Wynn explains...

I'm just off the phone with Steve Wynn, who had read the previous posting. In fact, his assistant called and said, "Steve Wynn said if you're over feeling punk'd, he'd like to speak to you." I didn't even think Wynn would know what it means to be punk'd! The man is full of surprises!

Anyhow, Wynn insisted that when we spoke a month ago, he believed the deal with Gans was a no-go, he didn't know it had hit the rumor mill and he didn't want to give it new life. There are reasons for that that he did not want me to disclose and that's fine, but I did think it's important for his credibility as well as my own to post this vague follow-up. Based on our conversation and some of the off-record information, I'm confident he did not intentionally mislead me.

He was actually very funny about it, in a swell mood, clearly delighted to have snagged Danny Gans. At one point, he went on a funny loop and called me a professional snitch. Then, later, he revisited it to say, "And you're a very good professional snitch."

As usual, he threw me a bone or two. Arf. I'll report some of it at some point later, but right now I've got to do some work for which someone will pay me.