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German Software Group Aims for Versatility, Universality

Scaraboo, a German mobile gambling software provider, has developed an extensive universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) for race betting that offers the same interface to Pocket PC and mobile phone users that it does to Internet users...read more

OOPS! Boss, I gotta go

Dear Mark,In my short years playing blackjack, I have never seen a pit boss come over and deal a hand until last year. I was playing with my family on a low-risk table ($5 minimum), when after about 40 minutes, the female dealer at our table motioned to the pit boss, talked to him for a second, then finished her hand...read more

Fraudulent Lotto Site Tries to Scams Hundreds

On July 9, Massachusetts State Lottery officials in cooperation with the FBI shut down a fraudulent Web site that mimicked the official Massachusetts State Lottery site, www.masslottery.com. Members of the operation contacted more than 200 known individuals from all over the world by e-mail and text messaging, informing them they had won a cash prize...read more

Heard it on the River

Over time we have heard news about possible NASCAR involvement in TUNICA COUNTY, but it was in the form of rumors. We heard it again recently, but this time we checked it out with the man who knows what's going on here, KEN MURPHREE, Tunica County administrator...read more

Wild wins and weird losses

Dear Mark,I know you always say to set your win and loss limits, and that makes perfect sense. But, how about when you get on a great winning streak at blackjack and it seems that you can do no wrong... do you still walk? I play $100 hand blackjack and increase like a crazy man when I'm winning, sometimes even table max (2K) when it's "one of those nights" I just never know when to leave when I'm doing so good...read more

Heard it on the River

Gripes, gripes, gripes...you hear so many players griping (is it because they are losing?) that you wonder how casino employees can stand it. We decided to level the playing field and asked some table games dealers what their gripes were about players...that's fair turnabout...read more

Getting to Know You

When doing business in the bricks-and-mortar world, requiring a picture ID with face-to-face transactions is a standard, cheap and competent guard for reducing fraud and underage use of products. E-businesses don't have such a luxury. They do, however, have access to tools designed to insure against the perils of fraud and underage access...read more

The greatest gambler who ever lived

Dear Mark,As one of your gambling quotes of the week, you used poker player Amarillo Slim. What ever happened to him? Is he still alive? Duke H. Amarillo Slim Preston, the Guinness Book of Records holder for being in five Halls of Fame: poker, gambling, seniors, legends of Texas and legends of Nevada, is still with us, living it up in Amarillo, beatin' the tar-Texas style-out of anyone willing to wager on anything from pitching coins to playing poker. There is a wonderful new memoir recently released by Amarillo Slim, with Greg Dinkin (who also wrote Poker MBA, another great read), titled Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People. In great detail, Slim and Dinkin chronicle Amarillo's winning ways and his larger-than-life-wagers like these classics...read more

Sky Bet Vegas Web Site a Big Plus for Wagerworks, BSkyB

Wagerworks and BSkyB have teamed up to bring gamers Sky Bet Vegas, an online casino suite that features 24 games, including the Price is Right and several traditional favorites like pokers and slots. The site was officially launched June 25, but has been running since its soft launch in the beginning of May...read more

I'll bet dollars to donuts it will never hit

Dear Mark,A casino in Reno has a cash-your-paycheck video poker machine with a big payout of $1,000,000 for a sequential royal flush. The machine has been there for about four years with no winner. What are the odds of ever hitting the big one, and can the machine be set to miss it? Joe Q. Question your way, Joe...read more