20 Quotes by Anthony Curtis

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    What they're doing now is they're making their locals casinos a more upscale brand. Maybe they're stopping short of a Green Valley Ranch. But they're targeting areas of big growth in high-income neighborhoods like Southern Highlands.

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    Ultimately it's good for the casinos. They'll get more players, more of them will come to Vegas, and when they're in Vegas, they'll make sports bets.

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    I think it makes sense. The only thing left that's new might just be old. If you've already got an old place, you wouldn't want to tear it down and start from scratch if you didn't have to.

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    When they built Suncoast, people said 'What are they doing building all the way out there (in Summerlin)?' ... But they knew exactly what they were doing.

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    Video poker is contrary to the rule of thumb that you shouldn't play machine games. That's because there's so much competition in video poker and some of the pay schedules get so juicy, that if you know what you are going, you can actually play with an advantage over the casinos.

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    The same technology that gives a nation the ability to precisely launch rockets powerful enough to carry men into orbit and then bring them back down safely can be applied to the precision firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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    The sports books come up with many ingenious ways to get you to put your money down, ... You have to pick who you think is going to win given the point spreads, but people still tend to bet with their hearts.

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    People that have the hot dog stand already set up don't want to see another one set up around the corner,

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    You're on such thin ice there. You're talking about people's associations and reputations. I don't think they're malicious in any way. I think they're just doing their job. But they've hurt people with the mistakes they've made.

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