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Vegas makes room for stranded visitors

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Strip picked up a few extra visitors over the weekend, and it had nothing to do with rodeo fans and country western music aficionados.Trans-Atlantic flights canceled because of a massive volcanic ash cloud have paralyzed air travel throughout Europe.At McCarran International Airport, daily round-trip flights by British Airways that connect Las Vegas with London's Heathrow Airport have been grounded since Wednesday, stranding Las Vegas tourists hoping to return to the United Kingdom...read more

Privé, Living Room close at Planet Hollywood

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The troubled and bankrupt Privé Nightclub and its adjacent Living Room ultralounge inside Planet Hollywood Resort have closed, most likely for good, sources said Friday.The nightclubs, which had been operating under 30-day temporary licenses from Clark County, quietly ceased operations Monday night.Last month, Harrah's Entertainment, which assumed ownership of Planet Hollywood Resort in February, told the clubs' Miami-based owners to either pay past-due rent and expenses or leave the Strip hotel-casino.The owners, Opium Group, ran afoul of state gaming regulators and Clark County authorities last year over the operation of the nightclubs...read more

Top-10 non-Hold'em tournaments Vin wants to try

At a recent home game, I was introduced to Baduci, a split-pot five-card triple draw game where the best 2-7 hand wins half the pot, and the best Badugi hand wins the other half. An instant hit, the game was quickly bastardized to create "Stugi" (7-Card Stud with half the pot going to the best Badugi hand) and "Omadugi" (Omaha High with half the pot going to the best Badugi hand)...read more

Australian man arrested for processing online gambling payments in the U.S.

A 27-year old Australian man was arrested Friday in Las Vegas on charges that he helped offshore Internet gambling companies process online gambling transactions worth more than $543 million for American gamblers. Daniel Tzvetkoff, who was arrested in Las Vegas while attending a conference, has been charged with illegal gambling conspiracy, bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering...read more

How to make a million at the casino starting with a dollar

Anyone can make a million at a casino starting with a dollar. It takes lots of luck, of course. And, depending on the game and the betting strategy used, will power and time may also be necessary. Consider three techniques. (1) A single $1 bet on a jackpot that either wins and pays a million, or loses...read more

My first Rush Poker tournament

When I learned Full Tilt Poker was launching Rush Poker Tournaments, I have to admit, I thought it was insane. Of course, I thought the idea of Rush Poker was insane when Full Tilt introduced the new poker format to its ring games earlier this year.Players sitting at a Rush Poker table are instantly moved to a new table the moment they fold a hand...read more

Deal Me In: Sister Cyrilla to the rescue

Dear Mark: Crazy as this sounds, I have this certainty that some day some day I'm going to hit the Powerball lottery. It's often said that your odds of being struck by lightning are better than your odds of winning the lottery; well, I was hit by lightening, twice, once on July 3, 1985, and the second time on August 11, 2008, both while playing golf...read more

888 acknowledges Nevada gaming investigation

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A Gibraltar-based online gambling company, which is business partner of Harrah's Entertainment, acknowledged to the London Stock Exchange this morning that Nevada gaming regulators would explore its suitability. In a brief statement, 888 Holdings Ltd., which has been publicly traded on the exchange since 2005, said: "Harrah's, which is registered with the Nevada Gaming Commission ('NGC'), submitted to the NGC and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board an application for a finding of suitability concerning (Harrah's Interactive Entertainment's) supplier relationship with Dragonfish...read more

CityCenter unveils model units at Mandarin Oriental

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The residential units atop CityCenter's Mandarin Oriental fall into a simple price category: If you have to ask "how much?" then you can't afford it.CityCenter officials Wednesday showed off two stylishly designed model units on the Mandarin Oriental's 24th floor...read more

Pinnacle cancels plans for Louisiana project

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana -- Pinnacle Entertainment canceled plans Thursday to build the Sugarcane Bay casino addition to its Lake Charles, La., resort, saying that it will surrender the related gaming license to state casino regulators.The Las Vegas-based casino operator said it will continue to operate its flagship L'Auberge du Lac resort in Lake Charles, which is located in western Louisiana, about a four-hour drive east of Houston.Originally, Sugarcane Bay was budgeted as a separate $305 million hotel- casino that would be built near L'Auberge...read more