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Liz Benston Gaming Guru - Page 21Online gaming in the shadows18 July 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C -- The speedy passage last fall of legislation making it more difficult for Americans to gamble online has led to three bills that take aim at the restrictions.
They are finding robust support from Internet gambling enthusiasts, but garnering little attention from politicians, who face more pressing policy issues than the right to gamble from home. ... (read more)
Q+A: Bob Boughner8 July 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Since the 1950s, skeptics have suggested the Strip was being overbuilt with more hotel rooms than could ever be filled. The concern reached a crescendo with the 1990s resort boom that established Las Vegas as the hotel capital of the country.
But even the construction boom in ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming4 July 2007
Station Casinos isn't discussing how its business strategy may change after, as expected, the company goes private by year's end in a management-led buyout. But executives are offering some hints in the company's latest proxy statement, which was mailed to shareholders who soon will vote on the deal. ... (read more)
Poker players stay in, reach out4 July 2007
NEVADA -- The town's commercial poker rooms shouldn't feel threatened, but Clyde Ernaga is thinking about going up against them in his own small way.
Already, his dining room is the preferred gambling spot for a handful of his neighbors, friends and co-workers.
And now he wants to open up his home-turned-poker lounge to total strangers. ... (read more)
Slots testers spread out in new lab25 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Travis Foley is a happy man these days.
Foley, the newly promoted chief of the state Gaming Control Board's technology division, oversees the vital process of testing slot machines and other gaming technology, such as marketing and accounting systems for games.
A few weeks ... (read more)
Own your own casino17 June 2007
With Kirk Kerkorian wanting to buy the Bellagio, you may want to buy a casino , too, and are wondering what's left. (Too bad the Bellagio got away from you, eh?)
You might not think there are any casinos for sale in town, but for the right price - think Bellagio - just about any joint might be in play, especially downtown. ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming6 June 2007
Need a light? Oh, can't smoke in here? Then maybe a dab of this stuff will help you cope.
The newest cigarette-replacement product on the market isn't gum, a patch or chew but a brownish gel that rubs on clear like hand sanitizer liquid.
Nicogel, a patented product invented by an Oxford ... (read more)
Slot machines way high tech4 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Slot machine manufacturers, sometimes slow to respond to technology, are catching up to America's love affair with faster computers, wide screen TVs and communal play on the Internet.
The new slot machines will allow gamblers to play more quickly, hit more payoffs and interact with - and compete against - other gamblers. ... (read more)
Q+A: Gamal Aziz30 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The latest annual report for MGM Mirage forgoes descriptions of casino floors in favor of haute cuisine, stage performances and museum pieces.
And lest there be any remaining doubt about a new direction of the company, "Transformation" is printed boldly on the cover.
Such ... (read more)
Looking in on: Gaming27 May 2007
When the folks behind the much-touted W hotel pulled the plug on the project at Harmon Road and Koval Avenue, Starwood Hotels and Resorts said its Las Vegas partners deemed the project unfeasible because of rising construction costs and financing requirements.
But it was Starwood's change of heart ... (read more)
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