Followers of jurisprudence will be denied one of the more prurient evidentiary hearings in 
history now that Vegas High Roller sexpot Chloe Scordianos has decided to plead guilty to disorderly conduct rather than face trial for committing sex acts in public. (Scordianos was being orally pleasured by the late Philip Panzica III, in full view of other High Roller patrons.) Her attorney said “this plea will allow her to close this embarrassing chapter in her life and keep this salacious video private.” He also tried to paint a wholesome picture of his client, saying, “She doesn’t have a lot of money. She’s a college kid. She has a son,” facts Scordianos might have considered before getting wild on Gary Loveman‘s favorite Caesars Entertainment property. At least Scordianos will be spared the rough justice meted out to Panzica, gunned down on a lonely Texas road in front of his fiancee.
* Gaming & Leisure Properties will own five of the six casinos in the St. Louis area, thanks to the Missouri Gaming Commission, which handed union Unite-Here a 5-0 defeat. Only Tropicana Entertainment‘s Lumiere Place will fall outside the GLPI grasp. We presume the MGC approved the transaction because two different management companies — Penn National Gaming and Pinnacle Entertainment — will be actually operating the casinos, except for Casino Queen in East St. Louis, which GLPI runs directly. For the record, Penn runs Hollywood Casino St. Louis and Argosy Belle, in Alton, while Pinnacle (which used to own Lumiere Place) will continue to operate Ameristar St. Charles and River City. Clearing the Missouri hurdle makes the Pinnacle takeover an all-but-done deal.
* Steve Wynn‘s new poker room at Encore sounds very posh indeed. It will have three more tables but will be 62% larger than the old poker room, ensuring lots of lebensraum. Best of all, you can use the washroom without having to leave the lounge. As for newly 
announced Wynn Paradise Park, few details of its signature lagoon are set in stone yet. However, by eliminating the Wynncore golf course, Wynn Resorts is going to save a lot of money on its water bill. According to lake designer (yes, they have such things) Crystal Lagoon, a 10-acre lake would consume one-thirtieth of the water a thirsty golf course would. Of the project, slated for a 2020 opening, Crystal CEO Uri Man said, “Mr. Wynn has a vision to reinvent Las Vegas by bringing water to visitors. Instead of people traveling to the Caribbean for clear blue water on sandy beaches, he is bringing the Caribbean to them.”
* The Riviera‘s loss will soon be the Neon Museum‘s gain. But where will it store the giant R-I-V-I-E-R-A? The boneyard’s getting pretty short on space, what with the Treasure Island skull and crossbones, and God knows what all else.
