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With No Champagne or Celine, Vegas Casino Opens and Closes in 1 Day
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- The last time a casino opened around here, the champagne flowed freely, the women wore jewels, "Nightline" taped a segment and Brandon Flowers jammed in the lobby bar. This time, a guy named Walter Jones unlocked the door, then headed back to his car because the 6 a.m. desert air can be nippy and the fellow responsible for turning on the lights and heat hadn't shown up yet. A few hours into Jones' shift on Wednesday, nobody had shown up to play any of the 16 video poker slot machines inside the 20-by-20 tent erected on a plain of asphalt at the corner directly across from the ...
Las Vegas Mob Exhibit Gets Whacked (by Critics)
By Larry Knowles - AOL NewsA new Las Vegas Mafia exhibition that displays mob memorabilia and takes visitors on an interactive journey in which they may "get whacked" is attracting intense criticism from historians and Italian-American groups. The Las Vegas Mob Experience, which opened in early April at the Tropicana Hotel, has on display 1,500 artifacts purchased from the estates of Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Sam Giancana and other mobsters who gained notoriety in Las Vegas. During the interactive portion, patrons are given credentials with a new mob nickname and spirited through a series of role plays ...
Will Donald Trump's Same-Sex Stance Alienate Gay Travelers?
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- Donald Trump's bluster may be raising the would-be GOP presidential candidate's poll numbers and ginning up ratings for his reality-TV show, but his remarks about same-sex marriage are already causing problems for his hotels and casinos. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation posted an online list of all Trump hospitality and entertainment properties, urging readers to "consider Trump's decision to stand against LGBT families when you're deciding whether to patronize" any of them. And a spokeswoman for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, which has ...
USPS Accidentally Prints Replica Lady Liberty on Stamps [VIDEO]
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Three Online Poker Houses Face Fraud Charges in NYC
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The multibillion-dollar business of the three biggest Internet poker companies became a target of federal authorities before an indictment was unsealed Friday, charging 11 people with bank fraud and illegal gambling. Prosecutors in Manhattan said they've issued restraining orders against more than 75 bank accounts in 14 countries used by the poker companies, interrupting the illegal flow of billions of dollars. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the defendants "concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to ...
Statue of Liberty Stamp Shows Wrong Lady Liberty
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsYou might say this is one monumental case of mail fraud. Due to a United States Postal Service gaffe, a stamp intended to commemorate New York City's Statue of Liberty features a picture of a Las Vegas replica instead. Though the stamp was supposed to show the real Lady Liberty, the "forever" stamp uses a photograph of a half-sized, 14-year-old rip-off at the New York-New York casino in Nevada, The New York Times reports. USPS The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new Statue of Liberty stamp that's accidentally based on the replica at the New York-New York casino in Las ...
Gloves Off After Vegas Mayor's Wife Wins Round 1 of Election
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- This city famed for its boxing matches may want to start selling tickets now, because Tuesday night the crowded mayoral race became a two-woman match that's already showing signs it'll be a bruising battle. The front-runner is first-time candidate Carolyn Goodman, 72-year-old wife of the term-limited but popular mayor, Oscar Goodman. She snagged 37 percent of the vote, more than double the total of her general election opponent, Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani. Julie Jacobson, AP Carolyn Goodman, shown speaking to supporters during an election night ...
Who Will Replace a Boozing, Gambling Mayor? In Vegas, Maybe His Wife
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- The outgoing mayor portrays himself as a boozing, compulsive gambler who has spent a dozen years making bizarre remarks that have, at one point or another, offended just about everybody. He's a self-proclaimed publicity hound who appears ad nauseum in the national media, speaking about all things Vegas even though the city limits don't include the Strip -- a fact he almost never clarifies. Anywhere else, voters would probably be eager to see Oscar Goodman go, especially with the region steeped in the nation's worst unemployment and foreclosure rates. Yet around here, all of the ...
States Hustle to Legalize Online Poker Despite Federal Roadblocks
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- First it was medicinal marijuana use. Then immigration reform. And now at least six states, most notably Nevada and California, are on the brink of taking action where they believe the federal government has failed -- legalizing Internet poker. Bills are percolating in legislatures across the country that would formally permit residents to play poker online within state boundaries, an effort to circumvent a 2006 federal law that crippled the fast-growing Web gambling industry. The bill most likely to be adopted first appears to be the one sponsored by Nevada Assemblyman William ...
Home Price Declines Deepen in Major US Markets
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels - when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will likely drop further this year, making many people reluctant to buy or sell. That would push down sales and prices more. The depressed housing industry is slowing an economy that has shown strength elsewhere. And it's starting to hurt those who bought years before the housing boom began. In some cities, people who have paid their mortgages for a decade have little ...
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