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Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP

With the World Series of Poker underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, many poker players are making a pilgrimage to Las Vegas to take a shot in the world's most famous poker series.Anyone who has been to the WSOP before knows that it can become an all-encompassing endeavor...read more

Pennsylvania casino targets Asian market

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania -- During a tour of Pennsylvania casinos, Credit-Suisse gaming analyst Joel Simkins called the Las Vegas Sands Corp. owned Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem a “mini Macau.”The term seemed apropos.Las Vegas Sands is the dominant U.S.-based gaming operator in Macau with three resorts and several others in various stages of development.So it’s not surprising the casino operator would target New York City’s Chinese population and market the Sands Bethlehem to that populous customer base.The property, about a 90-minute drive from New York City, recently opened a new 300-room hotel and is building an outlet mall...read more

Gaming industry turns eyes to Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois -- Illinois traveled from afterthought to red hot on the gaming expansion scale in a matter of days last week. Still to be answered, however, is how gaming will play out in the state. Will Illinois become the next Pennsylvania, a case study for casino expansion where revenues have grown more than 54 percent in two years? Or will Illinois become the next Ohio, where political infighting halted casino construction and could sink the state's gaming potential? No one has the answer. But what is certain is that Gov...read more

Does withdrawal without replacement change your expectation?

Pretend you’re at a slot machine when a message pops onto the screen saying you and three other lucky patrons have been chosen to participate in a free drawing for cash prizes. You check with your host and learn that the game involves five envelopes, each containing one of $5,000, $2,500, $1,000, $500, and $100...read more

Macau gaming revenues hit $3 billion in May

MACAU -- The opening of a new resort sent Macau's gaming revenues in May, hitting $3 billion for the first time.According to figures released Wednesday by gaming authorities in the special administrative region, Macau casinos' gaming revenues jumped 42 percent over May 2010 and 19 percent above April's previous one-month record.Macau casinos, including properties operated by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd., and MGM Resorts International, collected 24.3 billion patacas, which translated into $3 billion in U.S...read more

Deal Me In: Faced with two bad choices, take the better of the two

Dear Mark: I never hit a hard 12 against an up card of 2 because it seems I always draw a 10 and bust. You have stated hitting a 12 is a winning move. Based on my personal results, I respectfully disagree. Gary Z. Who said anything about winning, Gary? Not me...read more

Penn National officially acquires M Resort

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Penn National Gaming officially acquired M Resort on Wednesday after Nevada gaming regulators approved the deal last month.The regional casino and racetrack operator, which is based in Wyomissing, Pa., took control of the 390-room hotel-casino after purchasing the debt covering the 2-year-old M Resort at a nearly 75 percent discount last October.Penn National also announced that M Resort developer Anthony Marnell III, who built the hotel-casino at a cost of nearly $1 billion, would serve as president of the property...read more

World Series of Poker to host $1 million buy-in event

The World Series of Poker announced in a news conference Thursday it will host a $1 million buy-in event in 2012.The No-Limit Hold'em tournament has 15 confirmed players, including poker pros Johnny Chan, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu and Tony G...read more