{"id":6719,"date":"2013-12-19T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/19\/former-casino-owner-poster-wont-appeal-gaming-suitability-rejection\/"},"modified":"2013-12-19T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T16:42:35","slug":"former-casino-owner-poster-wont-appeal-gaming-suitability-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2013\/12\/19\/former-casino-owner-poster-wont-appeal-gaming-suitability-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Former casino owner Poster won\u2019t appeal gaming suitability rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i41.tinypic.com\/lbrk6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 185px\">Tim Poster and Tom Breitling, former owners of The Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas, and players in the short lived show about the hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\tBy HOWARD STUTZ<br \/>\n\tLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL<br \/>\n\tFormer Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster decided late Wednesday evening not to appeal his rejection by the Gaming Control Board for a preliminary finding of suitability.<\/p>\n<p>\tInstead of contesting the recommendation to the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday, a spokesman for Poster said his attorneys plan to ask commissioners to accept the control board\u2019s unanimous Dec. 4 decision.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster, 45, is not expected to attend the meeting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster originally planned to fight the suitability rejection by the control board, which was reached after a 4 \u00bd-hour hearing in Carson City and raised numerous allegations about his past conduct.<\/p>\n<p>\tA vote of rejection, rather than a denial, allows Poster to still work in the gaming industry as a consultant or in a position that doesn\u2019t require licensing. A finding of suitability \u2014 one step below a full-fledged gaming license \u2014 would have allowed Poster to resume his position as chief operating officer of Wynn Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster decided against challenging some of the issues raised during the hearing, including his past relationship with Rick Rizzolo, a former strip club owner with ties to mob figures, and allegations he hid evidence from investigators. He was also questioned about his illegal sports wagering activities on the Internet and allegations that he was acting as an agent for an offshore Internet sports book.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster admitted wagering on the Internet, but denied he was an agent for the sports books.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster was employed by Wynn Las Vegas as executive vice president of strategy and development when he was named chief operating officer last March. He resigned after only a few weeks on the job because of the gaming suitability investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster was seeking suitability for TP Interactive, his own company. He said there was an opportunity to work again with Wynn Resorts if gaming regulators find him suitable.<\/p>\n<p>\tPoster co-owned the Golden Nugget between 2004 and 2005 with longtime friend and business partner Tom Breitling.<\/p>\n<p>\tThis is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>\tContact reporter Howard Stutz at <!-- e --><a href=\"mailto:hstutz@reviewjournal.com\">hstutz@reviewjournal.com<\/a><!-- e --> or 702-477-3871. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Poster and Tom Breitling, former owners of The Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas, and players in the short lived show about the hotel. By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster decided late Wednesday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}