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In case you missed it, I posted a piece yesterday on Two Way Hard Three talking about Wynn Resorts and China: In today’s flurry of email headlines (which continue whether I’m in the office or not) I read a blurb saying that Wynn Resorts “has become”; a Chinese company. Certainly this is no surprise to […]
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news about gambling, Two Way Hard ThreeA while ago I posted that report on Nevada gaming revenue trends from 1984 to 2010. I decided to write an extended opinion piece about one facet of that report for the Las Vegas Business Press (not the Las Vegas Journal-Business Review): In general, the past quarter century has been good for Nevada gaming: revenues
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Las Vegas Business PressThis Thursday I have a new Green Felt Journal in Vegas Seven. It’s about the implications of William Hill’s growing footprint in Nevada sports betting, which I think is noteworthy: With all of the sound and fury stirred up by the recent “Black Friday” indictments of three online poker operators, some major news that’s bringing
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Vegas SevenIf you’re not completely sick of opinion pieces about online poker, here’s my two cents, from the Las Vegas Business Press: The recent Black Friday indictments in which federal prosecutors charged three of the world’s biggest online poker providers with fraud and violating the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act have rocked the poker world. In
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Las Vegas Business Press, writingIn this week’s Las Vegas Business Press, I look at what the continued reliance on baccarat means for Nevada: Since the second quarter of 2010, the fortunes of the Las Vegas Strip — and, by proxy, of Nevada’s gaming industry — have been tied to baccarat. The game’s had a presence in Nevada since the
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Las Vegas Business PressA little while ago, I had a really interesting conversation with J Barnard, who does a whole range of things at the Casino Royale. I thought he had a really interesting story, so I decided to share, via Vegas Seven: It’s not easy for the little guy on the Las Vegas Strip these days. Of
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Vegas SevenKeeping my finger on the pulse of Vegas entertainment, I decided last week to check out the official unveiling of the Blue Man Group interactive statue and write about it for Vegas Seven: Last Wednesday, with a T-shirt slingshot and plenty of Twinkies, a new colossus had its formal debut on the Strip. In front
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Vegas SevenWhile answering questions about the impact of the Black Friday indictments on Nevada poker, I thought I’d take a look at what impact previous interdiction attempts (the passage of UIGEA, the implementation of UIGEA) had on Nevada poker. So I compiled a month-by-month summary of Nevada’s poker results for the past seven years. Because I
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Center for Gaming Research, news about gambling, Two Way Hard ThreeThere’s a Green Felt Journal in today’s Vegas Seven, focusing on what many slot players don’t see: To most players, slot machines are only screen deep. The spinning reels are what’s important. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes that makes the action possible. Without back-end systems to track play and account for
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Vegas SevenSometimes I like to share things that I find while plumbing through the archives, just because. Yesterday I did just that at Two Way Hard Three: Working on my lecture for tomorrow about Las Vegas gaming in the 1980s and 1990s, I wanted to go back to some of the original sources. So I’ve been
Talking about Steve Wynn talking about Mirage at TWHT Read More »
Two Way Hard ThreeI wrote a quick review of some of Kirk Kerkorian’s earlier history in Las Vegas for Two Way Hard Three this morning: Kirk Kerkorian is stepping down from his position on the board of MGM Resorts International in June. It’s a significant milestone for Las Vegas gaming, since he’s one of the few remaining links
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Two Way Hard ThreeIn addition to the statistical reports I’ve written in my official capacity, I’ve got a few thoughts I’d like to share about what the numbers mean over on Two Way Hard Three: Every month, Revenue Day is always a bit of a mixed blessing for me. It means a lot of fairly frenetic number crunching
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Two Way Hard ThreeI got an email a few weeks ago from Gena Marler, co-owner of the Vegas Box, asking me if I’d like to share news about her company on this blog. I thought it was an interesting idea, and I’m always in favor of giving start-ups some attention, so I decided to write a Green Felt
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Vegas SevenEveryone’s been talking about the “Dotty’s issue” here in Vegas, so I thought I’d focus on an aspect that hasn’t received as much press–the moratorium that was in effect from December to April on new taverns. Here’s my Vegas Seven article: The debate over the “Dotty’s model” of a gaming tavern—an establishment with no kitchen,
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Vegas SevenI’ve got a new piece up in the Las Vegas Business Press about how the current debate over legalizing online gaming in Nevada is really informed by the past development of gaming in relation to technology. But I don’t think it’s as boring as it sounds: With the current debate over Assembly Bill 258, which
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Las Vegas Business PressHere’s a Vegas Seven story I had a lot of fun writing, about Downtown’s analog to the Cosmopolitan’s “hidden” pizzeria: a hidden casino: By now, everyone’s heard about the Cosmopolitan’s secret pizzeria. There’s no sign, and it’s down a hallway decorated with LPs, but they do serve a tasty slice. Apparently, a lot of people
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Vegas SevenIt’s Thursday, so there’s a new Vegas Seven out. I’ve got two pieces in this one. Here’s the first, about betting on the Final Four: March might be mad, but it’s also pretty lucrative for Las Vegas sports books. Most of the big casinos make betting on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament the centerpiece of
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Vegas SevenI’ve got a new piece up on Two Way Hard Three, about the Riviera’s recently-released annual report and what it says about the North Strip: Riviera Holdings Corp, the company that owns the bankrupt Riviera casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, recently released its annual report. The company had a rough year, and a
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Two Way Hard ThreeMy final bit of writing for this week’s Vegas Seven is a Green Felt Journal column about the impact of a potential NFL work stoppage, exclusive of any lost gaming revenue. Here, I’m looking at how the locals would be impacted: That a work stoppage will hurt the casinos of Las Vegas—particularly on the Strip—is
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Vegas Seven, writingA few weeks ago, I visited the Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana. I shared some of my thoughts here, and then thought about it some more. The result is a feature piece Vegas Seven magazine: With fedora-wearing ticket-takers and an almost-Technicolor presentation, it’s clear that the Mob Experience isn’t a dry, academic colloquium
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