Regis Philbin
Oct 28th, 2008, 07:37 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/eveningnews/main4544780.shtml
:hat: Casino Tycoons Stack Chips For McCain
CBS Evening News: Sin City Bigs Bundle Cash For Republican, Fearing Regulations Under Obama
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 24, 2008
Casino Heads Bet On McCain
(CBS) Las Vegas embraces 36 million people a year, each looking to get lucky - and get rich.
But the casinos aren't nearly so welcoming when it comes to Washington regulations - and in Campaign '08, they're leaving nothing to chance, CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.
You might not know it, but America’s gambling obsession has become a major force in the U.S. economy. All that money pouring into casinos and wagered in sports betting amounts to $85 billion a year.
And the handful of tycoons, who control the gambling industry, are playing an unprecedented role: putting all their money behind Sen. John McCain in Nevada, a key battleground state.
McCain's Vegas team of five includes billionaires Sheldon Adelson, of Las Vegas Sands and longtime Democrat Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts. They're acting as "bundlers," mega-fundraisers who, critics say, get special access.
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Poirier says they worry Obama would be a big regulator - and cost them billions.
"It could bring problems with unions; it could bring problems with taxes," he said.
:hat: Casino Tycoons Stack Chips For McCain
CBS Evening News: Sin City Bigs Bundle Cash For Republican, Fearing Regulations Under Obama
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 24, 2008
Casino Heads Bet On McCain
(CBS) Las Vegas embraces 36 million people a year, each looking to get lucky - and get rich.
But the casinos aren't nearly so welcoming when it comes to Washington regulations - and in Campaign '08, they're leaving nothing to chance, CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports.
You might not know it, but America’s gambling obsession has become a major force in the U.S. economy. All that money pouring into casinos and wagered in sports betting amounts to $85 billion a year.
And the handful of tycoons, who control the gambling industry, are playing an unprecedented role: putting all their money behind Sen. John McCain in Nevada, a key battleground state.
McCain's Vegas team of five includes billionaires Sheldon Adelson, of Las Vegas Sands and longtime Democrat Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts. They're acting as "bundlers," mega-fundraisers who, critics say, get special access.
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Poirier says they worry Obama would be a big regulator - and cost them billions.
"It could bring problems with unions; it could bring problems with taxes," he said.