When FBI agents went into Villa 8882 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on the afternoon of July 9, they found Wei Seng Phua and his son watching the World Cup semifinal between the Netherlands and Argentina. Phua, a regular… Continue Reading
Packer’s $4 Billion Las Vegas Bet Fuels Crown Bond Risk
Caesars Makes Deal to Reduce Debt by $548 Million
With a mountain of debt weighing it down, can Caesars Entertainment ever dig itself out organically? I bet the strategy Caesars’ hedge fund controlling shareholders will take includes long legal skirmishes that will eventually whittle down all interests. Caesars will be… Continue Reading
Beneath the Neon: Life & Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas by Matthew O’Brien My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was a little disappointed with this book. I have read some of the author’s other material on Las… Continue Reading
SPILL THE JACKPOT, A Donald Lam, Bertha Cool Mystery by Erle Stanley, Writing Under the Name of A. A. Fair Gardner My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is a light mystery novel that tells the story of a… Continue Reading
American Roulette: How I Turned the Odds Upside Down—My Wild Twenty-Five-Year Ride Ripping Off the World’s Casinos by Richard Marcus My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wonder how much the gambling layperson will enjoy reading American Roulette? The book… Continue Reading
Today I booked the first few weeks of my stay in vegas this winter. I’m staying at Texas Station for the first few weeks for $12 per night, and I got a cheap rental car to help me get around… Continue Reading
Crown Resorts Pays $280 Million for Las Vegas Strip Casino Site Crown Resorts, Oaktree Capital, Wynn executive partner on Las Vegas casino project Crown’s Packer places another bet on U.S. gaming market with Las Vegas buy
Las Vegas watchers will be particularly excited about the recent annoucement that Crown Resorts plans to develop the former Last Frontier land on the strip. While Phil Ruffin collects income from Treasure Island, he must watch with some interest how the… Continue Reading
