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Why the casinos shouldn't want to wipe you out

Flo and Moe each go to a casino with $100 and play roulette for $5 per spin. All the bets they make are "inside" – on spots, lines, corners, rows, columns, and so forth such that the house edge is 5.26 percent. By coincidence, they bet the same way on every round, although not on the same numbers...read more

Casino City's Top-10 most memorable WSOP interviews

With the 2009 World Series of Poker Final Table set to begin next month, Casino City is once again gearing up to provide you with wall-to-wall coverage. In the last two years, Managing Editor Vin Narayanan and Senior Editor Gary Trask have spent more than two months combined in Las Vegas covering the WSOP and they have produced numerous updates, feature stories and columns. So before we start our coverage of the 2009 Final Table, we asked Vin and Gary to pick what they feel were their most memorable WSOP interviews during the past year...read more

Analysts see more challenges on Vegas' horizon

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Travel to Las Vegas is down 6 percent this year. Wall Street analysts, however, are doing their part to boost visitation figures. Researchers from several firms have spent time in Las Vegas to see for themselves how far the market has collapsed...read more

Becky's EiG top 10

iGaming biz and Clarion love Lets face it, it's wayyy easier to come up with a top 10 for the Budapest Affiliate Conference than it is for EiG. Its not that one conference is better than the other, it just depends on what you are looking for...read more

Deal Me In: The quicksand known as Gambler's Fallacy

Dear Mark: I know you don't believe in the doubling up theory after a loss in blackjack, but after I have seven or eight losses in a row, wouldn't betting more be warranted, if not just for the due factor? Jim K. Your compass is off, Jim, if it reliably shows your viewpoint regarding sequences in gambling...read more

Casino titans see net worth plummet

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The economy has crushed the net worth of some of the gaming industry's titans. No one, however, is crying poor. The annual Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans for 2009 was released this week and casino luminaries, such as MGM Mirage majority shareholder Kirk Kerkorian and Las Vegas Sands Corp...read more

New 'Pot-Limit Omaha' focuses on game for every level player

More than 25 years ago, the great Bill Boyd, considered one of the great five-card stud players ever, brought the game of Omaha to Las Vegas. Boyd enthusiastically explained the game to me and many others, but it was a while before it caught on...read more

Strip gaming stocks soar in September

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Strip gaming stocks in September continued a climb out of oblivion that began in August. Last month, some casino operators and slot machine manufacturers saw their average daily share prices reach levels investors had not seen in more than a year. Share prices for MGM Mirage and Las Vegas Sands Corp...read more

Heard it on the river: Beware of counterfeits

Casino operators… beware of counterfeit bills which are apparently seeping into Mississippi and are said to be quite good copies of the real thing. The bogus bills are also showing up in ATLANTIC CITY. Counter measures are in the works. Stay tuned for more on this story. There is nothing counterfeit about DANCING RABBIT GOLF CLUB at PEARL RIVER RESORT where the CHOCTAWS have kept the layout in top shape since it opened and the courses there got a lot of praise from many of the young pros playing in the recent NGA HOOTERS tournament...read more

Study says schools lack gambling policy

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Colleges and universities need to attack campus gambling problems in the same manner they confront the issue of alcohol abuse, a national gambling task force recommended in a study released Tuesday. Nearly 80 percent of all schools do not have a written policy concerning gambling abuse, according to the Task Force of College Gambling Policies...read more