The crowds in Laughlin don’t get much bigger than this — some 9,500 Toby Keith fans packed into a modular outdoor entertainment center only a football field or two from the main drag in town. Anthony Marnell III, who owns the side-by-side riverfront Edewater and Colorado Belle casino hotels, spent $4 million for the events venue.
By all accounts, a referendum to undo Massachusetts’ casino law should get crushed in Tuesday’s election and lose by some 15 to 20 percentage points. That’s what the most recent polls say. Then again, this is Massachusetts.
With the chill of winter already in the air, it’s time to stock up on food items and other kitchen essentials for the cold months ahead. You don’t want to be caught short, like old Mother Hubbard, with her proverbially bare cupboard.
Scientific Games Corp. executives have assured the investment community the company’s $5.1 billion buyout of Bally Technologies is on track to close by the end of the year.
