While answering questions about the impact of the Black Friday indictments on Nevada poker, I thought I’d take a look at what impact previous interdiction attempts (the passage of UIGEA, the implementation of UIGEA) had on Nevada poker. So I compiled a month-by-month summary of Nevada’s poker results for the past seven years. Because I […]
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Center for Gaming Research, news about gambling, Two Way Hard ThreeSometimes I like to share things that I find while plumbing through the archives, just because. Yesterday I did just that at Two Way Hard Three: Working on my lecture for tomorrow about Las Vegas gaming in the 1980s and 1990s, I wanted to go back to some of the original sources. So I’ve been
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Two Way Hard ThreeI wrote a quick review of some of Kirk Kerkorian’s earlier history in Las Vegas for Two Way Hard Three this morning: Kirk Kerkorian is stepping down from his position on the board of MGM Resorts International in June. It’s a significant milestone for Las Vegas gaming, since he’s one of the few remaining links
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Two Way Hard ThreeIn addition to the statistical reports I’ve written in my official capacity, I’ve got a few thoughts I’d like to share about what the numbers mean over on Two Way Hard Three: Every month, Revenue Day is always a bit of a mixed blessing for me. It means a lot of fairly frenetic number crunching
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Two Way Hard ThreeI’ve got a new piece up on Two Way Hard Three, about the Riviera’s recently-released annual report and what it says about the North Strip: Riviera Holdings Corp, the company that owns the bankrupt Riviera casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, recently released its annual report. The company had a rough year, and a
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Two Way Hard ThreeI’ve got another post up on Two Way Hard Three, breaking down AB 258, which would legalize online poker in Nevada: A bill currently on the floor of the Nevada legislature’s getting a lot of attention. AB 258 would legalize online poker in the state of Nevada and, with the consent of partner states, outside
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Two Way Hard Three, writingMy first post at Two Way Hard Three is up–it’s a few thoughts where Nevada gaming’s headed right now (as opposed to six months ago): Last week, one of the local dailies ran a story reporting on the latest trend: baccarat and penny slots are big revenue producers for casinos, particularly on the Las Vegas
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