casino surveillance, so it will be interesting to see how successfully New Jersey finesses this new logistical challenge. Also, there will be a much lower threshold of access for minors who might have a slot jones. The chances for tots-on-slots, bad PR and state sanctions will be pretty high, as this is clearly a desperation move on the part of both state and casino. (If slots in a mall will “outperform the ones in the regular casino,” why have<\/em> a casino?) Expect a stampede of would-be imitators on the Boardwalk<\/strong> even before the Atlantic City Tropicana<\/strong>‘s pilot project wraps in late February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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