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Poker Player Tweets of the Week: Florida brings out the degenerates

A lot of weird stuff happens in Florida. It's the perfect place for professional poker players to gather for one of the most unique tournaments of the year. The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open has been going on over the past couple weeks, but the main draw for pros across the world was the $10 million guarantee championship event, the largest ever prize pool guarantee for a live tournament...read more

Top-10 ways to bet on the NFL season

Fall is the best season.The leaves are beautiful, the weather is pristine, the beer is -- don't even get me started on the beer. The beginning of September through Thanksgiving is the most magical time of the year.But all of that would be worthless (OK, maybe not the beer) if it weren't for the National Football League, or more specifically, gambling on the National Football League.The 2013 NFL campaign begins Thursday night as the reigning Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens visit Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos...read more

William Hill to be race and sports book operator at SLS Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- The remodeled SLS Las Vegas is roughly a year away from opening, but the $400 million Strip resort’s pieces are beginning to fall into place.Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment Group, LLC on Wednesday said it partnered with William Hill to operate the race and sports book inside the reconfigured casino, which is rising from the remnants of the former Rat Pack-era Sahara.The 3,000-square-foot race and sports book will be connected with one of the trendy restaurants SBE is bringing to the new property.William Hill U.S., a division of the British bookmaker, operates more than 100 race and sports books across Nevada...read more

Loveman, Fahrenkopf, two others tapped for Gaming Hall of Fame

LAS VEGAS -- The chairman of Caesars Entertainment Inc. and the former chief of the American Gaming Association (AGA) head a four-person list of inductees into the Gaming Hall of Fame for 2013.The American Gaming Association announced the class Wednesday.Gary Loveman, chairman and CEO of Caesars Entertainment, and Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., who led the American Gaming Association during its first 18 years, head the list.Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame are singer-entertainer Celine Dion and celebrity chef and restaurant operator Guy Savoy.The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Nov...read more

Caesars signs agreement for $1 billion development in Boston

Caesars Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday stepped up the race to operate a single hotel-casino complex in the city of Boston.The gaming company, in partnership with Suffolk Downs Race Track, signed a host community agreement with city leaders to build a $1 billion development adjacent to the thoroughbred racing facility, which straddles the neighborhood of East Boston and the city of Revere.Caesars is competing with Wynn Resorts Ltd...read more

COO of BMM Test Labs leaving to join gaming equipment manufacturer

LAS VEGAS -- The chief operating officer of BMM Test Labs is leaving the company to join a gaming equipment manufacturer.The company announced Tuesday that Mike Dreitzer, who oversees the company’s Americas division, will leave next month to join Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd...read more

Bally $1.3 billion buyout of SHFL Entertainment gains FTC approval

LAS VEGAS -- Bally Technologies, Inc.'s $1.3 billion acquisition of SHFL Entertainment passed a mandatory waiting period from the Federal Trade Commission without any concern of antitrust issues.The slot machine manufacturer said Tuesday the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act expired Monday without any action or questions by the FTC...read more

Top-10 airport prop bets

Air travel can be a bit of a chore. You have to get to the airport extra early in case there's a line at security. Security lines can take forever. You can't bring drinks through security. You have to take your shoes, belts and (in the winter) jackets off before going through the body scanners...read more

To say the least, Bally Technologies far from boring

LAS VEGAS -- A few months ago I called Bally Technologies boring.At the time, its chief rivals in the slot machine manufacturing sector were embroiled in a heated proxy fight (International Game Technology) or were sold (WMS Industries).Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies, Inc...read more

Will this system work to get the advantage at roulette?

Question: A friend told me a roulette system based on the third 12-number column of the betting layout having eight red and four black positions. You bet $5 on this column and $5 on black, and should win an average of $25 in every 38 spins...read more