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 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://Grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60544.html Q. My wife and her girlfriend play at the same casino. The girlfriend plays strictly 2-cent slots while my wife plays about 80 percent 2-cent slots and 20 percent dollar slots. This year my wife earned about 40,000 base points; her girlfriend earned just over 11,000 base points. The girlfriend plays once a week, my wife plays approximately... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://Grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60544.html http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60546 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Station Casinos LLC minority owners Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta plan to buy out another shareholder for $73 million, giving the Fertitta family majority ownership of the gaming company founded by their father, Frank Fertitta Jr. In a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday,... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60546 http://Robison.CasinoCityTimes.com/articles/60543.html Hi John, I read your column via my email and look forward to each time you send it. You do a great job of informing the slot gambler. I just read the article from Mike the Tax Preparer. The casinos would go out of business if we had to file taxes the way Mike thinks they should be. I and many others would just stop playing the slots. Just... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://Robison.CasinoCityTimes.com/articles/60543.html http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60542 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- For the first time in four years, Caesars Entertainment Corp. will be a publicly traded company. Roughly 1.8 million shares of the Las Vegas-based casino operator were expected to be listed sometime this morning on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, with the initial asking price of $8 to $10 per share. The company's stock... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60542 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60541 MACAU -- A Macau government official said two applications for land grants on the Cotai Strip requested by casino operators could be approved this year. Jaime Carion, director of the Lands and Public Works Bureau wouldn't say which companies would receive the land grants, the Macau Daily Times reported in its Monday editions. Casino... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60541 http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60540 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A Super Bowl that ended in disappointment for Tom Brady and the favored New England Patriots did not result in an upset of Nevada's sports books, which continued to win. The state's wagering handle of $93.9 million represented the second-largest total in history, and the 184 books held slightly more than $5 million for a... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60540 http://Grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60538.html As a casino value seeker both by inclination and by bankroll, I look forward each year to the new edition of the American Casino Guide and the member's rewards booklet from the Las Vegas Advisor. Both are on my desk now, and I look forward to plotting out how best to use the coupons they contain. The American Casino Guide is a solid resource... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://Grochowski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60538.html http://aarontodd.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60539.html Awhile back, I wrote a top-10 column outlining all the things I thought should be banned in a casino. I approached the column by thinking about what I would do if I was in charge. Writing that column got me thinking about what I would do if I was in charge of an online casino. So here's my top-10 list of things I would do if I was running an... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://aarontodd.casinocitytimes.com/articles/60539.html http://Scoblete.CasinoCityTimes.com/articles/60534.html The 12 most popular superstitions at the game of craps are adhered to or believed by most craps players -- so if you want to play the game and not be thought a craps barbarian, you should know them. Keep in mind that individuals add their own superstitions too so you might hear someone yelling some incoherent thing at the table which to him will... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://Scoblete.CasinoCityTimes.com/articles/60534.html http://www.casinocitytimes.com/article.cfm?contentandcontributorid=60535 LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The race is on to find the next Macau or Singapore. With the two Asian casino markets about to become the world's No. 1 (Macau with $33.5 billion) and No. 2 (Singapore with an estimated $6 billion) gaming revenue producers, new prospects are being targeted. Nevada casino company executives are racking up air miles to and... 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