NCN EXCLUSIVE: An open letter signed by nearly 50 rural Nebraska lawmakers says rural Nebraskans “deserve a response to Osborn’s disparaging comments about Red Cloud and rural Nebraska.”
Story and Letter: https://t.co/NFHLAqZn3M
You think your local government is retarded?
My local government paid 18 staffers $5.4 million over 2 years to pass out 26,000 @DollarGeneral gift cards valued at $759k and has no idea whatsoever who got how many.
Next level idiocy on purpose and theft of the public treasury.
What is going on with Fremont?
-unjustified attacks on home schooling to deny opportunities
-Public school promotion of anti-ICE rallies endangering students
-sent NSEA militant @lynnewalz
to the unicameral to push leftist agendas in school and deny opportunities for choice.
Apparently this adorable little thing is called a Baby Guinness. 😂☘️
No Guinness involved. Just coffee liqueur, Irish cream and another very important lesson in Irish culture.
We’re learning so much over here. 🇮🇪😂 @cfbireland@TCUFootball@BarstoolTCU#IrishFrogs#Ireland #BabyGuinness
A Nebraska businessman sold his company for $500 MILLION, got bored, and walked into a casino. In one year he lost $127 MILLION. The casino kept giving him vodka and painkillers in a candy box to keep him at the table. He sued them for it. They fined the casino $225,000.
– Terrance Watanabe spent 25 years building Oriental Trading Company
– His family's party-favor import business in Omaha, Nebraska, into one of the largest mail-order retailers in America.
– In 2000 he sold it. His net worth was around $500 MILLION.
– Then he had nothing to do.
– He discovered a Harrah's casino across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Started going to pass the time.
– By 2005 he was flying to Las Vegas regularly. By 2006, he was living there full-time.
– Steve Wynn noticed him at the Wynn casino and called him into a private meeting.
– He could see that Watanabe was a compulsive gambler and an alcoholic.
– He banned him from the property not wanting to violate Nevada law, which prohibits casinos from letting visibly intoxicated people gamble.
– Harrah's called him the same week. They offered $12,500 a month in airfare, Rolling Stones tickets, $500,000 in gift store credit, and 15% cash back on any table losses over $500,000.
– They gave him a free three-bedroom suite at Caesars Palace and he accepted.
– 2007 Terrance Watanabe bet $825 MILLION across Caesars Palace and The Rio.
– The largest amount ever wagered by a single individual in Las Vegas history.
– He lost $127 MILLION of it. One man generated 5.6% of Harrah's entire Las Vegas gambling revenue that year.
– Casino staff kept him supplied with his preferred vodka at all times.
– When he became addicted to prescription painkillers, staff delivered Lortabs to him at the table hidden inside boxes of candy.
– He sometimes played for 24 hours straight and once lost $5 MILLION in a single day.
– At one point he played three blackjack hands simultaneously at $50,000 per hand.
– His sister showed up at Thanksgiving 2007 and had no idea what had happened. She took him home to Nebraska. He went to rehab.
– When the lawyers started tallying the losses, the real number wasn't $127 million. After Harrah's was forced to hand over their internal records, it came to $204 MILLION.
– He sued Harrah's for $20 MILLION, claiming they had kept him intoxicated to keep him gambling. The Nevada Gaming Control Board opened its own investigation.
– The casino was fined $225,000 for allowing him to gamble while visibly intoxicated.
All criminal charges against Watanabe were dropped as part of a global settlement. The terms were confidential.
Brent O’Mara accomplished a 1 in 1.1 MILLION feat after shooting 73-74 in back-to-back rounds as an 8.7 handicap index. Here’s my full report on the Shadow Ridge CC MEMBA-MEMBA Champions in Omaha, Nebraska. #TheYipRule#golf#journalism
Scottie is unleashing on his caddy, Ted Scott 👀
He said “I absolutely flushed a 7 iron and I’m in the water. I don’t think you know how frustrating that is.”
Ted responded saying “Maybe don’t hit it there then.”
Nebraska pitcher Jordy Frahm announced that she is pregnant with her first child. She has been competing for three months while pregnant.
Congrats to Jordy and Trey!
Happy Hollow's (@hhc_omaha) Ryan Vermeer tees off at Aronimink for his 6th PGA Championship tomorrow! ⛳️
As a PGA of America Golf Pro, @Golf_RV enjoys the balance of a normal life while getting to compete at golf's highest level.
STORY: https://t.co/WsLrc5z0E5 #PGAChamp
Goodbye, friends, from Augusta Georgia!
As a farewell, we’re giving away one of the limited edition Peach Reserve TOUR-ISSUE Staff Bags.
To win: Just REPOST!