MGM Grand / MGM Mirage
The Bear Growls: Shoddy construction but no meaningful enforcement; MGM, Harrah’s get free passes
Thursday, January 8th, 2009City Center has been exposed as containing substandard construction work. Just like the Harrah’s remodeling scandal, the scofflaws and/or incompetents who let this happen are likely to get away scot free. Do buildings have to collapse and kills hundreds of tourists before our local officials take these crimes seriously? No one has gone to jail [...]
Union organizer compares casino executives to terrorists
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008From this article in the Las Vegas Sun: A campaign to organize MGM Mirage security guards has turned ugly, with the union’s lead organizer comparing casino executives to terrorists and threatening to bring homeless people and prostitutes to the picket line to make things unpleasant for the company’s customers. This is absolutely hilarious. I [...]
Shooting in New York-New York Casino
Friday, July 6th, 2007Five Injured in Vegas Casino Shooting A man on a walkway over the New York-New York casino floor opened fire on the gamblers below early Friday, wounding three people before he was tackled by off-duty police officers, police said. I have long been concerned about this. With all the drunks, compulsive gamblers, hassles, rude casino [...]
The Bear Growls: Peppermill Reno welches on comps
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007Peppermill Reno recently changed to an MGM-type comp system if you are a comped hotel guest. The player’s club no longer issues food comp slips if you are a comped hotel guest, and they immediately know you’re a hotel guest when you present your player’s card. The patron is told that the meal must [...]
The Bear Growls: Fox guarding henhouse — casino attorney to head committee on how to “improve” Nevada’s judicial system
Thursday, March 29th, 2007News article MGM Mirage Senior Vice President Paula Gentile will lead the 33-member commission that is charged with improving Nevada’s judicial system. I don’t know Ms. Gentile and have no reason to believe she is anything but ethical, honorable, and an outstanding citizen. But the idea of having this committee chaired by counsel for one [...]
The Bear Growls: Former Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn attempting to join MGM Grand board of directors
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Link to news article If anyone somehow still had any doubt that casinos are the de facto government of Nevada, that doubt can now be put to rest. The former governor, out of office because of term limits, is now sleeping with dogs. Unethical dogs at that. I hope he gets fleas. Another embarrassment for [...]
The Bear Growls: MGM Grand and Gaming Control Board conspire to harass patron trying to cashing chips
Friday, March 9th, 2007The news article Chips no longer good as cash details the policy of MGM Grand of hassling patrons who are cashing $5000 chips. Based on published reports, MGM Grand has refused to cash chips for winning patrons more times than any other casino. If Nevada had a legitimate Gaming Control Board, this despicable practice would [...]
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 [...]
Originally Posted 3/2/04 – Gaming Control Board embarrasses Nevada again
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007The Bear Growls: Gaming Control Board embarrasses Nevada again March 2, 2004 If anyone still thinks the Nevada Gaming Control Board has any interest in protecting the public, the Venetian situation should be proof that these “regulators” are just casino lapdogs. Venetian rigged contests and cheated patrons, and is fined only a million dollars? That’s [...]