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Top-10 non-poker card games you can bet on

Like many Americans, I made the trek back to my home town to enjoy a great Thanksgiving feast with my family last week. We enjoyed each other's company, watched a little football and, as happens often when members of the Todd family get together, we played some cards.This year, the game of choice was a family favorite: 31...read more

Baccarat, Laughlin, football betting shine in tepid gaming month

LAS VEGAS -- Even a somewhat dismal gaming month like October had bright spots.Baccarat business continued to shine, Laughlin is trending upward and football wagering kept the Nevada casino industry from a larger overall decrease.Casinos statewide collected $954.3 million from gamblers during October, a decline of 2.58 percent compared with the same month a year ago, the Gaming Control Board said Wednesday...read more

Inside Gaming: No mixed signals, no more licenses

Anyone trying decipher subliminal messages from the early November policy address by Macau’s top government official would have an easier time determining whether the Beatles were secretly telling us Paul was dead through the “Abbey Road” album cover.Both ideas are urban myths.Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui wasn’t sending hidden signals when he delivered his 2014 annual speech to the special administrative region’s Legislative Assembly...read more

Deal Me In: Win/loss statement documents your play

Dear Mark: Because I don’t keep track of my wins and losses when I play, my accountant has asked me for a win/loss statement from the casino where I play so I might be able to write off some of my gambling losses. How do I go about getting one? Jim D.When you use your player’s card, Jim, it documents your play...read more

Bally completes $1.3 billion SHFL entertainment purchase

Slot machine giant Bally Technologies, Inc. on Monday completed its $1.3 billion buyout of gaming equipment rival SHFL Entertainment, forming one of the most diverse manufacturers in the casino business.The merger combines the gaming industry’s second-largest slot machine provider in Bally Technologies, with SHFL, the largest provider of unique table games, and table game management systems and equipment...read more

Group opposed to Station Casino project qualifies for California referendum

Station Casinos, Inc. will have to wait a year to find out if it can help a California Indian tribe build a $350 million casino complex 25 miles north of Fresno.An opposition group — which is financially backed by two competing Indian tribes — qualified a statewide ballot referendum for California’s November 2014 election that could kill the the planned North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians’ casino.Stand Up for California opposes the North Fork casino because it would be located almost 40 miles away from the tribe’s original Madera County reservation land.The casino, which is slated to be built on 60 acres near a major state highway and the town of Madera, has been approved by the state Legislature and Gov...read more

Top-10 NFL betting trends from the first 12 weeks of 2013

With just one game left in Week 12 of the NFL schedule, we're almost two-thirds of the way through the season. We've learned a lot about all the teams; there have been some teams that have done exactly what we expected, while others have surprised their fans by either exceeding expectations or underperforming.For bettors, hindsight is always 20-20...read more

Hacienda to remodel, become Hoover Dam Lodge

The Hacienda Hotel and Casino near Boulder City will be renamed the Hoover Dam Lodge and the 289-room hotel-casino overlooking Lake Mead will close for a week over Christmas once its sale is finalized.Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc., which operates more than 80 Dotty’s taverns statewide, announced plans for the renovation Friday.The company agreed to buy the casino for an undisclosed sales price in August from a partnership that includes Michael Ensign, William Richardson and David Belding...read more

Adelson faces steep odds in campaign to roll back Internet gambling

LAS VEGAS -- Earlier this summer, Sheldon Adelson told those nasty little Internet gaming punks to get off his lawn.Now, he thinks they egged his house.As payback, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp. says he’ll put online gaming out of business forever in the United States.Adelson, 80, who is ranked 11th on the Forbes 400 with a net worth of $28.5 billion, is opening his wallet to fight what he once dubbed “a toxin all good people should resist.”He’s forming an advocacy group, the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling...read more

Boyd exec readies for rollout of Web gambling in New Jersey

To Boyd Gaming Corporation Executive Vice President Bob Boughner, the Borgata in Atlantic City is handling this week’s launch of Internet gaming in New Jersey much as it would oversee the opening of a new restaurant.The expected revenue from New Jersey’s online wagering market, however, should far exceed any dinner tab.Boughner said Boyd Gaming is not taking anything for granted in conjunction with the much anticipated Internet gaming rollout...read more