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Deal Me In: Those thinking machines have still not arrived

Dear Mark: If a machine has just paid out a jackpot, would you recommend moving to another machine being that the machine now has to recoup its losses? Dale M. Far too many players erroneously believe that any machine that has just hit a jackpot won't hit another anytime soon because the machine has to re-prime the pump and win back the money it just forked out...read more

'American Casino Guide' super value; 'Beating the Odds' revealing

The American Casino Guide (2010 edition), written and edited by Steve Bourie, could be the biggest bargain of the year in regards to a book that's guaranteed to pay for itself immediately. The 496-page tome (paperbound, $18.95), which is really three books in one, does a remarkable job of explaining positive strategies for playing casino games, telling you where casinos are state by state and how to contact them and offering more than $1,000 in discount coupons for food, lodging, car rentals and for use in match play situations.Bourie's book is a new arrival as is Brandon Lang's biography (co-authored by Stanley Cohen), titled Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper(hardbound, 249 pages, $24.95).The American Casino Guide's arrival is perfect, in time for a holiday gift item, for occasional or first-time Las Vegas visitors or for use by anyone who loves a bargain (show tickets, extra slot play, two-for-one buffet, free drinks and of course, the match play coupons)...read more

Catching up with Joe Cada

One year ago this week, Joe Cada celebrated his 21st birthday. He went out to a local bar in his hometown of Shelby Township, Mich. to savor his first legal cocktail with a group of friends and it was a satisfying feeling for Cada, but not for the reasons you may think. "I was excited to be 21, but not because I could go to a bar," Cada told Casino City...read more

Gaming insiders not betting on end of recession

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- America's casino industry is showing slight signs of a recovery from the economic firestorm of the past 18 months, but gaming insiders believe it will be three to four years before business returns to levels seen before 2008. During his annual Global Gaming Expo state of the gaming industry media briefing Tuesday, American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf Jr...read more

Penn seeks approval to buy Fontainebleau

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Penn National Gaming asked the federal bankruptcy court in Miami on Tuesday to approve the company as the stalking horse bidder for the shuttered Fontainebleau project, setting a starting price of $50 million for the Strip development that had a construction budget of almost $3 billion. In an interview Tuesday, executives for the Wyomissing, Pa.-based casino operator said the Fontainebleau's value has fallen significantly since construction was halted on the 3,889-room project...read more

PartyGaming executive sees future in online betting

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Internet gaming companies could become the next wave of casino industry equipment manufacturers if the U.S. government legalizes online wagering. Jim Ryan, chief executive officer of Gibraltar-based PartyGaming, told a private meeting of institutional gaming industry investors Monday night that Internet gaming companies can provide casinos with better player data and customer tracking technology than they now use. "It's far deeper than that," Ryan said...read more

Top-10 questions and answers from the WSOP final table

By now you've likely heard all about the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. You know that Joe Cada became the youngest player to win the event. You know that it was the longest final table in WSOP history and – thanks to ESPN – you're well aware that there were a number of crazy hands and twists and turns during the final table that played out at the Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas last week. Casino City was at the Rio for all 20 hours of the final table and after returning home from Las Vegas we've had a chance to decompress, re-watch ESPN's broadcast and analyze some of the hand histories that were recorded during what was at times a breathtaking event...read more

Pai Gow poker is for friends

For as long as groups of friends have been making trips to Las Vegas and other gambling destinations, finding the game that everyone wants to play has been the Holy Grail. Among buddies, bankrolls and interests will vary. Some friends prefer to play blackjack...read more

ESPN gets plenty of dramatics for final table telecast

ESPN got its wish when the World Series of Poker Main Event final table unfolded in dramatic fashion. But in a bit of twisted irony, the excessive amount of extraordinary hands that played out during what was the longest final table in WSOP history made Jamie Horowitz and his crew's job that much more difficult. "We certainly had a lot to work with, that's for sure," said the ESPN Senior Producer who oversaw the network's "same-day coverage" of the final table for the second straight year...read more

License backed for CityCenter casino

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Gaming regulators on Friday granted preliminary licensing approval for the only casino component inside the $8.5 billion CityCenter project and suggested the revenue mix might be sharply different from the traditional gaming-driven environment. During a hearing that lasted more than two hours, the Gaming Control Board was told not to expect additional gaming inside the multiple hotel, high-rise residential and entertainment complex. Aria, CityCenter's 4,004-room centerpiece, was designed as the project's only casino...read more