BJ21.com Newsletter
June 28, 2007
070628
Compiled by Al
Rogers
Al@bj21.com
Binion's gets new boss -- Owner of Four Queens willing to pay $32
million for Fremont Street neighbor
The owner of the Four Queens is planning to buy Binion's for $32
million, stirring hopes that local control will revive the folksy charm
and gambling allure Benny Binion used to make the property famous.
Intimidation
Is Alleged In Union Effort at Foxwoods
Gaming workers unhappy with wages and benefits at Foxwoods Resort
Casino are signing cards that could launch a union, but are doing so, a
union organizer said, under an atmosphere of growing intimidation.
Southern California
tribe pursues Roadhouse Casino
The closed Roadhouse Casino on Boulder Highway in Henderson no longer
has a permit to operate gaming without a hotel, but the casino remains
an acquisition target for a Southern California gaming tribe, the
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
Fire
sweeps Atlantic City boardwalk block
A group of homeless people living under the boardwalk are believed to
be responsible for a fire Sunday that destroyed nearly one block of
stores on the boardwalk near Ocean Avenue.
Casino hiring
scramble starts -- Palazzo opens new job center, anticipates flood of
applicants for positions
The Palazzo is getting a jump on its competition in what some gaming
analysts believe could be an all-out battle for casino employees.
Vegas Casino Sustains Losses, But Founders Stand to Gain From Its Sale
Hooters' resurrection of a third-tier casino got off to a rough start.
The venture lost $21 million in its first 15 months. But the founders
group is lined up for a big payday after NTH Advisory Group of Santa
Monica, Calif., agreed in May to buy the 696-room resort for $95
million and assume $130 million in debt that Hooters' founders took on
to fix up the dated San Remo Casino.
Casino workers cite pay fears in protest at Calderon's office
About 30 workers and union members carried placards denouncing Calderon
and the Morongo Resort and Casino, shouting slogans including "Without
Justice or Respect, There is No Peace!" in Spanish.
They'll be jobless - should tycoon share?
Kansas industrialist Phil Ruffin bought the New Frontier nine years ago
for $165 million, a tidy sum at the time for a fading, low-rent casino
in the midst of a bitter labor dispute.
Indian casino growth slows, but revenues set record
California Indian casinos experienced a slower rate of growth last year
but still managed to rake in a record $7.7 billion, according to an
independent financial analysis released today.
Cable
Looks To Casino for Advice -- Harrah's offers lessons in
relationship marketing
The nation's largest cable operators are betting that a big casino can
teach them about direct marketing to subscribers.
Suit can proceed in alleged casino deal double-cross
A former Atlantic City gaming executive who claims she was cheated out
of a job after secretly helping financial giant Morgan Stanley on a
billion-dollar casino project has won a ruling that keeps her lawsuit
alive.
Done
deal: The short, crazy life of a casino playing card
Some decks last a couple of hours, others a few days. In some cases,
decks are repeatedly changed during games to prevent unscrupulous
bettors from marking the cards.
Panel rejects public records bill
A California State Assembly committee on Tuesday rejected a heavily
lobbied bill that would have overturned a state Supreme Court decision
blocking the release of police discipline records.
The Bear Growls: Harrah’s
Grand Tunica abuse of tournament patrons
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
By LVBear
LVBear584@cox.net
As if the stupidity of Harrah’s nitwits ejecting Richard Brodie from
the World Series of poker (link
to previous Growl) wasn’t bad enough, respected tournament
professional Ken Smith reports on his blog about the absurd treatment
he and another patron received from the incompetent Harrah’s executives
at Grand Casino Tunica. It’s a good thing that Mississippi
appears to have a legitimate gaming commission, unlike Nevada, where
the casinos essentially are the government. How does
Harrah’s continue to find such stupid, malicious people to run its
casinos?
The recent $150,000 “Wild Bill
Showdown” Blackjack Tournament held June 15th-16th, 2007 at Grand
Casino Tunica left many participants shaking their heads in disgust at
the way the event was handled by casino staff. The event truly
displayed a level of ineptitude and arrogance that somehow managed to
exceed this industry’s already normal “Screw the Customer” mentality.
Just how did Grand Casino and its staff give themselves this black eye?
Well, let us count the ways…
Link
to Ken Smith’s blog and the rest of this story.
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