VEGAS INC Magazine - Latest Las Vegas business news, features and commentaries about gaming, tourism, real estate and more
Issue link: https://www.ifoldsflip.com/i/62008
The Dialogue We want to hear from you. Visit vegasinc.com to post comments to stories. On David McGrath Schwartz's April 3 vegasinc.com story on lotteries ("Why Nevada offers just about every type of gambling possible — except a lottery"): M any states have stupid laws on their books, but none is more stupid than this law. I can stop to fill my gas tank, buy cigarettes and a six pack, but I have to go to California to buy a Powerball, Mega Millions, Fantasy Five or Lotto ticket. The law is just asking Nevadans to give their money to California. The state is not doing its job for the people who want it, and it is costing the education system billions. Look at Florida and Virginia and how much money they take in for education from the lottery. — fosimmons (Frank Simmons) The state doesn't care if Nevada is 50th in just about everything negative. For the state, it is all about the casinos and always has been. — jazzy13 (Mick Davis) Nevada's gaming industry controls Nevada politics. This industry has strong-armed lobbyists not only on the local and state fronts, but in Washington, D.C., and throughout the world. It's a global empire that detests any form of competition. — staralioflundnv (Star Ali Mistriel-Kogan) On Ron Sylvester's April 2 vegasinc. com story on the wide variety of slot machines in Las Vegas ("Lucky seven: Some of the most popular slot machines made in Las Vegas"): T hese gaming companies keep coming up with prettier and prettier A few months ways to take our pennies. Are the odds better? No, they are the same as any number generator. What you see on the screen is really the representation of number sequences, which is the same workings as any other video machine. That you can reach up and spin the wheel is really of little consolation when diminishing returns take your bank away at a rather alarming rate. — Xtlman (Mark Dunton) On Tovin Lapan's March 28 vegasinc. com story on the lucrative nightclub industry ("Nightclubs are the new cash registers at Strip casinos"): I LEILA NAVIDI On Richard N. Velotta's April 9 VEGAS INC story on an electronic receptionist ("Las Vegas company launches computer receptionist"): N othing says customers" touch of like a "person." — gmag39 Alice won't bring you coffee is correct. Nor will she handle back office billing, get lunch for the office or run random errands for the boss. She may be perfect for government buildings that just shuffle people from point A to B. — zackiebinkes (Zackie Binkes) computer "we care about our the pseudo-human generated t amazes me what makes money these days. I've never seen the attraction of these clubs: no place to sit, crowded, loud and expensive. I wonder if casinos have forgotten the 40- 50-year-olds who want a place to hang out and not be fleeced for overpriced drinks and try to have conversations over blaring club music. Las Vegas would do well to remember that middle-aged people need a source of social entertainment aside from gambling, eating another expensive meal or seeing yet another show. — Felding (Eddie Gaul) On Ric Anderson's March 30 vegasinc. com story on Pizza Fusion ("Organic pizza franchise to open restaurant in Henderson as part of Nevada expansion"): S ounds good. They have a vegan cheese pizza that looks delicious! — Stephica (Stephanie Taylor) I hope they do better here than they did in the metropolitan area of San Diego. They closed there. — denro discontinue ago, doing I business started to with other game controlled by a random any company that puts a machine between me and them when I call or visit. I also write to them and let them 1's and 0's that are spit out as random know that information. To heck with those companies who care nothing for their customers, but mouth off about "customer service" all the time. — DrJCA1 (Joel Ashenbaum) Pick 'Em Get smart Power tweets Overheard Done Deal Power Lunch The Numbers .com Buy high Sell low VEGASINCmag Vegas then ? ? ? ? ? ! The innovator $3.8 million $ YOUR AD HERE Executive class Read this! The Pitch is back NOW SERVING Affinity Gaming's earnings for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of $73.8 million in the final quarter of 2010. LAS VEGAS 95 VEGASinc2021 Gate keeper American dream Moonlighting FortuneCookie Grilled The Survivor $35 Per flight segment fee Allegiant Air imposes on passengers taking carry- on luggage stowed in overhead bins. This new fee went into effect this month. $573,000 Aliante Station's profit during the final two months of 2011 after emerging from bankruptcy. The property opened in November 2008 during the worst recession in memory and lost on paper $528.5 million in 2010. $15.9 million Riviera's net loss in 2011 on revenue of $81.7 million. It was an increase from the $13 million lost in 2010. 37 Communication towers NV Energy sold for $38.9 million. The company has asked the state Public Utilities Commission for approval to use $14.1 million from the sale to offset its expected rate increase sometime this summer. 50,000 Number of jobs Gov. Brian Sandoval hopes to generate by 2014 as part of his new economic development plan. THE NUMBERS Sin City Media Chatter We hear TUNE IN VEGAS INC TV | 16 APRIL 2012 | Join veteran journalists Dana Gentry and Jeff Gillan at 6:30 p.m. Sundays on KSNV, Channel 3 for VEGAS INC, the last word on all things business in the valley. Gaming, tourism, real estate and much more are presented weekly on VEGAS INC, Southern Nevada's must-see TV. Set your DVRs and join the VEGAS INC conversation. 5