Atlantic City
Can Las Vegas learn from Atlantic City? Eastern USA and Canada trip report
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010It has long been a goal of mine to visit every state. Prior to this trip, I had been in every state except Delaware and the six New England states. I have now been to all fifty. The main purpose of this trip was business in Toronto; the tour through the seven states was just [...]
The Bear Growls: Resorts Atlantic City hits a new low for sleaziness
Friday, June 12th, 2009Resorts Atlantic City has launched a new online social community, called myresortscasino.com. Resorts says it is the first among its competitors to create a customized site that takes social networking to “the next level.” Think of it as a casino’s very own MySpace or Facebook-like page. Casino ups the ante on social networking scene This [...]
The Bear Growls: The tragedy of Arelia Taveras
Thursday, June 19th, 2008This beautiful, intelligent woman’s life was ruined by gambling addiction. Regardless of how we feel about her lawsuit, hers is a powerful story. I see casinos take advantage of addicts, drunks, and other sick people every day. It happens far more than the general “casino hugging” public wants to believe. I remember a long [...]
Harrah’s criminal charges and Tropicana license revocation – are honest government officials finally waking up?
Saturday, December 15th, 2007In the same week that Clark County filed seventeen criminal charges against Harrah’s employees or contractors in the remodeling scandal, New Jersey regulators refused to renew the Tropicana’s gaming license. Congratulations to Clark County Manager Virginia Valentine and the members of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission for doing the right thing, despite undoubtedly heavy [...]
Good news! Columbia Sussex forced by regulators to sell Tropicana Atlantic City
Thursday, December 13th, 2007From my point of view, Columbia Sussex is perhaps the worst casino operator in existence, even including Harrah’s. At least Harrah’s has a fairly generous comp system that can be profitably exploited; Columbia Sussex has mostly garbage games as well as a garbage comp system. From today’s Review-Journal article: New Jersey gaming regulators on Wednesday [...]
Originally Posted 9/27/04 – New Jersey regulators fail to stop 6 to 5 ripoff; Nevada regulators embarrass us again
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007The Bear Growls: New Jersey regulators fail to stop 6 to 5 ripoff; Nevada regulators embarrass us again September 27, 2004 New Jersey regulators, who used to pride themselves in not being casino puppets like their colleagues in Nevada, blew a big chance. They could have simply said NO to the 6 to 5 ripoff [...]