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The Name Game

The major obstacle to any Internet gambling operation is not the law or even the costs of doing business. It is getting customers. Add to this the limited number of ".com" and ".net" names available, and it is easy to see why there have been more lawsuits over brand names than over any other issue connected with online casinos. The most interesting recent case involved a suit by the company that owned the Rio All Suite Casino Resort hotel-casino in Las Vegas ("RIO") against a company calling itself Rio International Interlink ("RII")...read more

Heard it on the River

We've gone through a month or so slinging slugs at SADDAM and his motley crew but apparently, at least from what we hear from various Tunica gaming execs, the war in Iraq has not had much of a ripple effect on our casinos here...read more

Heard it on the River

In springtime, a young man's fancy may turn to thoughts of romance, whatever, but mine zero in on blackjack, tournament style. I must be getting old when blackjack is my lust. Unlike romance, however, it's only for a weekend with a chance of winning some big money instead of spending it on some young thing...read more

Ask The Slot Expert

Hi! Thanks for answering my question about the Triple Trouble video poker a few weeks ago. I did play them some last time I went but tried to focus on the better machines. Hard to give up those devils! I printed off a strategy chart for Double Double Bonus Poker off the web and it doesn't mention saving an outside 4 to a straight that has low cards...read more

Heard It On The River

By the time you read this column I fully expect our country  to be embroiled in a war with IRAQ and it is understandable that this informataion may not be a priority on your agenda while our troops are slugging it out with SADDAM and his merry bunch of bio/chemical terrorists...read more

If Betting Is Not A Crime, Is It Legal?

In New York, it is not a crime to make a bet. But does that mean that betting in New York is legal? This may sound like legal hair-splitting. But the U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to overturn a lower court's decision that betting does not have to be a crime to be illegal, resulting in a felony conviction for Jay Cohen, with a probable 21 months in prison...read more

Are we at war or at peace, that is the question?

We are certainly warring against terrorists and hostilities appear imminent with Iraq even tho it seems like a Mexican standoff with SADDAM as I write this column.But what if the current administration decides that those 200,000 or so troops in the Persian Gulf area have to have something more to do than  fighting sand fleas in the desert and launch the much expected attack on Iraq...read more

Sportsbook With a Funny Name Prospers -- BoDog CEO Turner Cites eCommerce as Key

The evolution of international gaming continues with the emergence of new companies whose leadership's roots do not extend from local bookmaking. This brave new world of sportsbooks is run by aggressive 20- and 30-something managers whose backgrounds include such disciplines as Technology R&D, eCommerce, and the Internet. To be sure, the operational side of the sports betting business is not neglected or taken for granted...read more

Thrifty Gambling Applies to Video Slots

This question regarding the Atronic Sphinx video slot machine game via e-mail from Sam R. Scafferi: "Perhaps this isn’t just about the Sphinx slot machine. Maybe it’s any of a wide variety of 5-reel video display machines that offer up to nine pay lines to be played...read more

Davis Legalizes Gambling, Again

California Gov. Gray Davis keeps professing he is against the expansion of legalized gambling. He may be. But you certainly would not know it by his actions. Davis is responsible for making the following forms of gambling legal in the nation's largest state: Casino slot machines, from three reel to video poker...read more