[laughter] i had 60 employees and i was 16 years old. with my dad died that was the only thing that was left of the family business for cry was prepared to do it i didn t know anything other than making bingo a better experience next week and the week after. john: then you were chairman of the golden nugget hotel. by gatt i got a chance to run the place it had blackjack tables and a gift shop and a parking lot. all of a sudden the chief financial answer resaw have a was put together and how works and saw that las vegas was not in the gambling business. that looks like it to me.
you talk to senior congressional aides they say, look, there was a real tradeoff here. republicans and some democrats have been seeking this on behalf of the banks for several years now since the reforms were put in place. in exchange, democrats are krou crowing about the fact they were able to increase the budget in the commodities trade commission and ftc. they said we had to give a little but we got some for other agencies that republicans would like to go after. for now, at least democratic leaders saying, in the senate, that this is a fair deal. wow. so wall street could be back in the gambling business. i m sure americans are very proud. from the washington post, ed o keefe, thank you very much. now three things to know this wednesday. michigan s governor says detroit s bankruptcy is officially ending at midnight tonight. the city first declared bankruptcy in july of 2013. it was the nation s largest municipal bankruptcy. the flu is hitting some areas of the country hard.
guilty to illegal gambling, sentenced to probation, given a $1,000 fine because those tips turned into? ultimately i started taking a cut of one of the games in new york. let me get this straight. and there are millions of dollars involved? yes, very big numbers. if you take a tip and toby maguire wanted to you bark like a seal, that is not a problem. let s say there is $1 million pot and you wanted a cut, that is illegal? yes. the feds got you and charged you with? running an illegal gambling business. they said what to you? when they arrested me, they showed up with machine guns, 17 of them. they put me in handcuffs, sat me on my couch and put paper in front of me that said the united states of america versus molly bloom. and you were imlient at that point? and you were compliant at that point? yes. you had jail looming
anybody but himself. he was discharged for psychological reasons back in 2006 after 26 days of basic training. bergdahl is currently in a hospital in germany but returned home when doctors cleared his mental and physical health. heather, ainsley. mary ann, thank you. ben affleck reportedly getting kicked out of another casino. it s the gambling business in costa rica. this time it happened in canada. security asking affleck to leave the table for being an advantaged player. casinos in las vegas flagging the 41-year-old actor for allegedly counting cards. his wife is fed up with all of the gablbling and cancelled a family trip. off the market after being are her 27-year-old boyfriend. she is dating dancing with the
they are criminals they steal the public s money and they have betting that replace book keys that promote the public welfare. let him go. now in many states people can make convenient belts in off track petting fore store fronts. off track betting is representative of how much contract betting has failed. state governments like new york keep them alive. stop on that a moment. the book keys were making so much money taking bets that the state said this is mafia crime we have to take it over to clean it up, government is so incompetent they are doing the same thing the book keys were doing. they lose money in new york city. it shows how much when government gets into the gambling business it shows how much it ends up being a failed policy.