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July 30, 2010 100730
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Place
your bets: Online gambling clears obstacle
WASHINGTON -- Congress took a step on Wednesday to allow for legalized
gambling over the Internet when a House panel approved a bill that
would license companies to offer online poker and other casino games.
PokerStars Applauds the Passage of the Internet Gambling Regulation,
Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act
LONDON, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PokerStars, the world's largest
poker site, welcomes news of the successful mark up of H.R. 2267: The
Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act
in the House Financial Services Committee by an overwhelming,
bipartisan margin of 41-22.
The UIGEA aka The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
In the final moments of the last Republican dominated session, Rep.
Bill Frist attached a bill to the Safe Port Act without anyone in the
Senate having any knowledge of it until fifteen minutes before the Act
hit the floor for debate. The Safe Port Act was/is an important act
that protects the security of the US borders and it passed almost
unanimously in both the Senate and House. And so the Unlawful Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act (aka the UIGEA), the bill that former senator
Frist scandalously attached to the Safe Port Act, passed and the
Internet gambling world was left with their collective mouths agape.
Station
Casinos, bondholders settle dispute
RENO - A development in the Station Casinos Inc. bankruptcy case
Wednesday may clear the way for the Las Vegas company to avoid
continued litigation as it emerges from bankruptcy with the founding
Fertitta family still in control.
Boyd
won't bid on Station properties
Boyd Gaming Corp. said today it was no longer interested in acquiring
several resorts owned by rival Station Casinos and will not participate
in next week's planned bankruptcy court auction of those properties.
Pinnacle
posts loss, sells jets, closes offices
ST. LOUIS - Pinnacle Entertainment lost $49.3 million in the
second quarter, compared with a profit of $4.7 million a year earlier,
despite an 8 percent increase in revenue driven by the opening of River
City Casino in south St. Louis County.
MGM
Resorts sells land under Atlantic City's Borgata casino
ATLANTIC CITY — MGM Resorts International is selling the land
underneath Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for $73 million as part of
its exit strategy from Atlantic City, the gaming giant announced
Tuesday.
Atlantic
City officials reject word 'takeover,' any comparison of city with
Camden
As Gov. Chris Christie's aggressive plan for state involvement in
Atlantic City leaked out Tuesday, observers started to use a dreaded,
polarizing term: "state takeover."
Bad
Bet: Pinnacle Cuts Its Losses on Atlantic City
After its losing bet on Atlantic City, Pinnacle Entertainment is giving
up its plan to build a Las Vegas style resort on the city’s storied
boardwalk.
9
indicted in theft of $168,000 from Potawatomi
MILWAUKEE - An employee of Potawatomi Bingo and Casino and eight of his
friends were indicted Tuesday on charges that they stole $168,000 from
the casino by cheating on the Pick 8 bingo game.
Obama
signs ‘historic’ Tribal Law and Order Act
Many tribal police have no access to criminal history records. As a
result, when pulling over a suspect, the officer has no background on
the person who is detained. The bill will provide tribal police greater
access to criminal history databases such as the National Crime
Information Center (NCIC).
Buffalo
Thunder will miss another bond payment
SANTA FE, NM - Pojoaque Pueblo will miss an upcoming bond payment on
its Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino, Gov. George Rivera said.
Thanks to Green Chip member Pig
Barber
for posting the above link.
Gaming
Companies Steer Clear of Las Vegas
Remember when the name Las Vegas Sands meant something? There was
a Sands Hotel, sand dunes were practically out the front door, and all
of the company's revenue was in Las Vegas. Boy, times have changed.
Wynn
Resorts reports booming profits
Wynn Resorts more than doubled its profits during the second quarter of
2010 as business continued to boom in the Macau region of China.
Privacy
commissioner orders shutdown of BCLC online gambling site until
glitches can be fixed
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Provincial privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham has
ordered the government’s online gambling website to remain shut down
until the B.C. Lottery Corp. can find out what caused a computer glitch
that allowed some gamblers to play other people’s money.
Out of luck: B.C. gambler suing over denied jackpot
A British Columbia man who asked to be banned from a local casino
to control his gambling says he was still allowed to return whenever he
wanted – that is, until he finally won a $42,000 jackpot.
Thanks to Green Chip member TJ
for providing the above link.
Arrest of
MDOT Executive Director being called a mistake
BILOXI - Brown says he was playing a slot machine when a security guard
told him he had dozed off. The MDOT director says he told the security
guard he would get his money and go to his room, but the guard said he
would have to leave the property.
Economic
reality hits Las Vegas locals casino industry -- Indicators suggest
slower recovery
The future of the Las Vegas locals casino industry is being decided in
a Reno courtroom for the second time in a year. Station Casinos is in
the midst of an auction process that could have some of the dominant
locals company's casinos sold off to new players, old players wishing
to expand (Boyd Gaming Corp.), or a small player looking to get bigger
(Silver State Financial Advisors).
Prostitution
advertising ban upheld
CARSON CITY – In a 2-1 decision, a federal court has refused to
reconsider its decision that upholds the Nevada law banning
advertisement on prostitution.
U.S.
SENATE RACE: Poll: Reid, Angle neck and neck -- Sixty percent of
Nevadans see nation on wrong track
Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are locked in a dead heat, says a new
poll for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KLAS-TV, Channel 8 that shows
the GOP challenger regaining ground after going on the offensive with a
TV ad blaming Reid for Nevada's deep economic troubles.
The Bear Growls
Long-time Las Vegas-based advantage player, casino critic, and frequent
BJ21.com
contributor LVBear offers his opinions on things that sometimes go
wrong in the world of casinos.
Current and past growls can be read and comments posted at LVBear's
website, TheBearGrowls.com
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