Archive for November, 2007
The Bear Growls: Las Vegas TV reporter calls brain-using casino patrons cheaters — says they “stole” money from casinos. TV station subsequently admits error, apologizes
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Las Vegas television Channel 8 KLAS-TV aired a report on the recent gaming expo. But reporter Edward Lawrence badly misstated facts. It would be laughable, if the report wasn’t so outrageous, slanderous and defamatory to people who have studied blackjack (and other casino games) and learned how to play correctly. In the written article [...]
The Bear Growls: Police and casino security assault elderly woman. Don’t they ever learn?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007From the article Great Grandmother Strip-Searched At N.Y. Casino: Meanwhile, she says she was taken to a room and interrogated by a man she says turned out to be a plain clothes state trooper who then accused her of hiding the winning slip, in an apparent scam to get another. One has to wonder if [...]
The Bear Growls: “Response audit” rather than police investigation of Harrah’s apparent crimes?
Thursday, November 8th, 2007An international company with expertise in the construction industry was hired Tuesday to investigate the handling of a complaint about remodeling completed at two hotel-casinos without permits or inspections. … The company will assess the efficiency of the investigatory procedures used by the building division, which is responsible for issuing permits and inspecting remodeling and [...]
The Bear Growls: Harrah’s cover-up worsens; county official says, “Our whole focus is code compliance without being punitive”
Sunday, November 4th, 2007Let me see if I understand this correctly. Harrah’s and some of its employees appear to have committed numerous violations of building codes, regulations and statutes by allowing shoddy work that clearly endangered hundreds of guests, but apparently none of the crooked Harrah’s employees, or the crooked county employees who facilitated these crimes, will be [...]