During the height of his presidential campaign, it looks like Donald Trump may be reentering the casino business in a joint venture with Las Vegas casino owner Phil Ruffin.
Trump and Ruffin currently own the high rise Trump Hotel on the Vegas Strip and they are exploring the possibility of building a casino to go along with it. The location would be the next major construction for the Strip.
Although it’s early days, Ruffin anticipates progression over the course of the year. The Trump Organization would hold 50% ownership and according to The Wall Street Journal, Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump and head of the family’s hotel business, said, “If he wanted to do [the casino], we would certainly do it. [Ruffin] is one of our closest friends. We’re almost inseparable.”
You can’t discuss the possibility of Trump coming back to the gambling industry without taking a look back at his New Jersey casinos. The Trump Organization’s Atlantic City casinos have suffered since Trump stepped out of the business. In fact, they went into "an utter state of disrepair", as Trump once said, while licensed to continue to operate using the Trump name. Trump Plaza closed its doors in 2014 while Trump Plaza was hardly the luxurious casino it once was.
If the US president thing doesn’t work out at least Trump has the casino industry to fall back on.
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Kristen Munoz 7 years ago
trump always will be in the casino industry . that's his money maker well it has been why would he not be involved considering how big online casino are now he has to have some what of a hand in it . and president or not its great ! people seem just to concerned about really the judgment of outsiders insteed of what could...
trump always will be in the casino industry . that's his money maker well it has been why would he not be involved considering how big online casino are now he has to have some what of a hand in it . and president or not its great ! people seem just to concerned about really the judgment of outsiders insteed of what could be generating wealth so get in the game everyone
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Yautjazz 8 years ago
So you can see that the gambling industry can be relatively tempting and profitable, but there's an old saying that if you stir too many pots, nothing good will come of it, we'll see how things turn out in the near future with Trump.
Da sieht man das die Glücksspielbranche relativ verlockend und gewinnbringend sein kann,jedoch gibt es da einen alten spruch wenn man in zu vielen töpfen rührt kommt nichts gutes dabei raus,wir werden sehen wie sich dich dinge in nächster zeit ergeben werden mit Trump.
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jukka1fox 8 years ago
Hope he has something else on his mind :)
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eberetta1 8 years ago
Maybe the logjam could get broken up in Washington now that an alternate place to conduct business can be had on the cheap instead of at 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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