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Florida lawmakers end expanded gambling push

MIAMI, Florida -- Lawmakers ended an effort to build three Las Vegas-style hotel-casinos in the southern part of state Friday, dashing the hopes of major Nevada gaming companies that saw Florida as a potentially lucrative casino market.A Florida legislator withdrew the destination resort bill before a key House subcommittee in Tallahassee could hold a vote.The House rules chairman immediately released a statement declaring the bill would not be heard by other committees or be taken directly to the full House...read more

Deal Me In: Shopping list for the right blackjack setup

Dear Mark: Please settle a disagreement between my brother and me. My brother thinks he has better odds against the house at blackjack playing out of a shoe with several decks. I think it is to the gambler's advantage to play at tables with a single deck...read more

Gold Strike Casino opens high-limit slot room

It’s tucked away in a corner of the busy table game floor of Gold Strike Casino Resort but the large and bright chandelier there is like lighthouse beacon showing you the way to the new high limit slot room that is drawing solid reviews from patrons who like the challenge of high paying machines.“The room, surrounded by a half wall for more privacy than the former area, was designed to benefit the comfort of our players,” said Phil Hunter, director of casino operations...read more

Mississippi casino holding another $20,000 blackjack tournament

Fitzgeralds Casino Hotel - Tunica VP Adolph listens to his players and voila, we have Hot Hands II, a $20,000 guaranteed cash first place pot for the blackjack tournament on Feb. 24-25.“This event went over well last November and brought a lot of long time players back to the Fitz, players who will only come for cash and that’s the way it should be...read more

Heard it on the River: Crapsless craps?

CRAPLESS CRAPS is making a comeback at the Fitz Tunica and with a name like that, it is bound to attract players, some who know the game, and others who ask…what the heck is this game? We kept getting requests to bring it back and finally we decided it would be a good idea and to make it even more attractive we have set a low $3.00 minimum bet,” said Adolph Lepre, vice president of table games. The game, it is believed, was started in Las Vegas by the colorful Bob Stupac, the former owner of the Stratosphere Casino...read more

Caesars releases 2012 WSOP schedule

Caesars Interactive Entertainment has released the much-anticipated 2012 World Series of Poker schedule, and with several new events, a few lower buy-ins and some tweaks to the $10,000 Main Event, poker players have plenty to digest.The most notable change to the Main Event, which will run from July 7-16, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, will be a reduction in the number of days it will take to play down to the final table...read more

Deal Me In: Round and round she goes

Dear Mark: I liked your indifferent answer last week regarding system players trying to find trends on a roulette wheel based on previous numbers. I will agree, that numbers spun are random, but, isn’t there a system based on following the traits of the way a dealer spins the ball? Brett H.What your question references, Bret, is called a predictive system, where the system player examines specific mannerisms of the dealer – the “dealer’s signature.” The player is foxhunting for roulette dealers who get into a rhythm of spinning the wheel and launching the ball in such a way that they consciously, or unconsciously, target a given number or section of the wheel.Your question reduces to: Can a dealer deliberately or accidentally target and pocket a specific number when the wheel is spinning east, the ball west, with frets impeding the descending bouncing ball as it finds its way to cuddle obediently in a particular pocket, and if so, can the system player exploit such a dealer signature?Except for a few verified instances of some success at clocking the wheel, I stand on the “notta chance” side of this argument for the 99.9 percent who think their schemes of determining where the ball is more likely to land and raise the return of the game above 100 percent work...read more

Mississippi poker room manager makes the rules her way

When you walk into the poker room at Gold Strike Casino Resort, tucked away by the dual escalators on the second floor, you may only see one lady there in the male dominated setting but with her spiked short cut blonde hair and an imposing figure of authority, you will know at once this is HER room.She has made it so...read more

Gambling stocks get boost in January

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The gaming sector mirrored the rest of Wall Street last month, which several analysts termed as the best January in more than a decade.All 10 publicly traded casino operators and slot machine manufacturers charted by Las Vegas-based financial adviser Applied Analysis posted gains in average daily stock price during the month, which ended Tuesday.The performances pushed the company's Gaming Index, which considers some 300 market variables, up almost 12 points to close at 438.77.Two companies, MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp., showed double-digit increases in average daily stock price, beating other companies, such as Wynn Resorts Ltd., and Las Vegas Sands Corp., which have large holdings in Asia.Applied Analysis principal Brian Gordon said the investor speculation suggested value was being assigned to the companies whose holdings are more Las Vegas-centric than the rest of the publicly traded sector.MGM Resorts operates 10 Strip casinos, including Bellagio, MGM Grand Las Vegas and CityCenter Aria Resort & Casino ...read more

Top-10 Super Bowl bets

It's Super Bowl week, which means that online sportsbooks are once again opening up the markets on what you can bet on during the big game. Not only can you pick against the spread, pick the winner, and pick against the over under, but the prop bet opportunities (which have increased quite a bit in recent years even for regular season games) are through the roof.Here are my top-10 picks for bets on Sunday's game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.(NOTE: Since I live in the United States, these picks are obviously for entertainment purposes only...read more