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I’ve got a new column in this week’s Las Vegas Business Press: Nor is this kind of chicanery limited to poker. MF Global was, until last November, a large global financial derivatives dealer, making its money on its traders abilities to correctly speculate on the upward and downward movement of prices for bonds, commodities, and […]
Words of Caution in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressI had a busy morning yesterday. Every month, the day that the Nevada Gaming Control Board releases its monthly revenues numbers is a busy one. As usual, I prepared the historical summary for the month in question (November this time) and updated the rolling six-month summary. Here are the highlights and links. First, the monthly
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Center for Gaming Research, Two Way Hard ThreeIn this week’s Las Vegas Business Press, I look back at 2011, trying to see what the big lessons are: Closing the book on 2011 in the Las Vegas casino scene, one word comes to mind: paradox. There wasnt a clear trend leading us either into a more prosperous future or into the muck of
2011 Wrap-Up in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressIn case you missed it, I’ve had two posts on Two Way Hard Three this week–each, in its own way, looking backward. The first, Biggest Story of 2011–Six Nominees, breaks down what I think were the six biggest stories of 2011. The second, The Las Vegas Hilton: Looking Back, takes a look…back at the history of the
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Two Way Hard ThreeIn an opinion piece vindicated by last Thursday’s adoption of online poker rules for Nevada and the DoJ ruling that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting, I argue in the Las Vegas Business Press that politics won’t trump pragmatism when it comes to online gambling. The opposition of Adelson, who has solid political
Prohibition lessons for Net gaming in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressI’ve had a busy day. Going over yesterday’s changes to Nevada’s gaming regulations that open the door for online poker, I thought that it would be neat if someone created a sort of Cliff Notes guide to them. Then I realized that I was probably that someone. Five pages later, I was done. Here’s the
Nevada’s Online Poker Regulations & My Busy Day Read More »
Center for Gaming Research, Two Way Hard ThreeThis week Vegas Seven released its nightclub issue. Since that’s such a big part of the casino scene these days, I thought I’d tackle the question of how clubs rebrand in this week’s Green Felt Journal: In the wake of the Great Recession, nightclubs have been a crucial part of the identities and business plans
Reinventing the Party Machine in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenI don’t have a Green Felt Journal in this week’s Vegas Seven, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t contribute. This time out, I focused my gimlet eye on the fact that, several times over the past year, “local bloggers” beat the mainstream media to the punch: Looking back at the past year, several important casino
Breaking the Casino News in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenMy latest Las Vegas Business Press column is out. It’s about how the gaming law program at UNLV’s Boyd School of law is bucking a national trend and delivering a solid education in the practice of gaming law to its students: A recent New York Times article decried the current state of legal education, describing
Practical UNLV gaming law education in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressI had such a busy day yesterday I couldn’t share this, but I’ve got what I think is a fun Green Felt Journal in this week’s Vegas Seven. It’s all about cowboys: There’s still a perceptible drop in demand, which is why many casinos save major public-area renovations for the November-to-Christmas lacuna—witness the projects on
Our Annual Cowboy Makeover in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenThis week, my column in the Las Vegas Business Press looks at how a class at the William S. Boyd School of Law has helped Nevada take a step into the future of gaming, which I think is online: People have been gambling online for 15 years now. You don’t need to be a clairvoyant
Students get involed with gaming’s future in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressIf your Turkey Day could be made any better by having another Green Felt Journal to read (or if you’re more of my many international readers for whom this is just another Thursday), you are in luck: this week’s treat from Vegas Seven deals with the question of poker rules, and an organization with a
Rounders’ Rules in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenI was tied up with jury duty Monday and Tuesday so I didn’t get the chance to share my Las Vegas Business Press column about the possible implications of The Cosmopolitan’s charging for wifi: When The Cosmopolitan opened last December, its managers consciously positioned it as an in-the-moment alternative to the traditional Las Vegas casino.
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Two Way Hard Three, Vegas SevenIn addition to the big George Maloof interview, I’ve got two other pieces in this week’s http://www.weeklyseven.com. The first is my usual Green Felt Journal column, in which I ask the question “How do you clean sheets from 250,000 beds, 365 days a year…and get a fascinating answer from Brady Industries’ Travis Brady: Keeping Vegas
Laundry and elevensies in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenI’ve got a big story in today’s Vegas Seven–an up-close-and-personal interview with Palms founder and chairman George Maloof: George Maloof isn’t where he was four years ago. Back then, he was riding an epic winning streak. He had just opened the Fantasy Tower at his Palms Hotel, complete with such only-in-Vegas accommodations as the Hardwood
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Vegas SevenThis week, my Las Vegas Business Press column takes a look not at what technology is being introduced into casinos, but how it’s being used–and should be used: The technology used on casino floors has evolved considerably in the past two decades. And, as showcased at the recent Global Gaming Expo, it continues to do
Pros, cons of increased casino tech in the LVBP Read More »
Las Vegas Business PressThis week in my Green Felt Journal column I talk a little about the role of food in marketing a casino, the future of Downtown, and how the Plaza’s going to fare by looking at Terence Fong’s Island Sushi. From Vegas Seven: In that light, recruiting chef Terence Fong, owner of Henderson’s Island Sushi and
Island Sushi rundown plus social media talk in Vegas Seven Read More »
Two Way Hard ThreeIf you’re not tuned into my Twitter feed or don’t regularly check Two Way Hard Three, you will be surprised and, one hopes, delighted to hear that I’ve had a very productive few days there. This came about because, in the run-up to the Vegas Internet Mafia Family Picnic,* I wanted to stoke excitement by
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Two Way Hard ThreeIn the past few weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to have some very good conversations with people in the casino business that, I hope, have translated into good writing about the business. Here’s the first, a Green Felt Journal column about the challenges that Ramesh Sadhwani is taking on at Caesars Palace. From Vegas Seven:
Heavyweight Hospitality at Caesars in Vegas Seven Read More »
Vegas SevenI wrote up some of my thoughts on the new tech stuff at G2E for the Las Vegas Business Press. Take a look: The official theme of the Global Gaming Expo, held Oct. 3-6 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, was “innovation,”; but it could have been, more specifically, “convergence.” As always, there were
G2E convergence in the LVBP Read More »
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