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 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50010.html Dear Mark: Is it my imagination, or have the casinos in Detroit tightened up the percentages won by them? Before building the new casinos, my husband and I seemed to have more luck than we do in their newer ones. Not only that, but they didn't bring over some of our favorite quarter machines. Dorothy D. Dear Mark:... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50010.html http://Tamburin.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50006.html When I was younger, nothing much bothered me when I played blackjack. But now that I'm a "senior," I'm getting grumpier (at least that's what my wife tells me), and that includes when I play blackjack. What about? Here's my list of pet peeves. Jumping-in in the middle of a shoe. This never bothered me; now it does but not for the reason that... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://Tamburin.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50006.html http://casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=50005 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- For the moment, forget about MGM Mirage's $750.4 million quarterly net loss, $1.17 billion in noncash impairment charges and a revenue decline of 9 percent. To the Strip casino giant and its investors, the company's third-quarter earnings announcement Thursday was all about CityCenter. The first component in the $8.5... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=50005 http://casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=50003 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Ohio voters Tuesday said they want to see four Las Vegas-style casinos built in the Buckeye State, but residents are still a long way from the first slot machine pull. 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The Gaming Control Board tentatively plans to discuss the $8.5 billion project, which is a 50-50 joint venture between MGM Mirage and Dubai World, the investment arm of the Persian Gulf emirate, on Nov. 13 in Las... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=49983 http://casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=49980 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Ohio voters reversed their two-decade old opposition to gambling and voted Tuesday to support casinos. Issue 3, which would allow one Las Vegas-style casino to be built in each of Ohio's four largest cities, passed with 53 percent of the vote. The vote was a victory for Penn National Gaming and Dan Gilbert, owner of... 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