Deadwood Mountain Grand not dead

Overheard at a drunken music video shoot:

This is the last goddamned check I'm going to write to you assholes!

--Big Kenny Alphin, handing a check for $5M to Mike Gustafson.

Construction is reportedly obscenely over budget.

Jaci Conrad Pearson writes in the Black Hills Pioneer:

For the second month in a row, Deadwood gaming numbers are up over prior year, with November seeing a nearly 7 percent increase in gross revenues and nearly a 10 percent increase in the handle. This year's total year to date handle is $1,011,187,788 as compared to $1,057,862,061 for the same period in 2010. Sen. Tom Nelson, president of the Deadwood Gaming Association is cautiously optimistic about the “up.”

Hey, Tom: how many hen houses have you been hired to guard anyway?

Everybody smokes in Hell.