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Why Billion-Dollar Buyer Tilman Fertitta Is Betting Big on Las Vegas

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My most recent Forbes post examines why Tilman Fertitta is interested in expanding his Las Vegas footprint. The pending departure of Caesars CEO Mark Frissora makes this only more intriguing. It’s no secret that Las Vegas has had its challenges this year. So when, earlier this month, billion dollar buyer Fertitta proposed a merger with casino […]

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Landry’s Marina takeover talk in Two Way Hard Three

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If you’ve missed it, I’ve got a post up at Two Way Hard Three that explains Landry’s purchase of Trump Marina and the return of the Golden Nugget to Atlantic City, with some bonus historical context: Landry’s Inc. a Houston-based company that owns a full spread of restaurant chains and Downtown Las Vegas and Laughlin’s

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Casino Facebook games in Vegas Seven

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At last I’m able to update my blog–it’s been a very busy day. I wanted to do a win/slot analysis to address the “fewer slot machines, but they have more games so it’s OK” idea, but that’s going to have to wait. Instead, read about my latest Vegas Seven column, which covers casinos breaking into

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Book Review: Double or Nothing

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Tom Breitling with Cal Fussman. Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas’ Legendary Casinos. New York: Collins, 2008. 256 pp. In honor of tomorrow’s Vegas Gang uber-podcast, which will feature Tom Breitling, I am at long last posting my review of his new casino tell-all. Enjoy! Until

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Manchester not so super

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Manchester won’t be getting a Golden Nugget-sized “supercasino” anytime soon, thanks to the House of Lords (not the Sahara’s quondam steakhouse). From the Sun: PLANS to build Britain’s first supercasino in Manchester were THROWN OUT by the House of Lords yesterday. In a disaster for Prime Minister Tony Blair and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, peers

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A look at the past

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Doing my job at the Center for Gaming Research, I run across all sorts of interesting facts. For example, take this gem, pulled from the 1979 Form 10-K for Golden Nugget, Inc.: The Registrant’s hotel provides luxury accomodations and facilities. Management emphasizes courtesy and service to its customers and attempts to maintain a high standard

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