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Leroy's continues to stay ahead of the game

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- In the mid-1980s, Leroy's Race and Sports Book owner Vic Salerno spent $7,000 to install a satellite television dish atop his building. At the time, Salerno thought he was making a heck of an investment. Leroy's was an independent betting parlor, tucked between a pawnshop and a men's clothing store in an aging downtown strip mall on First Street behind the Golden Nugget "I think the dish was bigger than the whole roof," Salerno says. Fledgling satellite TV technology allowed Leroy's to show customers live sporting events from across the country...read more

If 17 in blackjack isn't much better than 16, why treat them differently?

Some folks play blackjack by guess and by gosh. Others learn and follow Basic Strategy but do it by rote and haven’t a clue why hands call for the treatments they do. Solid citizens of the latter ilk don’t guess but do exhibit lots of gosh when bets go bad even through they abide by the rules. The differences in treating 16s and 17s offer a case in point...read more

Deal Me In: The oddities of odds

Dear Mark: Seems to some of us that the replacement discard is the same face value card but a different suit (of course) than random probabilities would warrant. Example: I discard a six of clubs and a six of another suit appears in its place more frequently than one would expect...read more

Whopper Bar a huge hit at Vegas hotel

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The marriage of a trendy restaurant brand and Las Vegas is either a hit or a miss.There is no middle ground.By all accounts, the Whopper Bar, an enhanced version of the Burger King fast-food chain, has been an unqualified success since opening last month at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino inside the hotel-casino's Masquerade Village.The Whopper Bar concept blends the traditional Burger King menu with an upscale hamburger bar...read more

PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker to regain domains, pay U.S. players (eventually)

PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker have reached a deal with Department of Justice that allows them to regain their domain names in return for blocking U.S. real-money play and return money to American players. The deal comes less than a week after the U.S...read more

Victory Poker leaves U.S. market while others jockey for position

The fallout from last Friday's indictment of the owners of the three largest online poker rooms that accepted U.S. players continues this week, as poker rooms across the industry are surveying the new landscape, evaluating their own policies regarding American players and jockeying for position for new players.Two of the companies named in the indictment — PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker — have shut down their U.S...read more

Experts weigh in on Nevada gaming market recovery

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Back in the good old days, the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa would cash up to $4 million in paychecks on a busy weekend.The good old days were just a few years ago.Since then, the Las Vegas economy has declined into a recession...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more

Top-10 things to watch for in the online poker industry

When the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling on Friday, it sent shockwaves through the online poker world.After digesting the news over the weekend, the editorial staff at Casino City has determined the top-10 things to watch for in the coming weeks and months in the online poker industry.10...read more