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Honest answer, yes, but here's the explanation why

Dear Mark: My favorite slot to play is video keno. I've been playing them since their inception. I find I win more than a live keno game, besides, they don't offer a live game anymore where I play. Now, video keno is no longer available. I complained, and I was told they were no longer profitable...read more

Card-counting iPhone application sees sale spike

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Nevada gaming regulators hoped to freeze sales of a blackjack card-counting application for iPhones by telling the world the software could convert the high-tech phone into an electronic cheating device. So much for that idea: The announcement had the opposite effect. Travis Yates, an Australian software designer who developed the Blackjack Card Counter application that uses four different strategies, said his sales were averaging about 10 per day at $4.99 a pop on the iTunes Application Store. The day after the Review-Journal reported on the regulators' Feb...read more

'Madness of March' captures hoops betting colorfully

In 1991, Chad Millman penned a book about basketball betting titled The Odds. It is now out of print and sadly so because it's painfully rare today that we see any book devoted to basketball betting, much less this phenomenon of March Madness -- the NCAA tournament...read more

Software inventor still owed $1 million from Progressive Gaming

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A software inventor who sold four patents to now-foreclosed Progressive Gaming International Corp. is still owed about $1 million for the intellectual property and isn't sure how he will collect his money. The patents, which cover devices that can be used to automatically monitor and secure casino card games, were purchased by International Game Technology in January when the slot machine maker acquired "substantially all of the assets" of Progressive Gaming in a liquidation sale. Dale Hill, a 74-year-old resident of Spring Branch, Texas, developed the products...read more

Top-10 things to do in Las Vegas to cure a botched Valentine's Day

All right. So you screwed up Valentine's Day. Everybody does that at least once. But the key is how you recover. You can't go the flowers and chocolate route. It's too late for that. A romantic dinner is a nice gesture, but it's definitely not enough to get you off the hook...read more

Nevada on the lookout for iPhone card counters

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Users of iPhones beware -- state gaming agents are watching you. California gaming authorities tipped off their Nevada counterparts to a blackjack card-counting program that can be used on either the Apple iPhone or the Apple iPod Touch portable music player. "The program calculates the true count and does it significantly more accurately," according to a Gaming Control Board memorandum sent to casino operators last week warning of the electronic device. Card counting is not illegal in Nevada casinos...read more

Ashman's short-handed hold'em, global racing by Shuback on target

High-stakes no-limit hold'em short-handed and heads-up play are areas this newer generation of players requests. They want books on the fast-paced version of hold'em, and pro player Danny Ashman has written a good one. Titled Secrets of Short-Handed No-Limit Hold'em (206 pages, paperbound, $24.95), it deserves a spot in the intelligent player's library.For horseplayers who enjoy attending races in other countries while vacationing, Alan Shuback's Global Racing -- The Complete Guide to the Greatest Foreign Racecourses (370 pages, hardbound, $24.95) is a fine resource, covering more than 100 tracks in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and three South American nations, Argentina, Brazil and Chile.Ashman's poker book contains eight major sections including those on mental discipline (avoiding tilt), strategic conditions (including playing live vs...read more

Analysis | Betcha.com Wins Big

The Court of Appeals of the state of Washington -- the state that makes it a felony to play poker on the Internet -- just ruled that gambling is not gambling if the loser is not required to pay the winner. The case started in 2004, when Nick Jenkins came up with the idea for Betcha.com. Here’s how the Court of Appeals described it: “Betcha.com is the creation of its founder and CEO Nicholas Jenkins...read more

Appeals court says Betcha.com is not gambling

Nick Jenkins, the founder of a person-to-person Internet betting exchange called Betcha.com, scored a huge victory when a Washington state appeals court ruled 2-1 Tuesday that his site was not a gambling operation. The ruling overturned a 2007 decision by a lower court that said Betcha.com's activities amounted to professional gambling...read more

PokerStars has 25 billion reasons to celebrate

PokerStars is close to hitting another milestone and is inviting everyone to the bash. The world's biggest poker site is about to deal its 25 billionth hand and is hosting the "25 Billion Bash" to celebrate the achievement. Of course, the winner of the "Mega Milestone Hand" will come away with a bonanza of prizes. But even for PokerStars, the prize package is huge...read more