Las Vegas isn’t known for rampant Tolkienism, but this is just too funny: they’ve turned part of Middle Earth into a master-planned community. Really: Located in the scenic master planned community of Mountain’s Edge, Rivendell features elegantly designed single story homes in a exclusive gated community. Mountain’s Edge will be a complete community including shops,
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life in vegasTim 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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news about gamblingMost casinos strongly encourage players to use their loyalty cards when gambling. From the casino’s perspective, it allows them to track play and award comps more judiciously. Players just like getting free stuff. But sometimes they go too far. From the LVRJ: It turns out there is some money that casinos don’t want. A Los
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news about gamblingThere was a problem a while back with a Nye County cat sanctuary’s operators mistreating a few hundred cats. As it only could be in Nevada, a casino is making the problem go away…sort of. From KLAS: Best Friends Animal Society’s great cat rescue continues, as 41 lucky kitties found their forever homes at the
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haphazard worldI thought this might be a problem when it was first announced, and I guess the Tamares Group thinks so too. They’ve filed a lawsuit accusing the El Ad group of contemplating the destruction of the Plaza’s good name. From the LVRJ: Guests of the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas shouldn’t expect accommodations for a
I’m going to be teaching in Reno next semester, and from judging from this article I should feel right at home. From the RGJ: The gaming industry is soaring worldwide but not in Reno, a leading gaming analyst told a group of young Reno business leaders Wednesday. “This is an $85 billion industry (annually in
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news about gamblingIf you are a fan of Hong Kong racing, like me, and you live in Nevada, like me, you might be in luck. From the RGJ: Nevada bettors soon might be able to bet on horse races in Hong Kong and partake in high-paying, pari-mutuel pools with overseas gamblers, if the proposals are approved by
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gambling & culture, life in vegasThis is probably the only positive expected value deal in Vegas: get paid $4000 to study gambling for a month. From H-Net: What you get • A $4,000 stipend to cover housing and expenses • Desk space in the UNLV Special Collections Reading Room, • Use of a laptop computer What you give • One
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gambling & culture, life in vegasCalifornia Indian gaming is a $7 billion/year business already, but it would get substantially bigger, I think, if a casino popped up in the heart of Orange County. From the LA Times: Even in a city that has entertained the most improbable of dreams, the latest plan to woo tourists and big bucks to Garden
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gambling & cultureFirst off, I’d like to apologize to all my readers for not posting yesterday. I was in Reno for spring training. If you haven’t heard about Michael Vick’s statement to the public, that won’t be funny at all, but trust me, it’s funny. At least to me. I didn’t get a chance to visit my
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news about gamblingNow that Bader Field is closed, Atlantic City casinos can be built much higher. But will plans to make Pacific Avenue ever get off the ground? From the AC Press: The Atlantic City of the future will include taller casinos, resort development on Atlantic Avenue and a one-way Pacific Avenue. At least, those are some
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atlantic cityWas this year’s WSOP, held under the shadow of UIGEA (also known as the Internet gambling ban), a success? Look at some of the numbers from CardPlayer and judge for yourself: The dust stirred up by the thousands of players who traipsed through the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino the last two months has cleared,
Most people are attracted to slots because there is no skill involved in playing them, so you can never feel stupid for making the wrong decision. But that might be changing soon–the skill part, not the feeling stupid part. From the LV Sun: Pong, the game that turned pinball wizards into video-game junkies in the
This might put the kabosh on plans to bring an NBA franchise to Las Vegas…or not. An NBA ref has reportedly used his position to influence the outcome of games he had action on. From UPI: An NBA referee is reportedly under investigation by U.S. authorities for allegedly fixing games over the past two seasons,
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gambling & cultureMoving to stem a decline in business following the advent of Pennsylvania slot parlors, Atlantic City casino regulators are allowing casinos test out electronic table games. From the AC Press: New Jersey gaming regulators Wednesday approved a new form of electronic gambling to help Atlantic City’s casinos counter extra competition from slot parlors in surrounding
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atlantic cityIn what has become almost routine, an amateur with only a few years experience won poker’s top prize, the WSOP’s No-Limit Texas Holdem event. From the AP via the LV Sun: Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from Temecula, Calif., won the $10,000 buy-in main event of the World Series of Poker and
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gambling & cultureFrederick Jackson Turner might have liked that headline. In any event, the New Frontier has closed. From the LVRJ: Amid tears and hugs, the New Frontier closed its doors for good at 12:01 a.m. today. “I hate to say bye but I must say bye,” said Helen Madison, a casino porter for 34 years, with
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life in vegasIt’s Friday the 13th, so get out those broken mirrors…or not. From the Buffalo News: Today is Friday the 13th, traditionally a day to avoid black cats, ladders and broken mirrors. But in the year 2007, does anyone care? Once, people feared bad luck when the 13th day of the month fell on a Friday.
The Gold Spike might get new owners and a regeneration into a four-star property. From the LVRJ: The rise of boutique-chic in Las Vegas could start at one of downtown’s shadiest dives. A Miami developer with an eye for converting rundown properties into trendy boutique hotels has an agreement to pay $15.6 million to buy
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life in vegasPennsylvania hasn’t had slots for long but already people are beginning to suspect that the state is dependent on the revenues the one-armed bandits bring in. From the Inquirer: Pennsylvania’s new casino industry established itself as a commanding presence in the great budget showdown, leading some to wonder: Is the state already hooked on slots?
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