Word: adelson
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...both 1997 and '98, Adelson again gave $100,000 to the Republican National State Election Committee. In 1998, Mirage Resorts kicked in $300,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, followed with $300,000 to the Republicans and $250,000 to the Democrats in 1999. In 1998, Circus Circus gave $285,000 to the same G.O.P. committee. The following year, Park Place Entertainment, the former gaming division of the Hilton Hotels, gave $100,000 to the Democrats and $75,000 to the Republicans, and MGM Grand gave $150,000 each to the Democrats and Republicans...
...American Gaming Association, have emerged as a major influence group in Washington, doling out large campaign contributions and wining and dining lawmakers. Like many other special interests, they are equal-opportunity givers, as attested to by a sampling of contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission. In 1996, Sheldon Adelson, whose Las Vegas Sands Inc. owns the new Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, contributed $100,000 to the Republican National State Election Committee and $105,000 to the Democratic National Committee. Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts donated $226,500 to the Republican National Committee that same...