There has been more than $40 billion in merger and acquisition activity in the casino industry since the start of 2006, said Joel H. Simkins, a Prudential analyst who follows gambling.
Following Gamble is Cut Hands, the latest project by William Bennett, prime mover behind Whitehouse, one of the most punishing bands ever, both sonically (white noise was a staple) and conceptually (so were scatology and serial killers).
At VICE Canada, we were curious about this Tumblr community, so I Skyped a few of the so-called Columbiners who followed Gamble's blog.
The 45-minute documentary follows Gamble through the "I Am American" recording process at the Kimmel Center with the Temple University orchestra and choirs, and goes behind the scenes into the legendary Philadelphia International Records studio with the iconic Ms. LaBelle.
I was curious about this Tumblr community, so I Skyped a few of the so-called "Columbiners"—people who are obsessed with the shooting and Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the teens who did it who followed Gamble's blog.
The rights to the Mohawk casinos could be worth billions of dollars, investment analysts who follow the gambling industry said.
People who follow the gambling business say that for all the existing or proposed casino projects — for Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun and the assorted palaces of Atlantic City, for gambling in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts — gambling has become a game we can't get enough of.
Joe Greff, an analyst at JPMorgan who follows the gambling industry, said: "Every single option to improve the capital structure of MGM Mirage is on the table".
If David Haye follows his gambling instincts tonight and unleashes something dangerous but special on Nikolai Valuev, the real prize will be much greater than a quarter slice of a world title.
"It's not so much the global downturn that's having an effect on Macao; it's the visa restrictions that are having the most impact," said Anil Daswani, an analyst in Hong Kong who follows the gambling industry for Citigroup.
