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Quarterly loss widens for Herbst Gaming

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Financially strapped Herbst Gaming had another challenging quarter, losing $62.3 million while suffering revenue declines in both its slot machine route operations and casinos. The Las Vegas-based company, which said in March it might be forced to file for bankruptcy, said the loss covered the quarter that ended June 30...read more

No cards ... only computers

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Can you play poker with no cards, no chips and no dealers? Poker players at Excalibur are about to find out. When they wander in the casino's poker room on Friday, they will find a fully automated poker room. Resort officials have decided to equip the casino's poker room with electronic poker tables to boost interest in the game...read more

Tribal casinos feeling pinch

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- American Indian casinos continued to churn out record gaming revenues in 2007 but not at the same annual growth rate seen over the past two decades. According to Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report, American Indian casinos generated $26.5 billion in gaming revenue last year, a 4.9 percent increase compared with $25.3 billion generated during 2006...read more

Excalibur makes the move to electronic poker tables

The days of live dealers and real poker chips at the Excalibur's poker room have come to an abrupt end. The casino shut down its poker room Sunday night at midnight and is in the process on installing 12 PokerPro electronic poker tables from PokerTek...read more

Harrah's making some slots disappear

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A rift may be growing between two gaming industry giants. Some observers, however, downplayed any conflict involving casino operator Harrah's Entertainment and slot machine maker International Game Technology. "It's more about money than anything," one analyst said. The issue is over participation slot machines, games in which the casino operator shares the winnings with the manufacturer, sometimes up to 20 percent of the revenues...read more

Over from Down Under, former lawyer helps Bally Technologies thrive

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Gavin Isaacs has seen far more of the United States than his native Australia. With roughly 85 percent of Australia's population inhabiting about 1 percent of the total country, travel in the land Down Under is somewhat easier. "You're effectively talking about a portion of the country that is about the size of the coast line from South Carolina to the tip of Florida," said Isaacs, 43, chief operating officer for Bally Technologies Inc. Isaacs spent 12 years as a corporate lawyer in Sydney, Australia, before a headhunter asked him whether he had any desire to join the slot machine industry in 1999...read more

Angle, record-keeping football betting books have wide appeal

Like kids in a candy store, football bettors continue to search for that last-minute winning flavor -- something that will make it easier for them to pick winners or keep records on their ups and downs during the 2008 football season. The final "tsunami" of betting books has arrived at Gambler's Book Shop, and here's how they stack up: Marc Lawrence's Playbook Stat and Log Book (383 pages, 8x11 plastic spiralbound, $34.95) has pre-season team and coaching trends and then moves into how teams do after playing each of the other NFL teams since 1990...read more

Bronshtein wins two FTOPS events in less than 12 hours

Don't get him wrong. Yuval Bronshtein loves all the money and adulation that comes with winning poker tournaments. But he's no longer in the business for those kinds of perks. You see, the 24-year-old Atlanta-based poker pro has his sights set on bigger and better things...read more

WSOP bracelet winner Grant Hinkle turns pro

When Grant Hinkle walked into his boss's office at Archer Technology last month to give him the news that he was resigning so he could become a professional poker player, the response wasn't what you might expect. "No, there wasn't any tension," Hinkle says with a laugh as he recalls the conversation...read more

Top-10 pools in Las Vegas

In between the hustle and bustle of gambling in the casinos, betting the horses at the race and sports books and going to shows, it's probably a good idea to spend a few hours decompressing poolside during your visit to Las Vegas. With that in mind, Casino City presents its list of the best pools to choose from...read more