Losing Bets: A Weekly Roundup of Casino Follies and Failures
The Week’s Top Headlines
10/18 – Atlantic City Casino Workers Fear Future After Judge Voids Contract – The Associated Press
10/18 – Chukchasni Gold Resort and Casino Lays Off Most of 1,300 Employees – ABC30.com
10/20 – Japan Casino Plan Likely Delayed Again, Official Says – Las Vegas NV Blog
10/20 – Donald Trump, Whose Atlantic City Joints Were a Bust, Says Upstate New York Casinos Will “Go Down the Tubes” – New York Daily News
10/20 – Detroit with a Boardwalk. Why Atlantic City is Dying – Politico.com
10/21 – Casino Foes Challenges Appointee for Tuxedo Board Seat – Daily Local News
10/21 – Leagues Ask For Restraining Order to Stop Sports Betting – Press of Atlantic City
10/22 – Railroad Baron’s Heirs Fight Casinos as N.Y. Weighs Bids – The Las Vegas Review-Journal
10/22 – Poll Respondents say Atlantic City’s Best Days are Behind It – Press of Atlantic City
10/24 – Icahn: The Trump Taj Mahal Casino “Will Almost Certainly Close” – Business Insider
10/24 – Maryland Casino Blotter: Voucher Bandits, Fighting Moms and Unintended Kids in Cars – The Washington Post