"Patrick defends gambling commission against Walsh’s accusations" by Mark Arsenault | Globe Staff September 12, 2014
Governor Deval Patrick, who had a hand in appointing the state gambling commission, defended the panel on Friday from accusations of law breaking and bias lodged by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and rejected the mayor’s call to intervene in the commission’s work.
“The Commission is doing their job, and doing it deliberately and thoughtfully,” Patrick’s office said in a statement. “They are independent from political pressure for a reason.”
The governor, in a brief interview, confirmed: “I have confidence in the gaming commission.”
Walsh on Thursday launched a sudden broadside against the casino regulators, saying the commission has “consistently engaged in conduct that unequivocally demonstrates its bias against Boston,” and called for the people who appointed the commissioners—Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Treasurer Steve Grossman -- to intercede in the board’s work. Walsh said the commission has illegally manipulated the casino licensing process to deny Boston a fair hearing over its claims for more say over two casino proposals on its borders.
The attacks come at a highly sensitive time for the commission, in the middle of its long-anticipated deliberations over the Greater Boston resort casino license. The commission spent several days this week evaluating a Mohegan Sun casino project in Revere and a Wynn Resorts proposal for Everett, and plans to begin its final deliberations on Monday.
See: Casino deliberations set for next week
Wynn scored higher in the commission’s initial review of the proposals, raising the possibility that Walsh could lose a lucrative compensation deal the city signed with Mohegan Sun....
Related: Mayor Walsh rips casino process as biased
Looks like he has hi$ own.
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Also see: Steve Wynn, City of Boston both need deal on mitigation
That's the Globe's primary concern.
The best way to solve the problem?
Vote casinos out!
"Atlantic City casino revenue down from 2013" by Wayne Parry | Associated Press September 13, 2014
ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic City’s casino revenue declined by 1.2 percent in August compared with a year ago as another gambling hall shut down at the end of the month.
The 11 casinos operating during August won $294.4 million from gamblers, down from $298 million a year ago. The Showboat closed on Aug. 31 but had been slowly ramping down its operations during the month.
Figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement began to show the impact Atlantic City’s casino consolidation is having on the market’s revenue stream. The 1.2 percent decline is a year-to-year comparison including the Showboat, and the Atlantic Club, which closed in January of this year but was operating in August 2013.
Not counting those two casinos, and including Internet gambling money, which didn’t exist a year ago, Atlantic City’s market saw an increase of 10 percent for the month. Internet gambling brought in $10.5 million in August, up $500,000 from a month earlier.
So far, three of the 12 casinos with which Atlantic City began the year have closed.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Upstate N.Y. casino applicants maneuver for support
It's a losing bet, and just ignore the crime that comes with it, too.
