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FROM BELLBOY TO GAMBLING TYCOON: HOW FRANK JUNIOR BUILT THE FERTITTA EMPIRE IN LAS VEGAS

CHAPTER TWO IN A FOUR-PART FERTITTA FAMILY HISTORY By: Rich Bergeron CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO SEE FULL SIZE PICTURES [mpinpage] When Frank Fertitta, Jr. came to Las Vegas from Galveston, Texas in 1960, he quickly found work as a bellboy at the Tropicana. Fertitta’s Texas-bred “family” history included decades of successful casino operations in […]

Fertitta Family’s Organized Crime History Offers Clues to Current Station Casinos Crisis

Chapter One: The Maceos and Fertittas establish rackets and roots in Texas: By: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO SEE THE IMAGES AT FULL SIZE Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo blossomed from humble Italian-born barbers to booming businessmen overseeing a vast array of organized crime operations from prohibition bootlegging to the […]

FERTITTA-OWNED STATION CASINOS IS SUFFERING FROM DOWN ECONOMY

Life can be brutal in the desert. Station Casinos, which is partially owned by the 90% Zuffa, LLC Owning Fertitta Brothers (Lorenzo and Frank III), is suffering tough economic times as an entity. Before I explain further, it’s important to understand what Station Casinos really is, in their own words: “Station Casinos, Inc. is the […]

THE REAL “DEAL” ON XYIENCE

By: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] Recently A New York City Magazine that shall remain nameless published an article about the Xyience saga I’ve been reporting on since late 2006. The reporter interviewed me for over an hour as part of her research, but her editor cut out every single quote of mine she put into […]

THE USUAL SUSPECTS PART TWO: CORPORATE CROOKS ON BOTH SIDES OF XYIENCE BANKRUPTCY

From Left to right: Omer Sattar, Kirk Sanford, Adam Frank, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta By: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] International Money Laundering, Conspiracy to Commit Fraud, Credit Card Fraud, Bank Fraud, Civil RICO charges, Insider Trading, Securities Fraud, and the list goes on and on. These are just some of the crimes going on […]

REFEREE OF KIMBO SLICE FIGHT RESPONDS TO CONTROVERSY

by: Jack Bratcher   [mpinpage] It’s always very interesting to hear from the referees after controversial fights to find out why they made the calls that they did. Questions, conspiracy theories, and even some disgust seemed to abound after EliteXC’s Saturday Night Fights on CBS. So what better person to talk to than the referee […]

THE USUAL SUSPECTS: Global Cash Access Holdings, Kirk Sanford, Kathryn Lever, Karim Maskatiya, Omer Sattar, Fertitta Enterprises All Collude in Xyience Bankruptcy Efforts

From Left to right: Omer Sattar, Kirk Sanford, Adam Frank, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta BY: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] Even after a sale of the company’s assets free and clear of liens, new evidence is emerging tying together all the parties that made the ongoing bankruptcy of Xyience possible in a fraudulent scheme reeking […]

Xyience Temporarily Taps Out

XYIENCE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY By: Rich Bergeron   [mpinpage] Over a month before it became official, Fight News Unlimited reported that bankruptcy was imminent for Xyience. Our article entitled THE ENRON OF MMA exposed some of the reasons why the company is in such dire straits, but the Las Vegas Review Journal dug a little […]

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