“Reforming” the U.S. system of taxing the international activities of U.S. businesses has been a strong theme of the Obama administration since the 2009 inauguration. On May 4, 2009, the Obama administration publicly unveiled its proposal to significantly change the U.S. tax system of the foreign activities of U.S. businesses.
Sam the “scambler” (he likes to scam as well as gamble) plops down next to you. “I’ve got a good one this time,” he says. I’ve heard Sam’s argument numerous times, and it sounds so intuitively ingenious that I’ve known executives who have wanted to ban the practice. But, in fact, we should highly encourage bettors to follow this exact scenario.
I used to think that the best way to run operations at the cage was to be fast ... and then faster. The strategy reminds me of Alan Alda as Captain Hawkeye from M*A*S*H. You might recall that Hawkeye, along with all the other surgeons of the 4077th, performed “meatball” surgery—in and out, patch them up and get them out.
One of the dangers of being a writer is that you may not fully communicate your thoughts. In your mind you have an idea of what you want to say and how you want to say it, but fall short on the paper. Even worse is when your words come across exactly opposite of what you had intended. And that’s what happened ...
The subject of mathematics has always fascinated me. Every aspect of our planet has some mathematical attribute, and seemingly random events can often be predicted and explained mathematically. The study of casino gaming, most notably slot machines, is especially fascinating. As much as the mathematical theories can be used to describe game play, the human aspect is just as interesting.
When I am asked about the advisability of gambling expansion, I retreat and make explanations based upon a “bathtub” model I formulated years ago. The bathtub model demands facts about the source of gambling dollars. Precisely whose pockets are these dollars coming from—tourists or local residents?
A Las Vegas firefighter draws the scrutiny of city officials, the police and the media after she posts on Facebook that she wants to shoot a county commissioner in the groin. A restaurant in North Carolina fires a waitress for calling customers “cheap” on her Facebook page. To assist employers in navigating the myriad federal and state laws that impact workplace social media policies, consider the following, non-exhaustive list of suggestions.
Read this to see what the hottest and newest table games and table games products are to come online. This month, we feature the Grand Jeu 22ws from Amatic Industries, Organic Dice Craps from Interblock, Stock Layout Design Collection from Rye Park Gaming, and TCSJOHNHUXLEY's Chip Brite System.
As the final days of the 111th Congress come to an end, NIGA is proud of what was accomplished in Washington, D.C., because of the hard work of the tribal leadership in Indian country. Congress passed the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and tribes were also able to secure over $2 billion in tax exempt bond funding to help fund infrastructure improvements on the reservations...
In the grips of this deep recession, the call for casino operators to achieve a seemingly impossible mission has never been so great or so urgent: cut costs while increasing revenue. There are no simple answers to actually doing this, of course—if there were they would have been implemented already.
