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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: Harrah’s slithers off the hook again
Friday, February 26th, 2010The Nevada State Contractors Board on Thursday closed its long-standing investigations into illegal remodeling at six Las Vegas hotels in the Harrah’s Entertainment group, when it adopted a settlement in which the parties agree to pay the board $26,000. http://www.lvrj.com/business/harrah_s-hotels-will-pay-fines-85462462.html A tiny fine for all the building code violations and related crookedness. Shameful, but expected. [...]
The Bear Growls: The coverup and whitewash of Harrah’s crimes — criminal case dismissed
Sunday, December 6th, 2009HALL OF SHAME CHARTER MEMBERS DA David Roger Judge Eric Goodman in Las Vegas Justice Court dismissed six misdemeanor counts faced by the hotel company and two hotel employees. Goodman, who happens to be the son of the Las Vegas mayor, did so after hearing statements by Clark County District Attorney David Roger and Harrah’s [...]
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 [...]
The Bear Growls: District Attorney helping sweep Harrah’s crimes under the rug
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The casino-hugging Clark County District Attorney, David Roger, is helping Harrah’s sweep the substandard building scandal under the rug. According to this news article, Harrah’s is essentially being given a free pass to correct its criminal behavior without penalty. The arraignment of Harrah’s itself on the criminal charges, as well as the arraignments of two [...]
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: Las Vegas casino greed killing the golden goose
Friday, July 11th, 2008Well, well, well — Nevada gaming revenues fell more than 15 percent in May, according to figures released by the Gaming Control Board. Maybe the suckers are finally getting it. With ripoffs like 6 to 5 blackjack, sportsbooks refusing to take bets of more than chump change, short-pay video poker and many similar insults [...]
The Bear Growls: RIP Reno Siena — It has downgraded itself to a low-level grind joint
Friday, June 13th, 2008As reported in the June issue of Current Blackjack News, Siena has lowered its table max to only $300. A pit employee recently told an inquiring patron, “Management doesn’t want anything but small action anymore.” There is now a laughable $3 minimum, $200 max double deck where on a recent visit, most patrons were [...]
Guest commentary: World Series of Poker final table delayed to November
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Guest commentary by Hayden James of www.PokerListings.com Did you hear the resounding “Oh My God” that recently went through the poker world? The World Series of Poker Main Event final table on hold for four months! Among all changes we’ve seen during the long history of the World Series of Poker, this ploy certainly [...]
The Bear Growls: Straight truth about the casino industry
Thursday, June 5th, 2008This Growl was originally published in the 100th issue of Blackjack Insider , and is reproduced here: LVBear is a diligent guardian of the casino patron and whistleblower on casino industry wrongdoing. He delivers the straight truth about the worst (and sometimes best) casino practices. Learn about shocking and compelling player incidents over the [...]
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