“We should be screaming from the tree tops, ‘We’re going to revoke your license, we’re going revoke your license.’ The good news is I think they’re hearing that message right now.”
—Mike Ernest, assistant attorney general, on bringing failed Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International into compliance and forcing it to pay its bills
“There’s something true about smiling eyes when people are happy, even underneath a mask. You can look at those eyes and tell that they’re happy to be back.”
—Frank Neborsky, general manager, the Downs Casino and Racetrack in New Mexico, which has reopened at 33 percent capacity after a yearlong shutdown
“We can’t be dependent on casino gaming anymore. We’re always going to be a casino town, don’t get that wrong. We love the jobs, the opportunities they provide. But it’s time to make a difference from every other town near-and-far that now has casinos.”
—Marty Small, Atlantic City mayor, who says the site of former Trump Plaza, imploded in February, should not become another casino
