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...colocando a P?rez en el tope mismo de la lista de los 500 hispanos m?s relevantes del mundo de los negocios. En algunas de sus lujosas torres, se han vendido apartamentos por $15 millones y su proyecto en Las Vegas es un complejo hotelero de cinco estrellas con casino inspirado en Las Ramblas de Barcelona. Pero seg?n el propio P?rez, su prioridad fundamental es revitalizar el centro de Miami, que ofrece muy poco espacio residencial y que tiene un gran potencial para convertirse en un centro cultural y de negocios para las Am?ricas. "La veo como una gran ciudad internacional...
INDICTED. JACK ABRAMOFF, 40, a top Republican lobbyist enmeshed in ethics investigations of his close friend, House majority leader Tom DeLay; on unrelated charges of defrauding lenders in the $147.5 million purchase of a casino cruise line in Florida five years ago; in Fort Lauderdale...
After perusing the street shops and the lobby of the casino to which we were refused entry, I bade farewell to the Heineken vending machines and ceramic cows peppering Monte Carlo and accepted the hand of Owen, our captain, as he heaved me back onto the ship’s deck. We made our way back to Le Port du Crouton, a bite-sized harbor in the French Riviera town of Juan-les-Pins where I was staying for a week. I had taken a far too-short hiatus from the paling lights of Boston’s Brigham...
What makes people start gambling may also be a function of availability. A 1999 study ordered by the U.S. Congress found that people who live within 50 miles of a casino have two times as much risk of developing a gambling problem as those living farther away. And the growing popularity of electronic gambling only makes things worse. In one study, researchers at Brown University found that while gamblers take an average of 312 years to develop a problem when they're playing traditional games like cards, slot-machine players fast-forward their addiction, getting hooked in just over...
...where self-regulation goes down the tubes." Better, say DiClemente and others, to simply to put down the cards or dice or cup of coins for good. As battle-scarred gamblers are fond of saying, the only way to be sure you come out ahead is to buy the casino. --With reporting by Melissa August/ Washington, Helen Gibson/ London, Noah Isackson/ Chicago, Coco Masters/ New York and Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles