Archive for July, 2007
The Bear Growls: McCarran Airport petty ripoff
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Last week there was a short power failure at Las Vegas McCarran Airport, right as I was driving into the economy parking lot at the start of a playing trip. An attendant told me that no ticket could be printed because of the power outage, but that they would note when the power failure [...]
Fight for Online Gaming
Friday, July 13th, 2007On BJ21.com Green Chip my friend The Engineer has been posting weekly updates to his remarkable work to try to repeal the horrible anti-online gambling law enacted last year. The Engineer has put hundreds of hours into his admirable effort. I am pleased to be able to post, with his permission, this week’s update. I [...]
The Bear Growls: Crisis management and threat assessment expert gets it right about casino security
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007From this news article: Larry Barton, an expert in crisis management and threat assessment at American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. … noted the lack of security guard involvement until Zegrean was subdued by civilians. Casino security guards are paid relatively low wages and receive minimal training, which leads to high turnover and lack of [...]
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 [...]