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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small deemed not a crook. We expect so little from politicians nowadays. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/boardwa...
Boardwalk Follies
Atlantic City, you must be so proud. Mayor Marty Small (D), recently re-elected, beat the rap on felony charges this week. The indictment against Mrs. Small is expected to be dropped. Too bad. Smal…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small deemed not a crook. We expect so little from politicians nowadays. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/boardwa...
Otto Gerdes is remembered. www.davidmckeeenterprises.net/post/kapellm...
Kapellmeister or bust?
This box of German chocolates from Eloquence is definitely a surprise. One is initially inclined to defend it, if only because it was met with an indignant shriek from a prominent Internet philistine....
www.davidmckeeenterprises.net
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Otto Gerdes is remembered. www.davidmckeeenterprises.net/post/kapellm...
Read it before it's censored. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/much-ad...
Much Ado About Nothing
We’ve been giving this story a wide berth … but it’s a slow news day. Someone perspicacious in the White House press corps noticed the yawning chasm between the symbolism of Donal…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Read it before it's censored. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/much-ad...
$2 billion Bally's Chicago won't open for another year but already appears doomed. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/in-the-...
In the Bleak Midwinter
Casinos in Illinois nudged up a point last month, garnering $155 million. Take away underachieving Fairmount Park ($1.5 million) and they were flat with November 2024. Newfangled Hollywood Joliet c…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
$2 billion Bally's Chicago won't open for another year but already appears doomed. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/in-the-...
Ron DeSantis has a big-ass gambling problem right in his back yard. www.casinoreports.com/geezers-grif...
Geezers And Grifters: Why Illegal Casinos In Florida Won't Go Away
Florida has an ongoing problem with illegal, often mob-affiliated slot parlors, and nobody is sure what to do about it.
www.casinoreports.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ron DeSantis has a big-ass gambling problem right in his back yard. www.casinoreports.com/geezers-grif...
Neglect casino security at your own peril. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/its-abo...
It’s About Time!
“Casino security” is a bad joke or, at best, a contradiction in terms. The Paul Blarts who patrol casino floors aren’t there to protect you: Their remit is to keep the sacrosanct …
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Neglect casino security at your own peril. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/its-abo...
Donald Trump hates Black people and immigrants. But he'll gladly take their money. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/nyc-eve...
NYC: Everybody Wins?
All three New York City casino proposals were tapped in the penultimate round of selection for Empire State benediction. That means Genting Group, Bally’s Corp. and Hard Rock International ea…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Donald Trump hates Black people and immigrants. But he'll gladly take their money. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/nyc-eve...
Nevada regulators get caught with their pants down. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/vegas-r...
Vegas Regulators Expose Themselves
Was the circus in town last week? Because the Nevada Gaming Commission sure put on a clown show. They handed out a nominal, $7.8 million fine to Caesars Entertainment for flouting anti-money launde…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Nevada regulators get caught with their pants down. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/vegas-r...
Math and wishful thinking at Resorts World NYC. www.casinoreports.com/resorts-worl...
Can Resorts World Hit Its Ambitious New York Revenue Target?
If Resorts World can deliver its projected number, the state would receive $1.7 billion in tax revenue. So ... can it deliver that number?
www.casinoreports.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Math and wishful thinking at Resorts World NYC. www.casinoreports.com/resorts-worl...
Dramatic shifts in the race for a NYC casino. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/ballys-...
Bally’s Stands Alone?
Wouldn’t it be the apex of irony if unfunded Bally’s New York were the only New York City casino project left standing when all’s said and done” It would go from iffy in the…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Dramatic shifts in the race for a NYC casino. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/ballys-...
Embattled Washington Opera supremo Francesca Zambello triumphs in Atlanta. www.davidmckeeenterprises.net/post/traviat...
"Traviata" without tears
Verdi-LA TRAVIATA: Mané Galoyan (Violetta); Long Long (Alfredo), Anthony Clark Evans (Germont)/Atlanta Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Evan Rogister, cond.; Francesca Zambello, dir.; Peter J. Davison, sets; ...
www.davidmckeeenterprises.net
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Embattled Washington Opera supremo Francesca Zambello triumphs in Atlanta. www.davidmckeeenterprises.net/post/traviat...
30 years of muckraking summed up. www.casinoreports.com/schuetz-davi...
Schuetz: David McKee, A True Hero In Gaming Journalism
David exists in that hard-scrabble world of sacrifice and struggle. He is about real people, not images, and reality, not spin.
www.casinoreports.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
30 years of muckraking summed up. www.casinoreports.com/schuetz-davi...
If BALY won a NYC casino license today, it would have insufficient cash on hand to pay his $115 million "gaming event fee."
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If BALY won a NYC casino license today, it would have insufficient cash on hand to pay his $115 million "gaming event fee."
So long, ESPN Bet. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/midwest...
Midwest flexes, ESPN Bet folds
Illinois casinos were booming in October, up 21% … or 7.5% once second-place Wind Creek Southland and last-place Fairmont Park were subtracted to make an apples-to-apples comparison. The head…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So long, ESPN Bet. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/midwest...
What last night's elections meant for gambling (more than you might think). www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/electio...
Election Special
It’s always too soon to celebrate the demise of smoking in Atlantic City. However, clean-air advocates (and customers) have reason to feel guardedly optimistic today. Ally Mikie Sherrill (D, …
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What last night's elections meant for gambling (more than you might think). www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/electio...
Karma catches up with Sin City. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/out-lik...
Out Like a Lamb
Barry Jonas called it. His report on MGM Resorts International’s 3Q25 earnings was headlined “The Summer the Strip Turned Pretty … Bad.” Ouch. But true. He kept a “Buy…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Karma catches up with Sin City. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/out-lik...
... and how Donald Trump could get juiced into a NYC casino license. Stranger things are happening. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/foul-pl...
Foul Play
Be careful what you wish for, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, you are liable to get it. Silver wanted sports betting and, over the last seven years, has seen the consequences come home to roost in hi…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
... and how Donald Trump could get juiced into a NYC casino license. Stranger things are happening. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/foul-pl...
"Illegal gambling" is used to justify a Nazi-style roundup of Latinos in Idaho. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/and-the...
… And They’re To Help
Not! It’s time for Stupid Government Tricks, in which the guvmint blunders into gambling oversight, usually with disastrous consequences. First up is Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), who wa…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Illegal gambling" is used to justify a Nazi-style roundup of Latinos in Idaho. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/and-the...
Trump's $115 million Bronx grift appears likely to pay off. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/shocker...
Shocker from MGM
See that fancy-schmancy vision of an upgraded MGM Empire City? Well, it ain’t happening. In the shocker of the year, MGM Resorts International yanked its New York City casino bid from conside…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump's $115 million Bronx grift appears likely to pay off. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/shocker...
Native American leaders let Trump cronies have it. cdcgaming.com/g2e-tribal-l...
G2E: Tribal leaders assail prediction markets in fiery session
Whither tribal gaming? That was the topic posed by pechanga.net publisher Victor Rocha at the top of a Global Gaming Expo panel entitled “Sustaining Success: Tribal Leaders Talk Gaming, Growth and Cha...
cdcgaming.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Native American leaders let Trump cronies have it. cdcgaming.com/g2e-tribal-l...
How Torch Electronics bought off the Missouri political establishment—but couldn't buy 12 honest jurors. missouriindependent.com/2025/10/07/t...
Torch lured business in Missouri with illegal video games, federal jury finds • Missouri Independent
Slot machines in locations across Missouri violate state gambling laws, a federal jury found Monday in a verdict that Torch Electronics.
missouriindependent.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How Torch Electronics bought off the Missouri political establishment—but couldn't buy 12 honest jurors. missouriindependent.com/2025/10/07/t...
Well-merited ridicule for Bally's Las Vegas. www.casino.org/vitalvegas/b...
Bally's Shares Details of Delusional Fever Dream, Everyone Falls for It | Vital Vegas
Bally's Corp. recently shared a new rendering of its plans for the Tropicana site. It is easily the most unhinged, delusional, whimsical folly we have
www.casino.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Well-merited ridicule for Bally's Las Vegas. www.casino.org/vitalvegas/b...
Bally's Corp. tries to dazzle us with pretty pictures, but I'm not buying it. Are you? cdcgaming.com/brief/analys...
ANALYSIS: Bally’s catches the car
October’s first week brought a dramatic pivot for Bally’s Corp. It received 5-1 approval from its Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for its Bronx casino proposal. And company Chairman Soo Kim popped ...
cdcgaming.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Bally's Corp. tries to dazzle us with pretty pictures, but I'm not buying it. Are you? cdcgaming.com/brief/analys...
Saddam Insane claims we're living in an "economic golden age." Says who? cdcgaming.com/u-s-economy-...
U.S. economy worsening, analysts say
Sentiment amongst United States consumers continues to spiral downhill, according to a team of Jefferies Equity Research analysts. Their monthly findings were published in an October 1 investor note. ...
cdcgaming.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Saddam Insane claims we're living in an "economic golden age." Says who? cdcgaming.com/u-s-economy-...
Things in Las Vegas aren't as good as they superficially appear. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/a-deser...
A Desert Mirage?
Surprisingly few victory laps were taken after Las Vegas Strip gambling revenues spiked 5.5% in August, helped by tighter hold. Perhaps it was the simultaneous, inconvenient disclosure the visitati…
www.lasvegasadvisor.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Things in Las Vegas aren't as good as they superficially appear. www.lasvegasadvisor.com/blog/a-deser...