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Robison warns that while a slot machine has no idea what kind of mood the player is in, it certainly helps to have a clear mind and to be well-rested before you sit down and start playing.
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By Liz Benston If you use a cell phone in a Las Vegas sportsbook right now, a casino employee will walk up to you and politely ask you not to use it. After all, it's against the rules. But the casino industry is moving to change that. And it looks like they're going to succeed. The Nevada Gaming Commission is expected to vote next month to lift the deacades-old ban, citing the advent of Internet sportsbooks and the time-consuming and expensive task of enforcing it.
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Claim proposed overhaul of California's lottery will bring back Keno, a popular bingo-like game banned 12 years ago for violating state gambling law.
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Democrats in the state of Washington are defending the governor's decision to drop the requirement that Indian casinos share revenue with the state in the wake of questions about campaign contributions from gambling interests.
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The Greektown Casino poured its final concrete last week for its new 30-story, 400-room hotel. The $500 million project is due to open in early 2009.
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Government-owned casinos continue to be big money-makers for the Canadian province, generating a net income of $43.8 million (CD) in the 2007-08 fiscal year.
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A 66-year-old retired woman from Las Vegas won $1.4 million while playing the Aristocrat's Millioni$er penny slot at the Rampart Casino in Las Vegas last week.
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Just hours after stepping off an airplane from his native Japan, a tourist walked into the Agua Caliente Casino, Resort & Spa in California and won a Paradise Jackpot worth $55,589.
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The Price is Right delivers big for a pair of Jackpotjoy players while a foul odor has one poker room wishing another player was playing online.
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Bodog says impact of seizures is minimal as court documents detailing IRS investigations into the series of companies used by Bodog to pay U.S. customers emerge.
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The World Series of Poker Europe announced on Monday that the 2008 event will be held under one roof for the first time at the Casino at the Empire in the heart of London's Leicester Square.
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The World Poker Tour will air its fourth season on Zee Sports, India's first private sports channel, in September.
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According to CardPlayer's new "World Tracker" tracking system, Denmark has the most successful tournament poker players per capita in the world.
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Twenty-nine percent of the more than 1,000 poker players surveyed by DuplicatePoker.com picked Canadian Scott Montgomery to prevail at the World Series of Poker's final table, which will be played this November.
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Did You Know?
At paddypower.com, host country China is an 8/15 favorite to win the most medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Top-10 Olympic prop bets we'd like to wager on
- Who will eat more -- Michael Phelps or U.S. women's gymnastics team?
- Most drug-related disqualifications
- Who will light the torch?
- Most bronze medals
- Most South American medals
- Number of world leaders at the opening ceremonies
- Number of Dalai Lama references
- Largest margin of victory for U.S. basketball team
- Number of clean air days in Beijing
- Number of fencing video replays
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