Tropicana
The Bear Growls: Laughlin lacks customers, its casino managers lack sense
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008At many Laughlin casinos, at least half the pit was closed on a recent Saturday evening. Dealers are complaining about working only two days a week. Two casinos have lowered most table limits to a puny $100. Games throughout town are now mostly garbage, except for the Riverside, which is holding steady. The Riverside, [...]
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 4/22/05 – Tropicana comp cheapness
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007The Bear Growls: Tropicana comp cheapnessApril 22, 2005 Recently I went to the Tropicana for the first time in quite some time. I got a nice, shiny new player’s card, and proceeded to play one of the table games for about an hour and a half, betting $150 per hand on average. When my play [...]