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Palazzo not taking room bookings till after slated opening

The $1.6 billion Palazzo, which had been scheduled to open Dec. 20, is not taking hotel room reservations until Dec. 28. Las Vegas Sands Corp. officials said Thursday the resort will have a partial opening in late December, but the company is targeting a grand opening event in the middle of January. During the company's second-quarter earnings release in August, Sands officials said the 3,068-room Palazzo's casino, hotel and restaurants would open on Dec...read more

Top-10 Gambling TV commericals

10.) Foxwoods Resort & Casino - Shuffle Master This ad will most likely remind you of somebody in your weekly poker game. 9.) Hollywood Park - 'Honey, who's Misty?' There are two ads in this video that point out the fact that some things don't stay in Vegas...read more

Heard it on the river: A new face on the Mississippi casino map

There's a new face on the Mississippi casino map with a name that spans the decades and on Dec. 8 it will be officially introduced when HARLOW'S CASINO holds is grand opening down in the heart of the Delta at Greenville. This lady is glamorous, just like her namesake, and evokes the glory of the legendary art deco 30s period of Hollywood...read more

Gambling and the Law: Casinos on cruise ships, why not airplanes?

First Ryanair plans to expand its in-flight gambling. As Michael O'Leary told reporters when they announced their intention to add cell phones: "If you want a quiet flight, use another airline. "Ryanair is noisy, full and we are always trying to sell you something." The discount airliner believes gambling can bring in so much money that it will eventually be able to let everyone fly for free...read more

Are parlays reasonable strategies to start small and finish big?

What do you have to do to bag big bucks in a casino if you begin with a moderate stake and make modest bets? The obvious answer is to play a game that offers some kind of jackpot. This usually means the slots, one of the newer table offerings that feature sliding payoff scales depending on factors such as the poker value of hands, or traditional games augmented by bonus side-bets...read more

Quick-takes: The month's trends in a glance – November 2007

TAKE ONE There is a growing belief that all casino licenses are very valuable and the best way to award them is through a bidding process; the highest bidder is then awarded the coveted and exclusive license for a specified location. That is a belief that the gaming industry does not need...read more

Bits and Pieces from Indian Country - November 2007

Florida is one of the first states to have Indian gaming – pre-IGRA Indian gaming. In those early days of the 1970s, that meant high stakes bingo. The tribes in Florida have been aggressive in pushing the envelope, but the governors of Florida have been just as aggressive in resisting the tribes' effort...read more

Deal Me In: For now, this victor is enjoying the spoils

Dear Mark: I seem to have an uncanny winning history with Three-card Poker. I have won consistently over the past year but in particular over the past few sittings, that being 15 winning sessions out of 20, with a profit of over $8,500.00...read more

No Palazzo bookings until after opening

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The $1.6 billion Palazzo, which had been scheduled to open Dec. 20, is not taking hotel room reservations until Dec. 28. Las Vegas Sands Corp. officials said Thursday the resort will have a partial opening in late December, but the company is targeting a grand opening event in the middle of January. During the company's second-quarter earnings release in August, Sands officials said the 3,068-room Palazzo's casino, hotel and restaurants would open on Dec...read more

Poker Cheating; Weird Las Vegas two intriguing reads, gifts

A combination of new Las Vegas residents and new poker players creates a need for books that both inform and entertain. Filling those needs are two new titles, Poker Cheating (The 101 Most Asked Questions) by George Joseph (317 pages, paperbound, $24.95) and Weird Las Vegas and Nevada by Joe Oesterle and Tim Cridland (253 pages, hardbound, $19.95). Joseph, a Las Vegas resident with a long history in casino surveillance, doesn't that assume new players know all the terms and potential twists and turns when it comes to hold'em or poker overall...read more