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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

Antigua Moves Forward with WTO Claim vs. US

On Tuesday the Caribbean nation of Antigua presented an argument to the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body, asking that the WTO set up an arbitration panel to settle a conflict with the United States. Antigua claims that U.S...read more

Gala Bids for Success in the P2P Space

The Gala Group has unveiled its first of many person-to-person multiplayer games on its online casino network, which means gamers don't have to take chances against an unknown computer-simulated dealer. They can go online to experience the thrill of defeating human competitors, not just computers...read more

A $64 question

Dear Mark,A few questions if I may regarding progressive, networked slot machines. If player A is playing in one location, and player B in another, are the odds of hitting a jackpot the same? Does one machine know what the other machine is paying? Now the $64 (obviously much more on a progressive machine) question: What would happen if two players hit a progressive, network slot machine before it was reset? Amber D. Well, Amber, so long as Players A and B are playing for the same single jackpot, both machines must have the same chance of coughing up that jackpot...read more

New Account Wagering Measure Could Boost Nevada's Race Betting Industry

On June 9 Nevada's state legislature passed a bill that would permit off-site pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. SB3, drafted by state Sen. Dean Rhoades, became law June 11, but won't take effect until new regulations are drawn up. That should take about six months. The change could repair Nevada's lagging horse wagering industry, which was once the largest among all U.S...read more

Code red on these two blood-donor bets

Dear Mark, On a craps table, there are spaces with a "C" or "E" in a circle. I know that the "C" is for craps and the "E" is for eleven. Does betting on these circles differ from the regular "any craps" bet? Jim E. Somewhat, Jim, tag along. With any craps (2, 3 or 12), you are betting that the next roll will be a 2, 3, or 12...read more

New Features for SportsXction

As England and the Zimbabwe national team squared off on the second day of a five-day cricket test match last Friday, Interactive Systems Worldwide (ISW) launched a new addition to its SportXction betting system. Company chairman Barry Mindes says its new release for test cricket was hugely popular and yielded more users and bets than any other previous sporting event for SportsXction. The software enables gamers to bet on more than just the outcome of a game; most bets actually take place mid-game over very short-term action...read more

Heard it on the River

There will be a changing of the guard when you read this with a new general manager-editor coming aboard for JACKPOT! MAGAZINE and at the same time, the South's leading gaming and entertainment publication will move to Robinsonville to be nearer the action...read more

How those gambling gizmos work

Dear Mark,I am hoping you will elaborate a bit on the slot machine RNG (random number generator). I am very familiar with how it works. I know those people that say, "I JUST got up from that machine, and that lady sat down, and BAAM! She hits the jackpot! I could have won that if I stayed a bit longer!" I know this is a totally false statement (well, not totally as it COULD have randomly happened to him had he been there) but the fact that the one lady hit it and he didn't is because the RNG came up with the winning jackpot combo at that precise moment in time. The thing that I was always confused about is WHEN the RNG stops and displays the predetermined outcome...read more

Coming of Age

BskyB's Sky Digital television network has had interactive capabilities since its release in 1998, but until the recent launch of Sky Bet Vegas, no I-gaming services had been available. Now a whole slew of games have emerged and more are expected to follow...read more