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Casino City’s Friday Five: WSOP Main Event champion edition

What a week for the World Series of Poker. We have a new Main Event champion, a new member of the Poker Hall of Fame and a new location for the 2022 WSOP.Before we get into those stories, we have some others to cover, including more retail sportsbook openings, a few major jackpot winners that hit it big last week and Las Vegas welcoming back overseas visitors.Let’s begin with some big winners:5...read more

Top 10 Fall 2021 casino openings and expansions

There has been a lot of news around the gaming industry in recent weeks, including the sale of some major properties like The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip. While some resorts are changing operators, others are opening up new venues, or are even being built from the ground up.Here, we take a look at 10 new casino openings and expansions from one U.S...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sports betting records and WSOP Main Event edition

The World Series $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event began last week and Day 4 is underway.In the final year that the WSOP will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the Main Event drew 6,650 entrants, which is down from the 2019 field of 8,569, which was the second-largest Main Event and the last time the entire event was played live in Las Vegas...read more

Around the WSOP: 2017 Main Event champ Blumstein reflects on life-changing decisions

When Scott Blumstein sat down at his table on Monday inside the Amazon Room for Day 1E of the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event, a reminder of his place in poker history hung high in the rafters, about 15 paces to his right.As the winner of the 2017 Main Event, Blumstein, like all champions of poker’s most prestigious tournament, has his own banner hanging at the WSOP each year at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino...read more

Top 10 post-pandemic thoughts and observations from Las Vegas

After an extended, pandemic-induced dry spell of trips to Las Vegas, I was fortunate enough to return to the vibrant city that has become like a second home to me twice in the last four weeks.And I’m happy to report, Vegas is back.Yes, masks are still mandatory when indoors (although most casinos have a very casual approach to enforcing the rules) and that may not be the case by the end of this month...read more

WSOP prepares to say farewell to the Rio in Las Vegas

For a poker fanatic, there’s nothing like the first time you walk into the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for a World Series of Poker event.The massive ballroom, which has hosted some of the most enthralling moments in poker history since the Rio first started hosting the WSOP back in 2005, can be a staggering scene with the bright lights of the featured table on one side and hundreds of tables lined up across the way...read more

Around the WSOP: Former NBA star Tony Parker fitting right in at Main Event

Tony Parker may be new to the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event, but the NBA All-Star and 2007 NBA Finals MVP is, by no means, a stranger to the game of poker.That was clearly evident as the former San Antonio Spurs four-time world champion sat at the secondary featured table today under the bright lights of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, chasing the coveted Main Event bracelet...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Building and selling casinos

This week’s gambling news has a big story with the announcement that a major Las Vegas Strip casino resort will be sold. Before getting into those details, we have some other top stories to cover as well. We also have a new casino coming to Missouri, table games back at a Wisconsin property, Caesars sports betting live in Louisiana and a major jackpot win.Let’s begin with a large payout:5...read more

Top 10 best bets to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

We are just eight days away from the 2021-2022 college basketball season tipping off. Last year, the Baylor Bears took control of the championship game early and never looked back, resulting in the 86-70 victory over the Gonzaga Bulldogs for the title.Obviously, last year’s March Madness tournament was quite different with limited capacity for fans, but hopefully this year’s bracket-style competition that is affectionately known as March Madness will have the normal chaos that we’ve all become accustomed to.Here, we take a look at some teams we think can cut down the final net inside the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans when the dust settles at this year’s Final Four...read more

New York's sports betting disaster

On Friday, 22 October the New York State Gaming Commission announced what the tax rates will be for anyone unfortunate to win the right to operate online sports betting. Most of the bids were probably already in, but the Gaming Commission graciously gave the companies involved til Monday to amend their complex, multi-million-dollar proposals.There are so many things wrong with this attempt by New York to catch up with New Jersey and the rest of the country that it is hard to know where to begin.The minor question is how an administrative agency like the Gaming Commission has the right to set the tax rate...read more