“Many young people don’t reject the idea of visiting the mainland for fun, but if you want them to live there, you have your head in the clouds. You can’t even use WhatsApp or watch YouTube videos. You are isolated from the world.”
—Nathan Law, former student activist, on plans to create a Greater Bay Area megalopolis in southern China that would encompass Hong Kong and Macau
“I’m sure a lot of American companies would feel even better about doing business in South Korea if the situation with the North was resolved.”
—Ron Reese, spokesman, Las Vegas Sands Corp., who adds that Sheldon Adelson’s company is not interested in opening a North Korea casino
“The people go to Boracay to swim, not to gamble. So there will be no casino there.”
—Eduardo Año, Philippine lawmaker, echoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence that Boracay is off limits to casinos
“Adding the legal meat around the bones of the implementation law, that takes years.”
—Jay Defibaugh, CLSA analyst, who says there’s lots of work to be done after Japan’s IR Implementation Bill passes before the first integrated resort can open
“Let’s not forget the Massachusetts Gaming Commission roundly rejected Bluhm’s casino application in 2016 because it was incompatible with the vision everyone has for southeastern Massachusetts.”
—Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell, reacting to the revived petition for a casino in Brockton, Massachusetts by Neil Bluhm of Rush Street Gaming
“I expect, however, the change in sports gambling could be and will be likely the impetus for the creation of such reports in our future.”
— Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on the likelihood of periodic injury reports on athletes being mandated by coaches
“The unique status of the tribes pops up in curious ways. Most visible are casinos. Nearly 250 tribes run gaming operations in states where gambling is otherwise illegal. Another example is same-sex marriage, which tribes are not bound to recognize, despite its being legal in all 50 states.”
—The Economist magazine explains to its mainly British readership what American tribal sovereignty means in practical terms
