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Casino City’s Friday Five: Groundbreaking jackpot edition

We've turned the page on the calendar and have entered October, and there's a lot of news to cover. There are more U.S. sportsbook developments with the expansion of an existing partnership. We also have a milestone jackpot payout, another big jackpot at an online casino, Las Vegas breaking ground on an entertainment venue and an acquisition by Eldorado Resorts. Let’s begin in Las Vegas. 5...read more

Top 10 reasons to visit the newly renovated Palace Station Hotel and Casino

When Frank Fertitta Jr. realized his dream of opening a Las Vegas casino back in 1976, he did so with the intention of making it a place where locals felt like it was a home away from home.The Casino certainly served that purpose well, attracting a steady crowd of Las Vegas residents and hospitality workers from the area to a centrally located venue less than three miles off the Strip with cheap eats and service with a smile...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Prize money edition

Sports betting in the U.S. remains in the news, with a Congressional hearing on sports betting having taken place yesterday morning. We heard opinions from both sides of the debate, along with questions from members of Congress.We also had large payouts and winnings this week, and news of a new rooftop lounge opening...read more

Massachusetts Gaming Commission chairman resigns

Stephen Crosby, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, resigned yesterday. Crosby had served as chairman since the MGC's inception in November 2011 when the expanded gaming law was passed and was a major part of the implementation of casino gaming in Massachusetts...read more

Top 10 unwritten rules of poker

Tipping the dealers is common poker etiquette in most rooms. (photo by Wikimedia Commons)Although poker in all of its different variations is a game with well-defined and clearly explained rules, there are still some things that you should know that you won't find in the rulebook.Adopting the 10 unwritten rules of poker found below will help you better experience any live setting and prevent you from crossing the line and upsetting other players, which is usually not something you want to achieve.10...read more

FanDuel Sportsbook agrees to pay $82,610 following "glitch" in system

FanDuel's New Jersey sportsbook had a major error in its system that lasted for 18 seconds and ended up leading to an $82,610 payout. FanDuel refused to pay the winnings to Anthony Prince, the person who placed the bet, but after three days of deliberation, the sportsbook paid Prince in full.In week 2 of the NFL season, the Denver Broncos trailed 12-0 against the Oakland Raiders at halftime...read more

Top 10 poker movie scenes

Last week, Rounders celebrated its 20th anniversary. While the cult classic movie starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich is widely recognized as the best and most influential poker movie of all time, there are many others out there, and most of them feature scenes with memorable poker hands...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sportsbooks and casinos edition

The NFL is back — and it couldn’t have come at a better time, with all of the new sportsbooks opening across the U.S. More than 30 new sportsbooks have opened across the U.S. since a Supreme Court ruling abolished PASPA back in May, but they are not the only hot topic in the world of gambling...read more

Top 10 casino openings and expansions

As the calendar turns from summer to fall, resort casinos all over are also changing for the better. About two months ago, we talked about recent casino openings and expansions, and now we already have 10 more to discuss. 10. Resorts World Catskills debuts Crystal Life Spa New York’s newest and closest-to-Manhattan commercial casino resort celebrated the opening of its Crystal Life Spa...read more

Exploiting Poker Tells completes an invaluable body of research

The bulk of the book consists of 132 hand histories. About two years ago, Casino City was given a lifetime membership to Zachary Elwood's excellent Reading Poker Tells video series in exchange for an honest review, which I provided here. (The series has grown since then — there were only 19 videos at the time; now there are 29 — and let me tell you, having a lifetime membership is great.) Last year, Elwood came out with another book, his third on the subject of tells, Exploiting Poker Tells.The bulk of the book consists of 132 hand histories, most of them played by Elwood, in which a player's behavior altered or was otherwise factored into his playing decisions...read more