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Posted by on Feb 5, 2017 in Blog, Las Vegas, Politics | 1 comment

So, the old miser bailed on the new stadium deal — what’s next Las Vegas Raiders?

 

 

Sheldon Adelson dropped out of the local stadium deal.  That places the NFL’s Oakland Raiders-to-Las Vegas move in jeopardy, or does it?  Look for this stadium to be built — somehow (and the taxpayers will end up paying for it).

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Posted by on May 3, 2016 in Blog, Personal, Sports Betting | 6 comments

Ghosts of Gambling Past

 

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Yes, that’s me.  Age 5.  1967.

I can’t say where and when exactly my infatuation with games of skill and chance first began, but it probably happened inside the crib.  That wasn’t a baby rattler I was shaking.  It was a pair of dice.

This baby needs a new pair of shoes.  Seven out.  Line away.

Here’s a gambling story.

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Posted by on Jan 26, 2016 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 14 comments

The $188,000-Dollar Bill….What Happened to Binion’s Horseshoe’s Famous Million-Dollar Collection?

 

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When the history of Binion’s Horseshoe does get written, it shall likely be noted that the removal of the famous tourist attraction was one of several nails in the coffin of gambling’s most legendary institutions.

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Posted by on Dec 14, 2015 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal, Restaurant Reviews | 5 comments

The Last Supper: “Buzio’s,” WSOP’s Favorite Restaurant Closes After 25 Years at Rio

 

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The last two customers on the final night, with Darcy and Sally at Buzio’s (Rio)

 

Our fondest memories are of people and places.

For many, Buzio’s at the Rio in Las Vegas was one of the fondest of places because it was full of so many good people.  It was more than just a casual restaurant.  Buzio’s was a cradle of friendship and bastion of happiness.  It was a boardroom of wheeling and dealing.  It was a place to gossip, to drown our sorrows, and to celebrate.  If the World Series of Poker, held at the Rio each summer since 2005 had an office, a break room, a social club, a watering hole, and a place of reprieve and relaxation — it was most certainly the public alcove in the form of a once-popular seafood restaurant along the so-called “bad beat hallway” leading back to the main casino.

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