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...billionaire investor has taken control of 10 casino properties in the past three months and is currently vying for three more. He grabbed control of nine Tropicana Entertainment casinos, including the Tropicana in Atlantic City, acquired the partly built Fontainebleau megacasino in Las Vegas and is currently in a contentious bidding war with Donald Trump for control of three Trump-branded casinos in Atlantic City. (Read TIME's cover story on casinos in Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Carl Icahn Is Wagering Big on Casinos | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...opening of the first new casino in 13 years finally kick-started the city. Borgata, with its scantily clad cocktail waitresses and $150 dinners, raised the ante for the industry. "It's kind of like when Steve Wynn opened the Mirage," says chef Flay, referring to Vegas' first megacasino, which opened in 1989. After Wynn made a volcano, everyone built over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vegas East | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

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