Archive for January, 2008
The Bear Growls: Stratosphere welches on payment to winning patron
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The Wizard of Odds was recently victimized by an unethical sportsbook manager at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Here is a link to the Wizard’s comments: http://wizardofodds.com/casinos/vegasblacklist.html Shame on the Stratosphere for using this excuse to stiff a patron. Shame on the Nevada Gaming Control Board for letting casinos get away with arbitrary “expiration dates” [...]
Bear Praise: Reno Gaming agent chases and kills apparent dangerous criminal
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Having interacted with three or four Reno-area gaming agents, when I first heard this story but didn’t yet know the agent’s name, I thought I knew who it was by the quick, correct, decisive action the particular agent has taken several times when faced with casino wrongdoing. But Agent Hatcher is unknown to me. [...]
The Bear Growls: Another one crosses the line — Ex-regulator Bobby Siller now working in casino industry
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Bobby Siller, who became a laughingstock while on the Nevada Gaming Control Board, has apparently received his “golden parachute” in the form of a position of the board of directors of a slot machine manufacturer. Siller, widely ridiculed for worrying about “Siller Silliness” — the length of girls’ skirts on billboards, for example — [...]