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Articles by Howard Stutz

Possible Station buy overshadows Boyd net loss

27 February 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Boyd Gaming Corp. executives repeatedly told analysts during Thursday's fourth-quarter earnings conference call they would not answer questions about the company's interest in spending $950 million to buy a large portion of rival Station Casinos. The matter, which was announced Monday, overshadowed the company's reported net loss of $220.8 million for the period that ended Dec...read more
 
Articles by Alan  Krigman
Articles by Alan Krigman

Playing It Smart: How to size up your bankroll

26 February 2009
Winning in a repetitive bet milieu like a casino game often takes a big enough bankroll to weather the cold streaks. It's a matter of probabilities, not absolutes. The question isn't what multiple of your average bet is needed to play a certain game...read more
 
Articles by Dan  Igo
Articles by Dan Igo

Ivey wins $1.1 million in one day

26 February 2009
Phil Ivey started off 2009 in uncharacteristically slow fashion, reportedly losing more than $2 million in a month and a half. But if his play Tuesday is any indication, Ivey is well on his way back. The poker star won $1.1 million during a night session at the Full Tilt tables, with much of his winnings coming at the expense of Tom "durrrr" Dwan. The beginning of the year had been a struggle for Ivey...read more
 
Articles by Howard Stutz

Wynn posts net loss in fourth quarter

25 February 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wynn Resorts Ltd. tumbled to a fourth-quarter net loss due to a nearly $100 million tax expense and falling revenues at the company's Las Vegas casinos. The news, announced Tuesday after the close of normal trading, sent the company's shares down almost 16 percent in after-hours trading on the Nasdaq National Market, erasing the day's gains. Wynn Resorts said its net loss in the fourth quarter ended Dec...read more
 
Articles by Howard Stutz

Boyd makes Station Casinos an offer

24 February 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Boyd Gaming Corp. has made a $950 million offer to acquire a significant portion of locals gaming rival Station Casinos, the company announced Monday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Boyd Gaming currently operates nine casinos in Las Vegas and Henderson...read more
 
Articles by Howard Stutz

Gambling slump may last until 2011

23 February 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A British gaming adviser said the 50 largest gaming companies worldwide lost a combined $140 billion in shareholder value over the past 12 months. Global Betting & Gaming Consultants Chief Executive Officer Warwick Bartlett said a negative sentiment building toward gambling might keep a financial turnaround from taking place until 2011. "Consumers have become overwhelmed by uncertainty about their jobs," Bartlett said...read more
 
Articles by Howard Stutz

CityCenter starts accepting hotel reservations

23 February 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- MGM Mirage will begin accepting hotel reservations Monday morning for rooms at two of the $9.1 billion CityCenter's properties, the Vdara hotel and condominium tower, and Aria, the project's centerpiece hotel-casino. Vadara, a non-gaming resort, will open on Oct...read more
 
Articles by Mark  Pilarski
Articles by Mark Pilarski

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

20 February 2009
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
 
Articles by Howard Stutz

Card-counting iPhone application sees sale spike

20 February 2009
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
 
Articles by Howard  Schwartz

'Madness of March' captures hoops betting colorfully

19 February 2009
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

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