| Out in Nevada desert, gambling runs dry (Los Angeles Times) |
| First, a casino boom in Mesquite, now a bust. It's bad for the city and hard for its residents. Two decades ago, real estate mogul Randy Black turned this blip on the Arizona border into a boomtown when he opened the first of four casinos. Nearly 1 million visitors a year followed, and hotels, restaurants and stucco homes seemed to sprout from sand. |
| 01/02/2009 |
| Even Nevada sees drop in gambling revenue (Moldova.org) |
| Residents of Mesquite, Nev., say their city's health thrived and then died as the U.S. economy stalled and gambling revenues disappeared.It seemed to be one of those things that 'Geez, it's just going great. It's never going to end,' said Victor Kotalion, a 60-year-old laid off card dealer.Mesquite rose from the desert 20 years ago when real estate mogul Randy Black opened the first of four ... |
| 01/03/2009 |
| Trader vanishes after questions (Knoxville News Sentinel) |
| A Gatlinburg real estate entrepreneur and unlicensed stock trader who disappeared after a number of area investors stopped receiving dividend checks and began asking questions may have received as much as $20 million to invest in stock market day trading, the News Sentinel has learned. |
| 01/06/2009 |
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