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Guess who's kvetching about his property tax bill<\/a>? Why it's our old buddy, Columbia Sussex<\/strong> CEO William J. Yung III<\/strong> — or at least his surrogates at Horizon Vicksburg<\/em>. It's been the better part of a year since Yung announced the sale of this riverboat to Nevada Gold<\/strong>, yet the deal still hasn't closed. (Too bad, because the promise of that $35 million was being used to palliate angry debtholders last winter.)<\/p>\n Even though Olympia Gaming and Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> have bailed out of their respective pursuits of casino ownership in Kansas' Wyandotte County<\/strong>, two Vegas-based companies are still in the running<\/a>. Pinnacle Entertainment<\/strong> has a lot of irons in the fire already and its wait-and-see attitude<\/a> toward Atlantic City development may not be what the Kansas Lottery Gaming Facilities Review Board<\/strong> (now there's a mouthful!) wants to hear. Golden Gaming<\/strong>'s experience, a brief stint at the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino<\/strong> aside, is of the small-scale variety, which may also provoke skepticism.<\/p>\n While tribal powerhouse Mohegan Sun<\/strong> is hurting on the Uncasville homefront lately, it's coming off a solid performance in Pennsylvania. I like its chances. Cordish Cos<\/strong>., whose pursuit of the Atlantic City Tropicana<\/strong> was recently rebuffed (for no good reason), is obviously itching to get into the casino industry in a big way. Perhaps its proven track record as a developer will outweigh its inexperience in the casinosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guess who's kvetching about his property tax bill? Why it's our old buddy, Columbia Sussex CEO William J. Yung III — or at least his surrogates at Horizon Vicksburg. It's been the better part of a year since Yung announced … Continue reading