There's an old saying that there is only one way to make money in a casino and that's to own one. You have to work doubly hard to lose money in a casino.

I defy anybody to find me any empirical evidence that suggests gambling ... has ever suffered from [recessionary pressures].

The only thing the stock could trade on would be phantom news, news from the construction site, whether or not it's on budget or if there's going to be a delay.

What I'm saying to foreign investors who have been putting a lot of money into this market is reconsider that position. For the last 16 months people have been saying it's cheap, but they dumped almost $6 billion into it and it hasn't moved.

We never went in saying we'd make money off of this program, but do we try to recover some costs? Definitely.

All we're saying is, even if you're not paying your money for political dues, you can still be a union member, for organizing and benefits, ... They want to stay in the union, but they want to have a voice about how their money is spent.