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September 10, 2007
Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
September 10, 2007 Latest From Our Strategy Experts | | When you're playing craps, do you approach a table and put money down in the middle of a roll? After all, dice have no memory, so what difference could it make? Well, it makes a big difference. Craps pros first approach a table and see how all the players are doing. They also may wait one or two points to see which way the table is going.
read more | | Featured StoryBy Arnold M. Knightly Planet Hollywood Resort is pushing back its grand opening event seven weeks to Nov. 16-17 because of scheduling conflicts with celebrities and a movie premiere at the property. Co-owner Robert Earl said Wednesday the move merely involves scheduling, and there are no problems in construction or financing.
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 | The last time Jay-Z was spotted at The Venetian was at the opening of Tao Beach, one of the upscale pool clubs that are the latest party trend in Las Vegas. Last week, the rapper was back at The Venetian to announce the opening of his own venue, a $20 million party lair called the 40/40 Club, scheduled to open in December at the Palazzo.
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PartyGaming is providing ITV with branded online casino, poker, bingo, sports betting rooms. ITV is the largest commercial TV
network in the U.K. The games can be accessed through ITV.com.
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The Kalispel Tribe of Indians broke ground last week for a $275 million destination resort that will include a 350-room hotel, casino, spa, a 2,300-seat special events venue, fine dining outlets and retail space.
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Interest in the growing Macau casino market fueled investors' actions regarding shares of two gaming operators during August. Las Vegas Sands Corp., which opened the $2.4 billion Venetian Macau last week, and Wynn Resorts Ltd., which reported better-than-expected earnings in early August, recorded double-digit increases in their average daily share prices during the month.
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PartyBingo.com has fully launched the new flash version of their bingo platform, so members can play bingo on their web browser. In addition to the new flash game, PartyBingo.com has given its lounges and rooms a fresh look.
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 | Fair Grounds Race Course is poised to enter a new era with the opening of a temporary slot-machine gaming facility at 10 a.m. Sept. 21, Fair Grounds President Randall Soth announced Monday. The opening is subject to the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
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A Los Angeles man who almost turned down a trip to Agua Caliente Casino on Labor Day weekend has more than $67,000 reasons to be happy he made the drive after all.
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Everest Casino announced last week that a Japanese player had hit a jackpot while playing the online casino's acclaimed Space Ace video slot machine. The player won the $15,081.98 jackpot just one day after joining Everest Casino.
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In this week's edition of the Reel Life, Nicola W. wins a monster jackpot in Deal or No Deal and Susan G. continues to win on
Bodog.
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 | Thomas "Buzzer" Bihl won the first World Series of Poker bracelet awarded outside the United States when he beat a star-studded field to capture the 2,500 pounds sterling H.O.R.S.E. championship at the inaugural World Series of Poker Euorpe.
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European players continued their dominance at the first annual World Series of Poker
Europe as 23-year-old Dario Alioto of Palermo, Italy, won the Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
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Full Tilt Poker has added Gatorpay to its list of deposit and withdrawal methods. Gatorpay is a prepaid phone card that works
directly with your checking account. Players can load the card with money and then transfer it to Full Tilt. The card also
allows members to withdraw cash from its phone card directly into bank accounts.
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Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, is searching for the final two players
to compete in its upcoming $1 million tournament - The Tournament Titan.
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Legal expert I. Nelson Rose says it is -- and he walks you through exactly why in this informative column.
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Did You Know?
The bar symbol used on modern slot machines is derived from a 1910 Bell Fruit Gum logo. Other fruit symbols came from different gum flavors.
Featured Game Roshambo, the original settler of childhood disputes, is available at UltimateBet. The classic game, also known as rock paper
scissors, comes in both real-money and play-money versions with sit-n-gos available for those who want to play tourneys. > More Roshambo DetailsA Gambler's Movie Collection SwingersThis movie, which struggled in theaters for some unknown reason, became a raging success on video. It's the signature movie for twenty-something life in the 90's and features an outstanding road trip to a Las Vegas casino. You buy this for your loved one and you'll be money! > Purchase this DVD for your collection Top-10 poker player nicknames - Phil "The Poker Brat" Hellmuth
- Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
- Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson
- Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
- "Action" Dan Harrington
- Katja "Miss Slick" Thater
- Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
- Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen
- Howard "The Professor" Lederer
- Paul "Eskimo" Clark
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