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Heard it on the River

21 August 2003
There is still a lot of local buzz on the purported sale of Horseshoe with the list of wooers on the rise. When we last reported to you, AMERISTAR was supposedly on top of that list but since then we've heard MGM might be in the mix and one or two others. Who wouldn't want to own this company? But I still hate the thought of JACK BINION moving out. ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

6 August 2003
The big news in recent weeks has been the story that we picked up on the website www.casinocitytimes.com under 'gaming news.' By the time this column comes out the story will probably have been confirmed elsewhere but our version announced that Las Vegas-based AMERISTAR ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

24 July 2003
There are upwards of 33,000 people employed in Mississippi's casinos and now they all have another thing in common...they receive the only newspaper authorized by a state casino association produced strictly for them. It's the MISSISSIPPI GAMING NEWS and the first edition, ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

17 July 2003
Over time we have heard news about possible NASCAR involvement in TUNICA COUNTY, but it was in the form of rumors. We heard it again recently, but this time we checked it out with the man who knows what's going on here, KEN MURPHREE, Tunica County administrator. Ken said ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

9 July 2003
Gripes, gripes, gripes...you hear so many players griping (is it because they are losing?) that you wonder how casino employees can stand it. We decided to level the playing field and asked some table games dealers what their gripes were about players...that's fair turnabout. ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

26 June 2003
Gripes, gripes, gripes...you hear so many players griping (is it because they are losing?) that you wonder how casino employees can stand it. We decided to level the playing field and asked some table games dealers what their gripes were about players...that's fair turnabout. ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

11 June 2003
There will be a changing of the guard when you read this with a new general manager-editor coming aboard for JACKPOT! MAGAZINE and at the same time, the South's leading gaming and entertainment publication will move to Robinsonville to be nearer the action. Welcome to DAVID GRISHAM who ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

28 May 2003
DALE CARDEN, the new manager of Grand's Poker Room is not one to send me astray as he is an old and trusted friend and his casino is not going to get rich off my play in $3 to $6 Texas Hold'Em. He tells me to get in some practice because an event structured for geezers will be held at Grand when it presents "The Seniors" World Championship of Poker Oct. ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

15 May 2003
Just got back from a short but productive trip to the Gulf Coast where I attended the 10th Annual Southern Gaming Summit which gets better and better every year. Many gaming execs from Tunica were in Gulfport for the event and they were part of more than 5,000 folks who attended the seminars and show sessions. ... (read more)
 

Heard it on the River

1 May 2003
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT is making a major move into the world of "ticket-in, ticket-out" technology and has rolled out the system in nearly 3,100 of the 3,211 state-of-the-art slot machines at PARIS LAS VEGAS and BALLY'S LAS VEGAS, the first major Strip properties to fully adopt it. ... (read more)

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Rudi Schiffer
Rudi Schiffer is a long time columnist and contributing writer for Jackpot Magazine, the South’s leading gaming publication, and for casinocitytimes.com, the world’s leading casino industry internet news distributor. He is also owner and co-host of the 20-year-old Goodtimes Radio Show, now simulcast on Fridays from 3-6 PM Central Time from Country Classic 1180 AM, Memphis networked with KMIS 1050 AM, and 103.9 KGLU FM from Kennet, MO covering parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. His radio show is also archived at audiovegas.com. A Boston University Journalism graduate, he resides in Memphis, TN. Known as the "Voice of Tunica" for his support the gaming jurisdiction for two decades, he was also recently named to Memphis Business Quarterly Magazine’s 3rd annual “The Power Players, Who’s Who” of Memphis.He is also a contributing writer for Southern Gaming & Entertainment and Mississippi Gaming.

Rudi Schiffer Websites:

www.AudioVegas.com
Rudi Schiffer
Rudi Schiffer is a long time columnist and contributing writer for Jackpot Magazine, the South’s leading gaming publication, and for casinocitytimes.com, the world’s leading casino industry internet news distributor. He is also owner and co-host of the 20-year-old Goodtimes Radio Show, now simulcast on Fridays from 3-6 PM Central Time from Country Classic 1180 AM, Memphis networked with KMIS 1050 AM, and 103.9 KGLU FM from Kennet, MO covering parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. His radio show is also archived at audiovegas.com. A Boston University Journalism graduate, he resides in Memphis, TN. Known as the "Voice of Tunica" for his support the gaming jurisdiction for two decades, he was also recently named to Memphis Business Quarterly Magazine’s 3rd annual “The Power Players, Who’s Who” of Memphis.He is also a contributing writer for Southern Gaming & Entertainment and Mississippi Gaming.

Rudi Schiffer Websites:

www.AudioVegas.com