Anyone remember back when 7-Up promoted itself as the Uncola? Wel, there could be marketing gold just waiting to be mined from an unfortunately mistaken casino site. Confused? Read on, from the Detroit News, and all will be clear: Since June, gamblers at the Kewadin Shores Casino and Hotel in the Upper Peninsula have enjoyed […]
The Island View casino, which is housed in the erstwhile Grand Casino Gulfport, has opened. For now, at least, it’s the only casino in Gulfport. From the Sun Herald: Gulfport is back in the casino business. The Island View opened Monday evening about an hour and a half earlier than planned, giving people time to
Here’s an interesting story about roulette cheating from the UPI: London casinos are bracing for a possible onslaught of gamblers equipped with a device that claims to provide a big edge to roulette players. The gadget uses software to calculate where the little white ball is most likely to land. However, it has not yet
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news about gamblingI didn’t post any updates last week because I had several projects to work on here and because I was in the process of switching hosts. Depending on when you read this, you should be getting the new version of the site (which looks much like the old one), hosted by Vegas Media Group. A
With the October 5 release date of Roll the Bones rapidly approaching, I’ve got an announcement to make: the official launch event will be a reading and signing at the Reading Room at Mandalay Place on Saturday, October 7, at 2 PM. I’m going to be publicly reading from the book for the first time
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life in vegasClosings were in the news yesterday, but there was a big opening in Macau as well. From the AP: Thousands of gamblers crowded into American billionaire Stephen Wynn’s new $1.2 billion casino resort on Wednesday in Macau — the Chinese territory that may soon unseat the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s most profitable gambling
I’m in Atlantic City, and the big news is the purchase and imminent closing of the Sands. You can read about it from the Inquirer: Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. will buy the Sands Hotel & Casino – the smallest casino in an Atlantic City that has been getting bigger and brighter – and a
Are you wondering which of the six casino buffets in Shreveport is for you? Well, a Gannett reporter has gone through considerable personal hardship to help you out. From The Times: Sometimes an important story requires sacrifice. Political reporters bypass “The Colbert Report” for C-SPAN. Sports reporters skip “American Idol” to write the latest Terrell
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gambling & cultureSome members of Congress think that the solution to the Internet gambling “problem”is to pass enforcement of a ban onto banks. The banks, understandably, have a different take. From the WSJ: A group representing 5,000 small banks is opposing a tool lawmakers hope to use to stop illegal online gambling, posing a challenge to what
A Japanese bank is incorporating a virtual roulette wheel into its ATM machines. I don’t this is a joke, and you can read the article from Reuters: Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new — wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand
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gambling & culture, haphazard worldState gaming police recently busted up a Nevada slot cheating team. From the LVRJ: In 1979, Michael Joseph Balsamo was arrested on charges of cheating at gambling. Since then, he has racked up 25 investigations and six convictions and has been listed in Nevada’s Black Book of Excluded Persons. Add another charge to the list.
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gambling & cultureIt’s been a few days since the story broke, but I still haven’t seen any serious discussion of the change in the Wynn Las Vegas casino floor hierarchy, outside of people quoting dealers irate about their upcoming drop in pay. This is absolutely understandable–if someone asked me to take a $10,000 pay cut (or told
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life in vegasPeople like to bet on strange stuff, and people like it bet online. From the Desert Sun: When it comes to online gambling, anything is fair game. If they’re not playing the odds on the next American Idol or another Britney Spears’ divorce, Internet gamblers may wager on the chances of bird flu reaching the
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gambling & cultureWynn Las Vegas is changing the management structure of its casino games in a way that may prove revolutionary. From the LV SUN: Wynn Las Vegas dealers – the highest paid in the city at a shade more than $100,000 per year, mostly from tips – will soon lose some of their tip income. Resort
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gambling & culture, life in vegasI found out about this a while ago while doing some research on getting married in Clark County. Vegas is supposed to be a 24-hour town, but you won’t be able to get your marriage license on grave shift any more. From, improbably enough, Fox Reno: Getting married is as much a tradition in Las
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life in vegasIn this case it’s not the patients that drive in to the dentist’s office, but the dentist who drives to the patients. Confused? Read the article from the NY Times and learn: Samantha Taube stepped out of the MGM Grand into the bright sun to walk to the parking lot. After a short distance, she
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life in vegasAnother mystery mammal has been found. From Maine Today: Residents are wondering if an animal found dead over the weekend may be the mysterious creature that has mauled dogs, frightened residents and been the subject of local legend for half a generation. The animal was found near power lines along Route 4 on Saturday, apparently
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haphazard worldLas Vegas’s Sands has been gone for a while now, but in Atlantic City a casino by that name soldiers on. And it will soon have a new owner, who might tear it down and start from scratch. From the AC Press: Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn is negotiating to sell the Sands Casino Hotel
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atlantic cityThere is an interesting piece in Forbes about the prospects for legalization of online gaming here in the USA: For several rapturous years, hundreds of companies have been exploiting the fact that U.S. laws on online gambling are as hazy as your classic, smoke-filled casino. Even while the U.S. Department of Justice insists all forms
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gambling & cultureThere was an interesting piece in the Review-Journal on Joel Bergman, a prolific casino architect: Joel Bergman dislikes awards. He doesn’t enter competitions for them. He believes the application process can give away too much inside information about his company, one of the gaming industry’s leading architectural design firms. Advertisement So when the Global Gaming
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