Guys I just spoke with Marc and he has some encouraging news from managment at The Stardust.
He has been speaking with them continuously since all this controversy erupted Friday morning and they took everyones concerns very seriously. After checking everything out thouroughly they are confident that there are no major police operations planned at the Stardust.
Because of the size of their resort and because they are a state licensed casino the Stardust has a long standing relationship with local, state and federal law enforcement. Their contacts were unaware of any planned actions and were fairly certain that no warrents or actions were issued regarding CAC or its attendees. Stardust managment are standing behind that assessment. Further managment stated that if they DID believe there were going to be potential problems THEY would have cancelled the event as they dont want trouble at their resort.
This obviously is good news for those people planning to attend.
After thinking things over I believe that the risk to affiliates and affiliate managers is minimal and suggest that you guys just relax and have a good time in Vegas. If you already have plans to attend I would continue on with those, just dont drink to much or spend all your money on the casino floor.
With regards to prinicpal owners, sports book operators or persons with high visibility/exposure I would say that its probably best to attend conferences outside the United States until the legal climate changes.
CAC in Amsterdam is obviously now the #1 conference for our industry and I highly recommend attendence (you can be sure CAP will be there). ICE in London, GIGSE in Montreal, CAP Springbreak in the Bahamas and the Poker Industry Expo in Costa Rica are other MUST attend events for EVERYONE.
After careful thought I wanted to post this update to relieve some of the stress we have all gone trough since friday morning.
Have a great weekend and safe travels :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: