Sentences with phrase «job as a casino»

She takes a job as a casino security guard, where her life begins to get interesting.

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It tells the tale of Casino, who ditched his job as a «notorious criminal defense lawyer» in favor of helping «innocent victims who can not speak for themselves.»

They market casinos as another version of a theme park, a Busch Gardens, a Disneyland or other entertainment opportunity that provides jobs and tax money.

He applied for a job at Pechanga Resort & Casino in 2004 and to get his foot in the door, took a job as a food busser in the employee cafeteria.

In Las Vegas, Mike found jobs at Bally's and the MGM Grand, where he still works as a casino host.

«New York voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling, authorizing as many as seven full - scale casinos as part of a plan meant to bring jobs to economically distressed upstate regions.»

At the press conference, Bluhm spoke on jobs created as well as Ward's aid in passing legislation for upstate casinos, stating «I'd like to have a special thanks and recognize the tremendous job that Peter Ward has done... Without Peter's great work we wouldn't be here.

«Natalie Abreu, a single mother of three, lived in a homeless shelter in the Bronx, while commuting to her job as a cleaner at a casino in Queens.

... As job - creation strategies go, convention centers and casinos are straight out of a 1970s playbook.»

The actual wording of the referendum has been criticized as «spin» for saying that the new casinos would promote job growth, increase school aid, and possibly lower taxes.

The law does say that municipalities that have casinos within their borders should use the money for economic development or job creation, but doesn't put specific restrictions on the money given to outlying counties such as Onondaga County.

But not everyone thinks it's the best solution to upstate's continued lagging economy.EJ McMahon, President of the fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center, says the building of resort style casinos won't generate as many jobs as some other industries, like opening up the state's vast shale resources to hydro fracking.

A «Yes» vote would allow up to seven additional casino sites within the state to promote job growth, increase aid to schools and permit local governments to lower property taxes through the generation of revenue, as the wording of the proposition states.

The governor also reiterated that he would make his position on the expansion of casino gambling in New York known in January (when the new session and budget season both start), but added that regions shouldn't include gaming as forgone conclusion in their job creating plans.

Things are looking up for most of the nation's commercial casinos, as gambling revenue increased by nearly 5 percent last year and jobs held roughly steady.

«The inclusion of competitive tax parity, a plan that keeps the three Western New York racetrack casinos as vital partners to state and localities, and the assurance that our two successful downstate partners can continue providing good paying jobs and generating significant funding for schools are significant improvements from earlier drafts of this bill and critical to our support,» said Association President James Featherstonhaugh in a statement.

Please show me or refer me to one independent study that confirms that a «Casino» opening in a NYS neighborhood or in New York City has ever bought jobs, as opposed to economic blight in the long run.

Cuomo said in his State of the State address last week that he wants to expand casino gambling in New York, both as a revenue raiser and a job - creation vehicle.

Casinos have been billed as revenue generators not just for the state, but also the municipalities that host them, with promises of job creation and increased school aid as a result.

In the call, obtained by Capital Tonight on Tuesday, Ferrer says the amendment to expand casino gambling in New York is a «win - win for our community» and touts it as a job creator.

The announcement of the casino siting came the same day Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved to ban hydrofracking in the state, which had been seen as a potential economic boost for the Southern Tier, an area that has consistently lagged the state in job growth.

Cuomo championed the creation of the new casinos, which were approved in a voter referendum, as a way to add thousands of new jobs to the struggling upstate economy, and increase tourism.

However, a majority of voters see casinos as a boon to state and local government revenues and job creation, the two largest positive impacts they anticipate.

The revelation left a fog of uncertainty over Mr. Cuomo's drive to bring casino gambling to New York City, which his administration views as a key source of jobs and revenue.

Cuomo championed the creation of the new casinos, which were approved in a voter referendum last November, as a way to add thousands of new jobs to the struggling upstate economy, and increase tourism.

Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon says unions approached the county about the issue, noting that if a casino is built in Tyre, as opposed to the Southern Tier, then 60 percent of the jobs would come from Onondaga County.

The Seneca Nation of Indians has a diverse job market which includes employment opportunities at all three casinos Seneca Allegany, Seneca Niagara and Seneca Buffalo Creek, including opportunities within the Nation as well; positions range from maintenance and custodial to management and executive positions, as well as a number of positions that exist at Seneca Enterprises.

Instead of jumping on every potential job creator as the next salvation (read «casino gambling»), Ulster County would be better advised to devise a flexible but sound economic development strategy to replace Ulster

As the statewide vote approached, opponents warned that new casinos would exacerbate addictive gambling, while good - government groups cried foul after the state Board of Elections approved ballot language that included a warm description of the potential benefits of the change («promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes») but none of the possible drawbacks.

Lago officials say the casino could create as many as 1,800 construction jobs and another 1,800 full - time positions.

As CBS 2's Carolyn Gusoff reported, Supporters of the referendum say allowing casino gambling in New York would create 10,000 jobs and rake in more than $ 1 billion for local and state governments and schools.

From there, I wandered from job to job, working as a housekeeper in a casino one month and as a seamstress another month.

Hello my name is Amie.I use to work for Independent Bank but now I stay with my brother and I take my 9 year old to school and I help out.Right now I'm trying to get a job at the new casino in Battle Creek working as a teller!

He played the title role of a struggling writer who takes a job in a London casino as inspiration for his work, only to get caught up in a robbery scheme.

Croupier (Hen's Tooth, Blu - ray, DVD), the 1998 film that helped elevate the career of Clive Owen, is a low - key drama with Owen as a would - be writer and a gambling addict in denial who takes a high paying job at a casino.

12:00 M — IFC — The Cooler In this under - the - radar film, William H. Macy plays a loser whose bad luck gets him a job as a «cooler» at a casino — his luck spreads and cools off any hot winning streaks that might be going on.

12:00 M — IFC — The Cooler William H. Macy plays a loser whose bad luck gets him a job as a «cooler» at a casino — his luck spreads and cools off any hot winning streaks that might be going on.

11:30 pm — IFC — The Cooler William H. Macy plays a loser whose bad luck gets him a job as a «cooler» at a casino — his luck spreads and cools off any hot winning streaks that might be going on.

After the show, test driver Bob Wallace began work on refining the Miura's handling, a job that included driving the prototype to Monte Carlo for the 1966 Grand Prix weekend, where it acted as the course car and where Ferruccio drew crowds to Casino Square simply by sitting in the driver's seat and revving the engine.

• FOUR AWESOME GOATS — be a camel, flamingo or even a dolphin in a wheelchair, there are no limits (except the 4 playable goats) • Use your goat crew to smash & grab, then blast away all your money at Mahatma Gambling, the Indian casino — just like in that Al Cappuccino movie • PRANKNET — The static contract database lets goats pick and choose from available jobs by connecting with local contacts such as Vlad the Crimean, and you get to run his errands • Buy things using your easy - earned cash.

ORE needs to keep the casino gamblers out and encourage those with the right stuff to become professional Realtors as a «first» choice of vocation instead of a hail - Mary stop - gap job and / or a last ditch money - grab attempt that anyone can buy into to hopefully keep the wolves from the door (with a quick big hit), because, in the latter instance, your stereotypical Realtor in the public's jaundiced communal eye fulfils its expectation as just another desperate commissioned sales hack... just another product of the CREA / ORE dues / fee - producing professional never - ending spin cycle.