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...Stupak surveys his realm, the $550 million Stratosphere Tower, Hotel and Casino that rises 1,149 ft. above Las Vegas like a gleaming blue syringe in the neon night sky. For a moment, his taste of triumph is soured by a nagging memory. "A few days ago," the 54-year-old entrepreneur says, "I had a nightmare that the tower was cracking and starting to lean. Luckily, I woke up before it fell over. Which I guess means something is going on self-consciously...
...Island, Bill Bennett of Circus Circus--Stupak is something of a wild card, a joke or a curse, a relic of the days when the town was run by guys whose middle name was "the." He enjoys banter about guns, was almost cast in Martin Scorsese's gangster epic Casino, and still refers to Mob characters like "Lefty" Rosenthal and Tony (the Ant) Spilotro as "the boys...
...Wellesley College chapter of the Starlight Foundation will hold a bachelor auction in conjunction with the ATO fraternity's casino night next Saturday at the MIT student center...
...demand on state and local governments for social-service assistance. Since 1992 Tunica has experienced a 29% drop in the number or residents receiving welfare payments. In New Jersey the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was cut in half during the 10 years following the introduction of casino gaming in that state. The bottom line is that despite the false and misleading claims of its critics, the gaming entertainment industry has made significant contributions--both economic and social--to the communities where it operates. FRANK J. FAHRENKOPF JR. President and CEO American Gaming Association Washington...
...compare the money spent in casinos with that spent on tickets for movies, theater, opera and concerts combined. If people choose to gamble for entertainment, is their enjoyment less legitimate than that of those who choose other types of recreation? If I enjoy going to a casino, is this somehow worse than spending the same amount of money to watch millionaire athletes play some game? ANN MCDONOUGH Kenosha, Wisconsin...