http://www.casinocitytimes.com Casino City Times is The Source for the latest gaming news, gaming strategy and gambling tips from the industry's leading experts. en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62176 LAS VEGAS -- A management company headed by former Las Vegas Sands Corp. President Bill Weidner will oversee the centerpiece resort of a $3.5 billion hotel-casino complex in the Bahamas.Baha Mar Ltd. announced Tuesday night that Global Gaming Asset Management of Las Vegas will operate the Baha Mar Casino & Hotel, which is scheduled to open in... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62176 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62175 LAS VEGAS -- A zip line-like thrill ride will connect the two towers of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and send guests soaring more than 400 feet above the off-Strip hotel-casino.The attraction, dubbed the VooDoo Skyline, is expected to open this summer, officials with the project said Wednesday.Rides will start from the VooDoo Lounge, atop the... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62175 http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62097.html Slot machines are constantly changing and evolving. The three-reel games of yore are still with us, but the kings of the slot floor are video gamess with their array of animation, special effects, 3D sound, second-screen bonuses, free spin events, mystery pays and multitiered jackpots.Part of the slot evolution and revolution has been the rise of... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62097.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62072.html QUESTION: I make all the craps bets you say I shouldn’t. I know the percentages are lousy, but I play for cheap, never lose too much and when I get a little lucky, I have some big wins. I know I lose more than I win, but the excitement of the big ones does it for me.Anyway, I’m not writing for advice about that. I want to know about this “for one”... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62072.html http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62070.html It was late on a Monday night on an overnight casino stay, and the table games pit was mostly empty. I was at a $10 blackjack table with three other players, a man and a woman in their late 20s or early 30s who seemed to be a couple, and a fellow with a shaved head and gray beard who appeared to be in his 50s or early 60s.Mostly, it was an... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62070.html http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62174 LAS VEGAS -- A planned Station Casinos, Inc.-hosted fundraiser in Las Vegas on behalf of a California lawmaker was abruptly canceled Tuesday after a Sacramento newspaper raised questions about the timing of the event, which would take place before a vote over an Indian casino project.The fundraiser, which included rooms at the Red Rock Resort and... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62174 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62173 Universal Entertainment Corporation, the Tokyo-based company controlled by gaming magnate Kazuo Okada, called a $25 million payment at the center of an FBI investigation into possible bribery in the Philippines “unnecessary.”Universal had booked the $25 million payment to Subic Leisure as an expense to resolve a land rights dispute surrounding its... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62173 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62172 The Toronto City Council went ahead with a vote Tuesday to kill a casino project proposed for the downtown area that attracted interest from Nevada largest gaming companies.City Council members voted against the project, despite a move last week by the mayor to take the issue off the table. The special meeting was called by a majority of the... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62172 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62171 LAS VEGAS -- Culinary Workers Local 226 members voted overwhelmingly Monday to raise dues by $25 in the event of a strike this year against Strip and downtown resorts.About 92 percent of the Culinary members who participated in the vote supported the increase.Members also approved a permanent $4 increase to dues in 2014 and in 2015. The permanent... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=62171 http://robison.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62170.html I noticed at Trump Taj Mahal that the reel-spinning Wheel of Fortune machines have been replaced with video slots. Does that make the jackpot harder to hit? Are all the progressive jackpots linked to all casinos in AC? Thanks, Mike Dear Mike, I haven't seen the PAR sheet for the video Wheel of Fortune machines in Atlantic City, so I... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST http://robison.casinocitytimes.com/articles/62170.html