Archive for August, 2007
The Bear Growls: Nevada Gaming Control Board gives casinos permission to harass patrons with impunity
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Title 31 has been the law of the land for quite some time, except in Nevada, where Regulation 6a was in force. Now that Regulation 6a has expired, Nevada casinos are making up new excuses to harass winning patrons, using a tortured construction of Title 31 as an excuse to do so. Nevada’s useless and [...]
The Bear Growls: Harrah’s CEO Gary Loveman puts his foot in his mouth again
Thursday, August 9th, 2007From the article Better Take Care Of Big Spenders … 20-somethings are always broke and too busy; 30-somethings are married with kids. “God bless you, but we don’t need you,” he said of the latter category. I hope Harrah’s receives plenty of bad publicity over this stupid comment. Even if the comment is true, [...]
The Bear Growls: Verizon reps don’t understand simple math
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Once in a while we need a break from the generally negative environment of casinos. A friend sent me the link below: Verizon bad math It is so absurd that it’s worth listening to, if you can stand the stupidity. The Verizon reps do not understand the difference between fractions of cents and fractions [...]
The Bear Growls: Freedom-restricting politicians should be fired
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007My friend The Engineer has done a great job helping to try to repeal the disgusting UIGEA that some sleazy, cowardly politicians snuck through Congress last year. The Engineer wrote: If you enjoy your freedom to gamble online, you may wish to use this as a guide before voting in the upcoming elections. The [...]