I don’t know if I’ll make this a regular feature, but this sound bite was just so incredible, I couldn’t pass it up: One young female, walking down the stairs at Lied Library at UNLV, chatting animatedly on her cell phone, completely oblivious to her surroundings: “So my Daddy wanted to give me money to […]
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life in vegasThere’s a very interesting story about Macau from the Independent: The Grand Waldo is a large casino with 168 tables and 334 slot machines, but it also has restaurants, shops, a luxury hotel, spa, nightclubs, a fitness centre, a swimming pool, a children’s playground and, inevitably for a casino targeted at the Chinese, karaoke facilities.
I’d like to thank everyone who turned out for the International Launch of Roll the Bones last Saturday at Mandalay Place. It was really great to read selections from my book about gambling history in a casino. I’d also like to thank Debra Belcoff and everyone at the Reading Room, as well as the good
It’s been no secret that the Sands will be closing, but now it’s official: Atlantic City’s second casino to close will do so on November 11: From the AC Press: At 6 o’clock in the morning, gamblers will be shooed off the casino floor. By noon, the last hotel guests will have packed up and
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atlantic cityI don’t usually post music reviews, and I haven’t seen this group yet, but this could be interesting. It showed up in my inbox courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton’s Hotsheet: Imagine sipping champagne in Tempo, the Las Vegas Hilton’s high-energy lounge, and beautiful women playing strings walk by your table. This is not a
I did a quick interview with Jeff Gillen on Las Vegas One’s News One at night last night, which went really well, at least according to people who saw it and let me know about it. So the buildup to the international launch of Roll the Bones continues. I also sent this bulletin out on
Many people have been writing about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement act, so I thought it might be a good idea to punch up the actual text of the SAFE Port Act, H.R. 4954, which the House and Senate passed and have forwarded to the president, along with my comments. So what will this bill
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news about gamblingCultural conservatives, anti-gamblers, and others opposed to gambling on the Internet scored a victory this Sunday when Congress slipped the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into an unrelated port security bill, thus banning gambling on the Internet. Or did they? Yahoo.finance uk explains: It’s a safe bet that the passage of anti-Internet gambling legislation by
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gambling & cultureI’m out of the office for a day, and two HUGE stories break: Congress passes an Internet gaming ban, and the world’s biggest gaming company might be bought out. Adding to the fun, Harrah’s and Boyd swap land, paving the way for Harrah’s redevelopment of its center Strip holdings. Here’s the HET buyout, from AP: