In recent months, he’s made more positive headlines for generous donations to everything from Opportunity Village to Hope for Prisoners. Save for a newspaper headline or two, Walters’ redemption and revenge campaign continued apace. The prolonged dustup neared its end Tuesday when the county commission voted to approve a DOJ settlement calling for the county to pay $10 million and Walters’ Nevada Links Inc., to add another $1.5 million with neither party admitting liability. Department of Justice, which has been trying to collect back rent that with interest totaled more than $75 million. The deal did, however, draw the attention of the U.S. All protests aside, the county appeared in no hurry to play angry landlord with the generous donor to political campaigns high and low. Thanks to the somnambulant BLM and his pals at the Clark County Government Center, Walters managed to avoid paying proper rent on the lease for years. That was certainly the case when he scored a 99-year lease with laughably flexible terms on prime Bureau of Land Management real estate and transformed it into the Strip’s sparkling Bali Hai Golf Course. From NFL games and golf matches to suspiciously friendly land deals from his friends in Nevada government, the 77-year-old rarely misses a trick. Those who have followed his tumultuous life know Walters almost always manages to get the best of any deal. The Billy Walters Redemption and Revenge Tour skipped a beat this week, but don’t expect it to sideline the sports betting king and controversial developer.

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