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Shiny new fixture for the future

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- After operating the MGM Grand Detroit for several years in a refurbished downtown building that once housed the Internal Revenue Service, MGM Mirage executives tired of calling the casino a temporary property. "We started referring to it as our 'interim facility,' " MGM Mirage President Jim Murren said Monday...read more

Heard it on the river: Proposed Myriad Botanical Resort still in question

Wish I had some news on the progress of the hoped for birth of MYRIAD BOTANICAL RESORT that has been proposed for Tunica but the project has been scaled back. According to a report in the Memphis Commercial by David Flaum, who is an excellent business reporter, the owners say the former plans are not realistic...read more

McKenna's Beyond Traps; Stann's Hollywood Blackjack provoke thought

If you enjoyed James McKenna's Beyond Tells you'll appreciate his focus in Beyond Traps -- The Anatomy of Poker Success (234 pages, paperbound, $15.95). Too, if you want an offbeat approach to beating 21, Hollywood Dave Stann's Hollywood Blackjack (179 pages, paperbound, $19.99) makes for some fast-paced, colorful reading. Since poker is a hotter game right now than 21, let's look at McKenna's book first. The author, a practicing individual and group therapist for more than 30 years, lives in Missouri and has found yet another area where some books barely tickle the surface on the subject of traps...read more

The Reel Life

Slotland.com progressive hit twice Last weekend, a Canadian woman was the second online slots player to hit Slotland.com's progressive jackpot really big in just a few weeks. Her September 23rd jackpot of $146,761 (€105,840) follows a $165, 318 (€119,610) win by a regular player known as "Newman32" in July. "I usually play the Booster slot because I like the way you can boost your bets...read more

What's Your Sign a starry pleasure

English Harbour Casino What's Your Sign is a five-reel 12-line online slot that features the signs of the Zodiac and a chance to activate a special bonus round for even larger potential prizes. Three bonus icons in one pay line activates the bonus round and causes the Wheel of Zodiac signs to appear...read more

'Apprentice' champion steps out of the tube, onto the Strip

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Stefanie Schaeffer is no longer the apprentice. She's the boss. The Los Angeles attorney, who won a yearlong job in the spring working for New York billionaire Donald Trump through the reality television series "The Apprentice," recently took over as the head of sales and marketing for the $1.2 billion Trump International Hotel and Tower behind the shuttered New Frontier...read more

Poker Host offers LittleSlick freeroll for affiliates

Poker Host is hosting a LittleSlick Championship freeroll only for Poker Host affiliates and players on Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. ET. In addition to the $100 prize pool, the winner gets an automatic berth in the LittleSlick Championship of Poker Main Event on Nov...read more

GPWA Top Ten list – a preview

Shenaz from Cake Poker, initial top 10 instigator It has finally arrived, a Top Ten list of people I love. According to my contacts and friends in the online gaming industry, it appears that I love everyone. In an effort to recognize some of my very favorite people and personalities in the industry, I have put together a top ten list of individuals that I love and that are somehow involved with the GPWA. Jenny and Chris, creators of Gambling 911 "To Do List". It all started at the hotel bar during CAC Montreal when Shenaz from Cake Poker informed the group that I love everyone...read more

LV Sands, Pinnacle seeking Kansas gaming license

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment on Monday became the first major casino operators to announce they would seek a gaming license in Kansas. Both companies are bidding on a single gaming license that would place a casino in Wyandotte County in suburban Kansas City, which is on the Kansas-Missouri border. Lawmakers enacted legislation this year to bring four Las Vegas-style casinos into the Sunflower State, marking the first tangible domestic casino expansion since Pennsylvania paved way for slot machine-only casinos and racinos a year ago. Las Vegas Sands, which is opening the $1.8 billion Palazzo on the Strip in December, was the only Nevada operator to win one of the five Pennsylvania licenses...read more

Playing it smart - When one plus one doesn't equal two at a casino

It doesn't take a gambling guru to know that raising or lowering your bets will increase or decrease your up-and downswings. You'll win or lose more, and will do it faster. Here's something relatively few casino aficionados realize. Some vital session statistics stay constant as long as you adjust your bankroll in proportion to bet size...read more