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After posting that item yesterday about betting on the news, I got to thinking about hosting a competition on this site. Here’s the deal: try to predict who will be inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame this year, and win an unspecified prize. It might be a load of Schrute bucks, it might be […]
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingI’ve explained, opined, asserted, declared, and suggested, but at last I’ve reached the stage in my career where I can quip. From the Daily Review: After defeat at polls in 1974, a gaming referendum in New Jersey succeeded two years later thanks to an alliance between gaming interests and the Roman Catholic Church, explained David
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingEver wonder what sorts of information you’d need to disclose if you want to own a casino? If you’re really curious, you could download the Multi Jurisdicitonal Personal History Form (pdf) yourself. If not, check out this list of tidbits that’s I’ve pulled out on a slow news day. You’ve got to tell regulators: Any
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gambling & culture, news about gamblingDon’t necessarily believe what you read: they just remodeled the Taj bac pit and are now calling it a salon. For a laugh, check in there and ask for an appointment for a cut and color. From the AC Press: This is no mere gambling den or baccarat pit, but rather, ahem – French accent
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atlantic city, news about gamblingYes, it had a very soft opening last weekend, but in my mind the Palazzo is now really open for business: its carpet is immortalized in the Die is Cast casino carpet gallery. Clearly the color palette is related to the Venetian’s, yet it is different enough to have its own identity. But it still
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life in vegas, news about gamblingI stopped by Palazzo today and thought I’d share my impressions. Here are a few disorganized thoughts, without even the dignity of ellipses…. It’s a VERY soft opening, with incomplete finishes in the casino area and very little open. It’s neat seeing the casino as a work in progress, but if I was a paying
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news about gamblingI haven’t posted in a very long time, but I wrote a draft of this a few days ago. It’s not breaking news now, but it’s still significant. From PC Mag: Antigua and Barbuda won compensation from the United States on Friday in a long-running trade dispute about gambling, but the amount was far lower
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news about gamblingLike many a would-be empire-builder, Columbia Sussex met with a serious reverse on its Eastern Front. Having lost its license in New Jersey, the company now has to sell off 3 casinos, and even then might not be in the clear. From the Philly Inquirer: Add Philadelphia; Baton Rouge, La.; and Las Vegas to the
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atlantic city, news about gamblingYou don’t read too much about casino owner Don Barden in the Las Vegas or gambling media, but he’s got a nice-sized casino company and great prospects for the future, particularly in Pittsburgh. The NY Times has a short piece detailing his rise to wealth and moderate fame: Don H. Barden could have scheduled the
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news about gamblingI’m not totally sure that this is news, but I’m going with it today anyway–otherwise, I’d have to post my usual thoughts on the lower AC revenue numbers. Caesars Palace has raised its table limits to what it says are the highest in town (but which may not in fact be). From the LVRJ: The
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life in vegas, news about gamblingThere’s always an arms race of sorts going on between slot cheats and casino security. The cheats figure out a way to rip off the machine, the security folks learn how to detect and prevent it, so the cheats come up with a new scam. Ad infinitum. Now, surprise surprise, comes news that ticket-in/ticket-out machines–which
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news about gamblingIt’s one thing when your competitors say you’re second-rate. It’s another when your complaining customers agree with them. But when state investigators tell the world that your casino is low-class, you’ve got some serious thinking to do. That’s just happened to the Tropicana. From the AC Press: New Jersey’s casino enforcement agency recommended only a
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atlantic city, news about gamblingI just am linking to this because I like the headline…and I want to make a point about American casino evolution. Along the way I’ll go off on a tangent that no one will find comprehensible. From the Des Moines Register: The Wild Rose Casino of Emmetsburg has never been a genuine riverboat, and state
If you love John Ascuaga’s Nugget so much that you want to bring it home with you, you are in luck. You no longer have to worry about getting busted smuggling towels or pilfering soaps from you room–you can now buy genuine casino hotel furniture for a fraction of its true worth. From the RGJ:
Massachusetts used to have a reputation as a haven for blue laws–and bluenoses–but gambling is gaining in popularity. From Boston.com: Three years ago, you couldn’t even buy a six-pack of beer on Sunday in most Massachusetts cities and towns – and now the governor is proposing not just one but three casinos. Despite some lingering
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news about gamblingI don’t really care too much about the story itself, but you can’t beat the headline: Casino Carpet Unrolls on the MTV Awards – Forbes.com Casino carpet, apparently, has come into its own. The thing is, I’m sure the editor was trying to juxtapose the “red carpet” of big LA events with the jangling noise
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life in vegas, news about gamblingThere are some parts of Las Vegas that I wouldn’t recommend to tourists, but we don’t have too many landmines. For an up-and-coming Cambodian casino region, they’re just one of the reminders of a turbulent past. From
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news about gamblingIf you’re not totally Macau-ed to death by the coverage of the Venetian Macau’s opening, here’s a great summary of what the big deal is. From the Economist: Its construction involved filling in the sea between two of Macau’s islands to recreate the Las Vegas strip, and then carefully cutting out tiny canals to provide
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news about gamblingI’ve finally gotten official word today: I’m moderating a panel at this year’s Global Gaming Expo. Here’s the session: Gaming Expansion: Push and Pull Factors in 2008 and Beyond Tuesday, November 11, 9:15 AM-10:15 AM In recent years, gaming expansion has been inconsistent, with dramatic victories in Pennsylvania and Kansas, partial success in Florida, and
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news about gamblingTim Donaghy, the NBA ref accused of gambling on games that he refereed, has plead guilty. From USA Today: The Boston Celtics, favored by four points, faced the 76ers in Philadelphia on Dec. 13 and won 101-81 in what seemed to be just another NBA blowout featuring bad Atlantic Division teams. On or about the
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