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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

Top 10 favorite poker players to watch

The poker world is filled with players of all shapes and sizes. Thanks to the poker boom in the years after Moneymaker's epic 2003 WSOP victory, the game experienced a rise in popularity that no one could have predicted. Because of this, many players have become stars of sorts, appearing on TV in poker shows and tournament coverage...read more

Tiverton Casino Hotel ready for Labor Day Weekend grand opening

In many ways, Tiverton, Rhode Island, is a classic New England town, with a history dating back to the late 1600s, ocean views, an assortment of ponds, lots of wooded areas and a population of just over 15,000 residents.Adding a casino to the mix isn't going to suddenly change the dynamic of this sleepy town sitting on Narragansett Bay, and that's by design.In fact, as you drive onto the 52-acre piece of land about 20 miles southeast of Providence, you would never know that the new $140 million, 85,000-square-foot Tiverton Casino Hotel has slot machines and table games inside if not for a few modest signs that sport the venue's name and logo — a far cry from the much-ballyhooed MGM Springfield casino that opened with much pomp and circumstance last week in the western part of Massachusetts.A look inside the new @tivertoncasino in Rhode Island following the official ribbon cutting...read more

Live! Casino & Hotel keeping up with the competition

Live Casino and Hotel first opened back in 2012. (photo by Live! Casino & Hotel)Live! Casino & Hotel, located in Hanover, Maryland, opened its first phase back in 2012. Since then, two other casinos have made Maryland home, including MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, which sits about 20 miles away.It can be tough to compete with a casino with the name MGM attached to it, but Live! has managed to do so...read more

Top 10 first impressions of the new MGM Springfield casino

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Take it from someone who has lived here his entire life: The sun-splashed casino grand opening of MGM Springfield today was a B-I-G deal for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.It’s been seven long — and oftentimes painful — years since the Expanded Gaming Act was signed into law in Massachusetts by then-Gov...read more

Top 10 biggest mistakes made by amateur poker players

Jennifer Tilly at the 2005 World Series of Poker where she won her only WSOP bracelet. (photo by Wikimedia Commons)LAS VEGAS – One of the great benefits of attending the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is the access to professional players...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sportsbooks, jackpots and renovations edition

Since the legalization of sports betting in the U.S., sportsbooks have been opening all over, and we have some more to cover this week in Mississippi and New Jersey. On top of that, we have a few jackpot winners, new games at Videoslots, big money at PokerStars and a Las Vegas renovation.Let’s begin with Videoslots bringing in some new features:5...read more

Top 10 betting tidbits for English Premier League

The 2018 World Cup was full of excitement as France came out on top to win it all over Croatia. Last Friday, the 2018-2019 season of the English Premier League kicked off with Manchester United besting Leicester City, 2-1. Manchester City dominated the league last season with 100 points, winning the EPL by 19 points over Manchester United...read more