Warren Buffett's $1 billion bet against NCAA bracket perfection
Warren Buffett’s company has made a $1 billion bet on something most of us already assume to be true: It’s impossible to pick the perfect bracket for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Berkshire Hathaway has insured a $1 billion prize…
Wynn Blasts Mohegan Sun’s Rival Casino Project in Boston Hearing
By Christopher Palmeri Bloomberg Steve Wynn , the billionaire founder of Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN), criticized a plan by rival Mohegan Sun for a Boston-area casino, saying the tribe would steer business to its home state of Connecticut. Connecticut has…
Foxwoods to lay off 120 table game dealers
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) – A union for table game dealers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino says the management is eliminating 125 jobs. Local 2121 of the United Auto Workers says Foxwoods informed them Wednesday of plans to cut 120 full-time…
Tiananmen Square protester sentenced to 47 months for credit scheme at Strip casinos
By JEFF GERMAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A Chinese-born California woman who said she fled to the United States following bloody student protests in Beijing was sentenced to 47 months in prison Wednesday for her role in a $2.2 million credit…
Learning curve
My son and daughter in law decided to go to the SBC casinos last Sat night. I was invited but Sat night was not the time for me to try to play. I told him the tables would be full…
The Special Therapist
An Arizona couple, both well into their 80’s, go to a sex therapist’s office. The doctor asks, ‘What can I do for you?’ The man says, ‘Will you watch us have sexual intercourse?’ The doctor raises both eyebrows, but he…
Virgin online casino site launches Friday in NJ
Wayne Parry, Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The Virgin Group is poised to launch its online casino gambling site in New Jersey. Gambling on virgincasino.com, one of 15 gambling websites approved last fall by New Jersey regulators, is…
Super Bowl Weather Delays Vegas Prop Bets for Manning Touchdowns
By Erik Matuszewski. Bloomberg Potential snowfall totals and record-low temperatures are among the extra variables oddsmakers have to take into consideration this year before they release their Super Bowl proposition wagers. When the Denver Broncos meet the Seattle Seahawks in…
New York Times Editorial: Saratoga Springs Doesn't Need a Casino.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/opinion/saratoga-springs-doesnt-need-a-casino.html?_r=0 Replies: No replies were posted for this topic.