“There might be a mother who says her husband doesn’t pay child support and is on welfare. She might make an application to us and we would have to review it.”
—Christos Mavrellis, Cyprus casino supervision commissioner, on a plan to exclude problem gamblers from the planned Melco Resorts casino in Limassol
“They’re not well-educated about how privacy should be important to them. They feel it’s a norm to have their data collected.”
—Simic Chan, senior analyst, Fung Global Retail & Technology, on a government order to install facial-recognition technology in Macau ATMs
“What we noticed is that a lot of our properties were just slots in the box, and those were getting sort of old and tired.”
—Tony Santo, chief executive officer of Gateway Gaming, commenting on his company’s plan to spend $300 million to renovate its 11 casino properties in Western Canada
“It’s their only chance, and it will be denied. The courts will not hesitate to reverse such an absurd thing.”
—David Tenant, attorney for East Taunton residents fighting a Taunton casino, reacting to the BIA’s revisiting its decision to put land for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe into trust
“I can’t understand why some towns were included and some weren’t. Without question we’ll see some of the negative spillover.”
—Mayor Donald Trinks of Windsor, Conn. on why some towns of neighboring East Windsor will be paid mitigation for effects of a casino to be built there, but his town won’t
“Let’s stop with the mistaken allure of casino revenue and get to work on development measures that really help Pennsylvania citizens gain lasting employment and long-term returns on capital investments.”
—Jeffrey S. Podohen, associate professor of marketing at Franklin and Marshall College, criticizing Pennsylvania’s efforts to close a budget gap with online gaming revenues in an op-ed piece for the Philadelphia Inquirer
