{"id":7974,"date":"2011-11-22T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2023-01-02T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:21:23","slug":"adelson-making-mischief-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/adelson-making-mischief-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Adelson making mischief in Massachusetts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This just in<\/em>: Scarcely was the ink dry on Massachusetts<\/strong>‘ new casino law when the state got slapped with litigation<\/a>. The issue? The law’s “explicit, race-based set-asides that give federally recognized Indian tribes a categorical advantage over all other applicants in seeking a commercial gaming license in Southeastern Massachusetts<\/em>.” Bay State lawmakers juiced one, unspecified tribe into one of the state’s three casino licenses. It’s a defensive measure to keep the Mashpee Wampanoags<\/strong> from making an IGRA<\/strong>-based end run around the bill and creating a fourth casino resort in Massachusetts. A Wampanoag casino would preclude one in Boston<\/strong> … and guess who hails from the Bostonian suburb of Dorchester<\/strong>? Sheldon Adelson<\/strong>, that’s who. The litigant, KG Urban Enterprises<\/strong>, specializes in redevelopment. Its pride and joy? Its joint venture partner on that project?<\/p>\n

Call me jaded but I sense the not-so-fine hand of Sultan Sheldon at work here, especially since he has a long history of using litigation as a first-strike weapon. The trail of breadcrumbs may stop just short of Las Vegas Sands<\/strong>‘ doorstep but there’s only one degree of separation missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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