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Sunday, March 13th, 2011The Legislative Building Some clear thinking (at least on this issue) Nevada politicians have introduced Assembly Bill 258, which provides for Nevada regulating online poker to the degree reasonably possible. Unlike some other bills designed to be punitive to the existing online gaming companies, this bill states: The Board shall not recommend denial of, and [...]
The Bear Growls: Reno bums and street people
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010Reno is getting worse in that even in good weather such as the last few days, bums are coming in off the streets to suck up free drinks in the sportsbooks that do not closely police their “drink tickets.” Recently, in a large sportsbook, I watched as two drunken bums argued and almost fought over [...]
The Bear Growls: Saving our country
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009This is not a political blog, but it seems that some ideas need to be put forth. It becomes more obvious by the day that our current “leaders” from either major political party are unable to solve our country’s problems. The following ideas are offered as food for thought. As a Libertarian, some of my [...]
The Bear Growls: Palms, Rampart, Cannery, South Point conspire to fix prices in sportsbooks
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Competitors Palms, Rampart/Cannery, and South Point have conspired to attempt to fix prices at their sports books, to the detriment of the public. Though the books will remain independent in their operations, they will have the same lines (i.e, prices) at all locations. It is worth noting that these are competitors, not several locations under [...]
The Bear Growls: NFL arrogance and stupidity in opposing online gambling
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009NFL Hires Full-Time Lobbyist to Attack Online Gambling The NFL owes much of its popularity to gambling, online and otherwise. How many millions of people wouldn’t bother to watch a bunch of overstuffed, single-digit IQ thugs running around charging into each other like wild animals, if they didn’t have a financial stake in the games, [...]
The Bear Growls: Lucky’s sportsbook teetering on the edge?
Saturday, February 7th, 2009I have growled and revised my growl about Lucky’s in the past. But it looks like my original assessment of this feeble organization is proving to be correct: Apparently undercapitalized and definitely paranoid, Lucky’s is an embarrassment. Within the past week, at least three patrons have had to wait unreasonable amounts of time to get [...]
The Bear Growls: Aquarius Laughlin sportsbook accused of cheating patron
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Originally posted on www.BJ21.com Green Chip, posted here with permission. An account of this incident also appears on SweatTheMoney.com, along with photos of the tickets referred to in the Gaming complaint. Following is a copy of a Gaming complaint filed by Bob Nersesian. I have edited out the names of the patron and the casino [...]
Bear Praise: Lucky’s sportsbook revisited
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Previously, I wrote: … Hopefully the new ownership will get rid of the twin failures, casino manager Navegante Group and sportsbook failure Lucky’s Race and Sports Book. Lucky’s is not even in the same league with the former independent book that was at Grand Sierra. Apparently undercapitalized and definitely paranoid, Lucky’s is an embarrassment. I [...]
The Bear Growls: Stupid comment by sportsbook manager Robert Walker — Betting intelligently is “taking a shot” at the casino
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Robert Walker is retiring after 20 years in the sportsbook business. Good. It’s way past time for him to go. In this article, he is quoted as making this idiotic statement: “The pros that sneak people in here at night … our biggest parlay card players the last few years have been elderly women [...]
The Bear Growls: Stratosphere welches on payment to winning patron
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The Wizard of Odds was recently victimized by an unethical sportsbook manager at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Here is a link to the Wizard’s comments: http://wizardofodds.com/casinos/vegasblacklist.html Shame on the Stratosphere for using this excuse to stiff a patron. Shame on the Nevada Gaming Control Board for letting casinos get away with arbitrary “expiration dates” [...]
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