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News analysis: Judge's ruling stacks odds against iMEGA

U.S. District Court Judge Mary Cooper sent two very clear messages to the online gaming industry last week: 1. The courts are not going to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) because the law is either ineffective or unwise...read more

Playing It Smart: How to get an edge at Pluto Craps

Resolving world crises at corner taprooms or coffeehouses can grow old. So, many solid citizens look for friendly gambles at their tables or the bar, preferably where they can have an edge when nobody is the wiser. Pluto Craps may be just the thing. The game requires one or two dice and a shaking cup (to prevent dice setting)...read more

Gaming exec: Taiwan an untapped frontier

TAIWAN -- Taiwan's presidential campaign has revived discussion about legalizing casinos on the island, which is good news for Larry Woolf and his Las Vegas-based Navegante casino management team. Woolf, a longtime Las Vegas gaming executive, spent the past three years piecing together a 27-acre beachfront parcel on Taiwan's island of Penghu for a potential hotel, casino and resort development...read more

January report: State gaming win dips

NEVADA -- Wall Street was looking for a clear indication Friday into whether Nevada's casino industry is facing an economic slowdown in 2008. That picture is still a little cloudy. Statewide, gaming revenues in January fell almost 5 percent in a year-over-year comparison...read more

Top-10 Hollywood gambling moments

10. Swingers The beauty of this scene is that almost anyone who's been to Vegas can relate to it. Mikey (Jon Favreau) and Trent (Vince Vauhn) are desperately trying get comps and women by trying to gamble like experienced high rollers -- and they fail miserably...read more

Canadian MP Wants I-gaming Legislation

A member of Canada's Parliament, Hon. Roy Cullen, has drafted legislation to address a competition problem faced by one of his largest constituents in Etobicoke North. The constituent, Woodbine Racing, has complained for years about losing business to illegal Internet gambling...read more

Winning strategies for No-Limit Hold-Em; new Cookie book sold

Russell Fox, co-author of two previously well-respected poker books, (Mastering No-Limit Hold'em and Why You Lose at Poker) -- both with Scott Harker -- has now teamed with Nick Christenson for Winning Strategies for No-Limit Hold'em (200 pages, paperbound, $24.95), focusing on some advanced concepts few books have yet covered in depth. Also, Roy Cooke and John Bond present How to Think Like a Poker Pro (281 pages, paperbound, $19.95), which is comprised of many of Cooke's columns published from 2000 to 2005...read more

Wall Street sees pluses in Cyberview-IGT deal

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A potential $70 million buyout of European rival Cyberview Technology by International Game Technology could give the Reno-based company a further head start over other slot machine makers in the race to bring potentially lucrative server-based gaming technology to casinos, gaming analysts said Wednesday. The companies announced late Tuesday that executives are in preliminary discussions regarding a potential acquisition of London-based Cyberview by IGT...read more

Jerry's Nugget exec moves closer to regaining license

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- More than three decades after he lost his gaming license for taking part in a scam to cheat Caesars Palace, Jerry's Nugget Assistant General Manager Angelo Stamis on Wednesday moved one step closer to restoring his place in the casino industry. The Gaming Control Board voted 2-to-1 to give Stamis, 73, a license to operate gaming at Jerry's Nugget, a North Las Vegas casino that is now owned by his family members...read more

PartyGaming Still Talking to US; Garber Stepping Down

PartyGaming completed 2007, its tenth year of operations, with solid earnings but lower revenue growth than anticipated. The operational figures are contained in an annual report filed today -- along with an announcement of chief executive Mitch Garber's plans to resign and a revelation that the company continues to communicate with law enforcement officials in America. The company with the most to lose from the U.S...read more