Sale of Horseshoe may cost downtown - 2004-01-14
The sale of Binion's Horseshoe could prove pivotal to positioning Harrah's Entertainment as the top operator in gaming but end up costing downtown Las Vegas a world famous brand and the hallmark World Series of Poker.

Three days after federal marshals ordered the Horseshoe's closure by seizing approximately $1 million from the casino's cashier's cage to cover about $2 million in unpaid union health and pension payments, Harrah's on Monday revealed a deal to purchase the hotel-casino from owner Becky Binion Behnen for an estimated $50 million, most of it in the form of assumed liabilities held by the landmark
downtown property.
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Casino Employee No Longer Have To Wear Badges - 2004-01-14
The Mississippi Gaming Commission will no longer demand that casino employees wear gaming licenses which display their full names.

Larry Gregory, executive director of the Gaming Commission, issued an industry letter on Wednesday, a day after Cathy Netto, a blackjack dealer at Grand Casino Gulfport, presented a petition signed by over 250 co-workers asking that employees no longer display their badges.

Netto told: that she started seeking signatures after a gambler called her at home on Christmas Eve. She believes the gambler got her full name from the badge and called directory assistance.
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