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Celebrity Scoop: Golden Nugget Casino, Las Vegas

January 5, 2004 at 1:15 PM | 0 Comments

Who's smarter? Mark Burnett for turning his eye for reality shows to the always H O T Las Vegas? Or the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino for letting FOX TV and Burnett host their show there?

When I first saw the headlines I was thrilled to think of all the exposure that the old classic would get.  But a closer look at the report from E! Online News says that the new show Casino will "follow the day-to-day doings of Thomas Breitling and Timothy Poster, two young entrepreneurs who became multimillionaires after selling their Web startup Travelscape to Expedia in 2000 and decided to sink their winnings into buying and renovating one of Sin City's most famous gambling dens."

I know that I'm going to be watching this show, and might even apply to be on it. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm concerned about it's previous owners. What's their story?