{"id":837,"date":"2009-08-06T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/8\/6\/Get-em-while-theyre-young"},"modified":"2018-09-28T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T17:03:09","slug":"get-em-while-theyre-young-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/get-em-while-theyre-young-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get 'em while they're young"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the Atlantic City Hilton<\/strong>‘s most valued players was a 19-year-old from Brooklyn. This baby whale was sufficiently lucrative to the Colony C(r)apital<\/strong> property that he received a comped stay and qualified as a “rated player.”<\/p>\n

Better still, A.C. Hilton execs allowed him to keep playing even after they’d been tipped off<\/a> to his juniority. Nice work! Step right up, Colony, and collect your reward — a $115K fine from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission<\/strong>. Apparently the Hilton simply took the youngster’s word that he was old enough to gamble before handing him the keys to kingdom.<\/p>\n

Colony may be able to buy casinos but it sure as shooting can’t run ’em. Frank Fertitta III<\/strong> may not have been the best monarch of Station Casinos<\/strong> but, compared to majority owners Colony, it’s another case where the one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind.<\/p>\n

One sings, the other doesn’t (quite)<\/strong>: Not only is Ali Spuck<\/strong>‘s new Liberace Museum<\/strong> show a real value proposition at $15\/ticket but, hot damn, she’s Spucktastic<\/a>. As for Charo in Concert: A Musical Sensation<\/em><\/a>, at the Riviera<\/strong>, it’s something for everyone but not that much for anyone. Although Charo<\/strong> “goes to 11” on the Camp-o-Meter, gay audiences (and Baby Boomers, too) seem likelier to flock to Spuck.<\/p>\n

Bleary blogger<\/strong>: My apologies for the disappointing blogorrhea of late. I’ve been immersed in a crash course on the crash-and-burn of Russia<\/strong>‘s casino industry (R.I.P.). Throw in some computer troubles and I’d conservatively estimate I’m three days behind the rest of the gaming world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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