Dodges of Don King rile the DGE - 2004-01-08
Of all the sneaky moves Don King has made in his 30 years as a boxing promoter, perhaps none rivals his scheme to sign casino partnerships for big fights here - without having a casino license.

King last held a casino service-industry license in 1994, but in the last five years has managed to promote four world-championship fight cards here with Bally's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City.

He has done it through a pattern of reapplying for a license - a procedure that lets him resume business with casinos - and then withdrawing his application when the Division of Gaming Enforcement, or DGE, intensifies its background check.
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Limitation Placed on Golden Nugget License - 2004-01-08
Concern about the relationship of strip-club owner Rick Rizzolo to potential Golden Nugget buyers Tim Poster and Tom Breitling triggered the Gaming Control Board on Wednesday to tack a one-year limitation on the pair's license recommendation.

The three-member panel voted 3-0 to recommend approval of Poster Financial Group's $215 million purchase of the downtown and Laughlin Golden Nugget hotel-casinos, but not before subjecting Poster and Breitling to a 2 1/2-hour hearing that focused on their relationship with Rizzolo, owner of the Crazy Horse Too strip club.
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