Sentences with phrase «taking on the casino»
It was certainly true that the local officials in charge of planning and zoning had little or no interest in taking on the casino and building industries that benefited most from growth.
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Members of the SWAT team who raided Paddock's room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino said they believe he took his own life.
The letter also reminds casinos that they must take a risk - based approach to compliance, focusing on gaming that presents the greatest money laundering threat.
As an example, take the following disclaimer from the Terms and Conditions page on the Casino Room website:
A federal appeals court signed off on the U.S. Interior Department's decision to take land into trust for a proposed Native American casino, rejecting arguments that the tribe's promises to mitigate environmental effects are «illusory» because as a sovereign Native American nation, it can not be sued to enforce them.
Take for instance, online casinos and poker websites — with a provably fair and self - contained contract, unscrupulous practices, cheating, and theft are eliminated on the service operator's end.
Pass Nathans on your left and take the escalator on the left down to the Casino Level, and then take the tile walking path to the left.
Stories Diner is a play on that — it's the perfect place for our Guests to take a break from the action, tell stories and enjoy a meal from this newly crafted menu,» said Mel Towle, general manager for Grand Casino Hinckley.
The following Tweets from David Purdum (@DavidPurdum) also highlight the big money that Vegas casinos have taken on Florida State:
Although profit is earned through the shrewd management of the vig (the commission taken by the casino) and by moving odds quickly in response to money coming in, with low bet limits even the most profitable individual prop bet pales in comparison to bets on the game result.
As a result, fading the public is a sound strategy because you are taking advantage of public bias and putting yourself on the side of the books and casinos.
It may take a little longer to get there on a comfortable old DC - 7 but, for $ 139, who can resist a weekend at the Super Bowl that includes the beaches and casinos of Grand Bahama and plenty of fun in midair?
In addition, most casinos and sportsbooks have limits on the size of bets they will take.
launched a small, highly successful hotel and casino, aimed at locals, onthe northern outskirts of Las Vegas; he would cash out in 2000 in order tobuild the 703 - room Palms, which the family opened a year later (and which doesnot take bets on NBA games).
In recent months, the assemblywoman's report on her JCOPE financial filing of a $ 30,000 gambling win — which purportedly took place at Saratoga Casino and Raceway — raised eyebrows.
In their deliberations, members of the casino advisory panel had to take into account the social impact the casinos would have on local people, as well as the potential they would have to regenerate the area.
President Barry Snyder refused to take questions on the issue as the Senecas hosted a four - day conference for the United South and Eastern Tribes at the Seneca Niagara Casino this week.
The U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the federal ban on state - authorized sports betting outside of Las Vegas, and legislation now before state lawmakers would allow New York's casinos to significantly expand how they take bets.
The trip could take two hours each way or longer, depending on the time of day... For Abreu and nearly 1,400 other workers at the casino, wages have nearly doubled.
Four members of Connecticut's Congressional delegation pressed Monday for a federal probe of the U.S. Department of the Interior's decision to take no action on amendments to longstanding casino revenue - sharing agreements with the state of Connecticut.
But the upstate casinos run by Native American tribes already claim that the court's decision gives them the legal authority to take wagers on sports.
«Yellow Brick Casino has been very successful in just the few months that it has been operational, but that certainly has an impact on the community and there are public safety issues that need to be taken into consideration,» Valesky said.
Mayor Bloomberg, who reportedly was taken by surprise by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State announcements on eradicating the fingerprint requirement for foodstamps and building the nation's largest convention center / casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, is getting his revenge this afternoon.
Cuomo, who initially pushed for the casinos, is for now taking a neutral stance on whether or not New Yorkers should support his plan.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — All day Wednesday, City of Niagara Falls workers were out on the perimeter of Seneca Niagara Casino, taking measurements of parking lot entrances.
«The editorial called gambling a regressive tax that takes its highest toll on those who can least afford it and also said that casinos often bring higher crime rates and deterioration of the communities nearby.
Tonight we will air part two of our series on the casino amendment, which will take a look at the campaign to promote the amendment and who is behind it.
Members operated a casino - style gambling club in Yonkers with illegal poker machines that held dice tournaments and took bets on horse races, and on March 7, 2011, Mark «Stymie» Maiuzzo and others torched a car they thought belonged to the bookmaker of a nearby gambling club to decrease business there and intimidate the bookmaker, the feds said.
Matthew Veitch, a Republican member of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors and head of the Racing Committee, said the county will not take an official position on the casino amendment until after New York voters decide.
After more than 14 months without a voice on the New York Gaming Commission, the Assembly and Senate are taking steps to place designees on the panel that will issue casino licenses later this year.
Cuomo, in that arrogant, dismissive way of his, has refused to take a position on such major issues as fracking, financing of the new Tappan Zee Bridge and locations for casino gambling.
The Senate, which had adjourned on Wednesday evening without taking up any bills, was expected back in the State Capitol on Thursday to consider the extensions and other elements of the Assembly bill, which also contained a relief package to Vernon Downs, a racetrack and casino outside Utica; access to more money for Adirondack road and well construction; and more than $ 50 million for flood victims on Lake Ontario.
On the casino, Picente said the Oneida Indian Nation officials previously talked with him about wanting to expand in the region, so he took a chance and approached them about building in Utica.
On the one hand, casinos often have higher concentrations of smokers as guests than homes do, and smoking can take place virtually at all times of the day.
On a calm day, the two of you can walk down by beautiful Lake Michigan and take a boat trip, and on an exciting night, you can head to Potawatomi Casino to try your lucOn a calm day, the two of you can walk down by beautiful Lake Michigan and take a boat trip, and on an exciting night, you can head to Potawatomi Casino to try your lucon an exciting night, you can head to Potawatomi Casino to try your luck.
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John (John C. Reilly), a half - bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall), taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos.
Later, they go off on a mission that will take them to the aforementioned casino city Canto Bight, as well as a First Order ship where they are disguised as First Order officers.
Woody Harrelson narrates the opening and takes the center of the narrative as a casino owner on the verge of losing his father's legacy who leaves his cozy rehab home to play for $ 10 million pot that could save his fortunes.
Playing out against the casinos and hotel rooms of Reno, Nevada, it's a noir - flavored character study that stars Philip Baker Hall as Sydney, an aging gambler who takes a down - on - his - luck drifter named John (John C. Reilly) under his wing.
Press screenings at the Venice International Film Festival take place primarily in two buildings on the Lido, the Palazzo del Cinema and the Palazzo del Casino.
Taking place in a pre-Q world — where the fanciest gadget that Bond possesses isn't an invisible car, but a cellular phone — «Casino Royale» follows the newly - appointed 007 on his very first License to Kill mission.
Poker, by contrast, requires them to play each other, with the casino merely taking a fee — usually a small cut of each pot — for providing space on the floor and a dealer.
Plenty of films took satirical aim at familiar targets prior to the David Zucker - Jim Abrahams - Jerry Zucker brain trust's magnum opus: Mel Brooks» Blazing Saddles was a Western spoof as roaringly un-PC as the films in which it found inspiration, a baby - faced Woody Allen made one of his first film appearances in the spy parody Casino Royale (now doomed to an eternity of being referred to as «no, the other Casino Royale»), and Murder by Death was a takeoff on the whodunit complete with off - brand versions of Sam Spade and Hercule Poirot.
Casino Royale is fantasy in a world that's earned its darkness, a mature film that doesn't demand to be taken seriously but doesn't expect you to believe that the world is the same as it was when Sean Connery leered at Ursula Andress walking out of the surf like Venus on the half shell.
Whereas Casino Royale took risks, Quantum of Solace runs mostly on the engine created from its predecessor, including being one of the only entries in the entire Bond run to continue a storyline left over from a previous film.
Not concerned with the more realistic take that was tried (and mostly successful) with Casino Royale and (the criminally underrated) Quantum of Solace, Bond's twenty - third outing still maintains the focus on story and character like the previous two films, yet also getting back to the more fantasy elements that has made the character thrive for fifty years.