QUOTABLE QUOTES

Outrageous pronouncements, simple statements and words of wisdom.

“We’re not re-inventing anything”
— Andy Beshear, Kentucky Governor, on why he doesn’t expect any problems finalizing regulations for sports betting

“None of what is going on in (Amendment 3) has anything to do with the Indians”.
— Bob Jarvis, a gambling law professor at Nova Southeastern University, saying that Amendment 3, which was approved by 71 percent of the vote, does not impact tribal gaming.

“As an industry we provide £350 million a year in funding to racing. There is, perhaps more than any sport, a symbiotic relationship between racing and betting. That is something that we have been worried about, that racing has been worried about.”
— Michael Dugher, chief executive officer Betting and Gaming Council of the U.K. testifying about possible effects of requiring affordability checks for sports betting

“I do believe we have some language that allows for supports for a roof if necessary beyond the above (acreage).”
Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim, in reference to the idea that the A’s may need more than nine acres of land to accommodate a semi-retractable roof system for its new proposed stadium on the site of the Tropicana

“The penal orders to be made reflect the serious and unacceptable nature of the contraventions and are appropriate to deter both repetition of contravening conduct by Crown or like contraventions by other reporting entities who may seek to prefer profit over proper risk management.”
— Justice Michael Lee, in an Australian Federal Court ruling approving Crown Resorts’ US$293 settlement for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism funding violations

“Caleb told me that it was gonna be his operation and when it was happening I had to do everything he said because he had the knowledge and the skill.”
— Josiah Rogers, testifying against his older brother Caleb, a former Las Vegas police officer accused of committing three casino robberies across 2021 and 2022