I think it’s important that we be very clear that Tom Dick owned Captain Cooks and Maryann Dick (his wife) owned ISpye, the marketing company behind the casino. Tom Dick sold Captain Cooks a couple years back to Jamie Taylor (Casino Rewards). There has been evidence that there is a very definite connection between Tom Dick and Inchili Casino.
As far as the ownership of HippoJo, Tom Dick’s former right-hand and Maryann Dick’s right-hand are the owners. The HippoJo owners broke ties (in a not-so-friendly manner) immediately following the sale of Captain Cooks. The owners of HippoJo have been around since the start of the industry and are as straight up as they come. I know they’ve had some rough roads in getting the new casino up and running and I suspect they have a few employees who need to learn a bit more about the right and wrong way to do things. I’d imagine things will clean themselves up at HJ, swiftly.