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Executive snapshot: Rob Bone vice president of North American sales, WMS Gaming

Rob Bone came to Las Vegas to play football for UNLV. But the Dallas native also received an education outside the classroom and Sam Boyd Stadium. Bone is the senior vice president of North American sales for slot machine giant WMS Gaming, which has its corporate headquarters in Waukegan, Ill., and a sales office in Las Vegas...read more

Bally hopes Beach Boys slot will bring players fun, fun fun

Bally Technologies is hoping its newest themed slot machines will "get around" sometime this summer. The Las Vegas-based gaming equipment provider used last week's National Indian Gaming Association tradeshow in San Diego to unveil a slot machine themed after the Beach Boys, the band that brought the culture of Southern California -- surfing, cars and romance -- to the music world. Bally expects to roll out the Beach Boys slot machine nationwide in August. The video slot machine has five reels, five different progressive jackpots and is enhanced with video clips of the Beach Boys performances...read more

Top-10 gambling scenes from non-gambling movies

The recent release of All-in: The Poker Movie had the Casino City editorial staff talking about the pantheon of great gambling movies last week. While the top gambling movies have been discussed ad nauseam, there are a bunch of great movies that aren't about gambling that have amazing gambling scenes...read more

Can you make sound gambling decisions not knowing the odds of winning?

Gamblers selecting games to play and bets to make should ideally consider both payoffs and probabilities. Either might be the dominant factor for individuals picking from among alternatives. One person might opt for scoring big despite adverse odds...read more

Top-10 things you'll find in "All-in: The Poker Movie"

Documentaries about poker don't come around too often. So when one, like All-in: The Poker Movie comes out, it certainly piques my curiosity.All-in: The Poker Movie has been playing in several American cities for a few weeks and will be released for digital download and DVD release on April 24.I've had a chance to watch the film, and we also talked to Chris Moneymaker and the film's director, Douglas Tirola, on a recent episode of the Casino City Gang...read more

Inside Gaming: Privacy must be a factor in creating online gaming policy

Gov. Brian Sandoval had departed the Nevada Gaming Commission chairmanship to run for attorney general when state regulators approved private gaming salons in 2002. The regulation, which allowed casinos to set aside secluded gambling areas for big-spending high rollers, was the first time the state diverted from its long-standing policy that gaming take place in public view. Sandoval brought up privacy last month during the initial meeting of the Gaming Policy Committee. Nevada is about to embark on Internet gaming...read more

What is so great about taking or laying Odds at craps?

Pass, Come, Don’t Pass, or Don’t Come bets at craps pay flat – even money – for wagers made at the start of the come-out roll. This, whether the win is on the come-out or, subsequently, on the point. The house has 1.4 percent edge on these wagers...read more

Las Vegas Sands names global operations executive

LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas Sands has brought in a long-time hotel executive to fill a newly created position overseeing the company's property operations in Las Vegas, Macau, Singapore and Pennsylvania. Chris Cahill, who spent two decades with Fairmont Raffles International, has been named executive vice president of global operations for Las Vegas Sands...read more

Ratings assignment marks sign of Sahara rebirth

A ratings assignment by Moody's Investors Service on a proposed $300 million in debt being floated by the owners of the closed Sahara marked an initial sign of rebirth for the shuttered hotel-casino. The ratings agency said Wednesday that it had a positive view of the loan, which would be used to turn the Sahara, which closed in May, into SLS Las Vegas, a luxury hotel brand owned by privately held SBE Entertainment. The Los Angeles-based company operates 14 nightlife and restaurant venues in Southern California...read more

Macau gaming revenues hit $3.12 billion in March

First-quarter gaming revenues produced by Macau's casino market is up 27 percent over 2011, a year in which the Chinese gaming enclave's 34 gambling halls had a 12-month total of $33.5 billion. Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau said Monday that gaming revenues reached $3.12 billion during March, a 24 percent increase compared with a year ago...read more