Medicare – Part G Nursing Home Plan
Say you’re a sick senior citizen and the government says there is no Nursing Home care available for you. So, what do you do? Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older, a gun (Part G), and four bullets. You…
Albuquerque Trip Report
If I were to guess I would say probably not all trips get posted for a variety of reasons. My recent trip to Albuquerque did not contain any Monster Rolls but is was a learning experience about having your head…
Firm cancels plan to buy closed Revel Hotel Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A Toronto-based company abandoned its plan to buy the former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on Wednesday, dealing another blow to a city reeling from a string of casino closures and the disappearance of…
LVRJ EDITORIAL: Congress must reverse foolish online poker policy
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Businesses need customers to stay in business. And because of the federal government’s nanny-state ban on interstate Internet gambling, Nevada’s promising online poker industry doesn’t have enough customers to sustain competing companies. Ultimate Gaming, which 19 months…
America’s Casino-Saturation Problem
BY JOHN WOLFSON The New Yorker In the summer of 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie travelled by helicopter to Atlantic City for what the local media described as a historic press conference. The news out of the city had…
NC appeals court upholds video gaming convictions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday upheld the convictions of two people for violating a state ban on video sweepstakes games in what state Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office said was the first such ruling…
Malta: Cruise liners will now be able to operate their casinos in Maltese waters, opening up a new revenue stream for them and the Lotteries Gaming Authorit
he 2015 budget addresses the gripes of various lobby groups. Cruise liners will now be able to operate their casinos in Maltese waters, opening up a new revenue stream for them and the Lotteries & Gaming Authority. Until now cruise…
Canada: Ontario looking for ways to control offshore online gambling
ANTONELLA ARTUSO | QMI AGENCY TORONTO – Ontario is considering steps it can take to control offshore online gaming, Finance Minister Charles Sousa says. Providing a safe online alternative run by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) is the…
Gaming industry embraces Silver’s view of sports betting
Nevada’s virtual monopoly on legalized sports wagering could be in danger. But is that bad for business? In a New York Times op-ed piece last Thursday, National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver wrote the league should reconsider its stance against…
(Atlantic City) Carl Icahn has emerged as the mystery buyer for one of the most storied properties in Atlantic City
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Staff Writer ATLANTIC CITY — Carl Icahn has done what Donald Trump and Bob Guccione could not. The billionaire investor and casino mogul has emerged as the mystery buyer for one of the most storied properties in…