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GPWA Conference in Las Vegas provides intimate networking opportunity

LAS VEGAS – Josh Gray sat high above the Las Vegas Strip last Wednesday night in the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino tower with a cocktail in one hand and his Blackberry in the other. The senior media executive for the social networking site PerfSpot had just spent the last eight-plus hours at the GPWA Conference when he was asked what he enjoyed most about the day that was full of affiliate marketing sessions...read more

IGT acquires Progressive Gaming assets

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Slot machine giant International Game Technology announced Tuesday it acquired "substantially all of the assets" of Progressive Gaming International Corp., which was foreclosed and liquidated last week by one of its lenders. No price was given. Ed Rogich, a spokesman for the Reno-based slot machine manufacturer, said the company was still evaluating if the out-of-business technology provider's 300 employees would be hired by IGT as part of the transaction...read more

Kentucky appeals court blocks seizure of online gambling domains

In a 2-1 decision, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state could not seize 141 online gambling domains because domain names are not gambling devices under Kentucky law. The ruling overturns an October decision made by Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate that asserted online gambling domains could be seized by the state because online gambling domains constituted illegal gambling devices that were prohibited by Kentucky law. Among the sites targeted by Kentucky were PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Bodog and Slotocash. Late Wednesday, J...read more

Top-10 free attractions in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – When you're on vacation, it's a foregone conclusion that you are going to do things differently than you would while you're at home – especially if your place of choice is Las Vegas. Sin City presents a visitor plenty of options to spend their time...read more

INSIDE GAMING: Taiwan beaches ready for action

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The prospects for a beachfront casino resort in Taiwan that would be managed by Las Vegas casino veteran Larry Woolf received a boost. Taiwan's Parliament voted last week to legalize gambling on the island nation's offshore islands of Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu...read more

Rousso to appear in SI swimsuit issue in 'custom content' piece paid for by PokerStars

Casino City has received further clarification from Sports Illustrated regarding pictures of Vanessa Rousso appearing in the upcoming 2009 swimsuit edition. On Thursday, Casino City reported that it had been told by SI that while a photo shoot with the PokerStars pro did take place in the Bahamas on Jan...read more

Deal Me In: Happenstance or cheating?

Dear Mark: I was recently in Vegas for New Years. I changed $100 to play blackjack at a $10 table, breaking my bets into five $20 bets. It was just me versus the dealer, pushed a couple of times, and I lost eight straight hands without winning one single hand (the last $20 was broken down into two $10 bets). Here's the part that keeps me up at night...read more

Progessive Gaming misses debt deadline

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Troubled technology provider Progressive Gaming International Corp. is headed toward extinction. A foreclosure sale of the company's assets was rescheduled for today, according to a company spokesman. Las Vegas-based Progressive Gaming did not meet a Thursday deadline to pay $17 million in obligations to one of its lenders. Sources said that a "major slot machine manufacturer" was attempting to acquire Progressive Gaming's more valuable assets, including patents for gaming systems technology and radio frequency identification technology, commonly referred to as RFID. Ed Rogich, a spokesman for Reno-based slot machine giant International Game Technology, which loaned Progressive Gaming $15 million last August through a convertible note and had other technology-related joint ventures with the company, said he couldn't comment. The majority of Progressive Gaming's upper management left in the past few months, including longtime CEO Russel McMeekin in September and CFO Heather Rollo, who resigned earlier this month to take a job with Ameristar Casinos...read more

Dancer is on target with new video poker book

His name is almost legend in video poker circles, and Bob Dancer, who has created software, books and strategy cards, has begun the new year with a solid, fresh book on the games. Titled Video Poker for the Intelligent Beginner (237 pages, paperbound, $24.95), the book does not cover advanced strategy for any one game, but Dancer says if you follow his advice in his newest work you'll have an easier time with his Winner's Guide series, which offer that extra material. Few books have been written on video poker in recent years, possibly because of the ever-changing variations and paybacks that appear on casino floors, so this title is quite timely...read more

Vanessa Rousso to be left out of SI swimsuit edition

LAS VEGAS -- It looks like an appearance by Vanessa Rousso in the Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue next month just isn't in the cards this year. Rousso announced in her PokerStars video blog on Jan. 4 that she was going to be photographed in the Bahamas that day by SI...read more