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March 11, 2013
Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
March 11, 2013 Latest From Our Strategy Experts | | Gaming expert Al Krigman shows how even little changes in familiar games can really affect the house edge and how much people end up winning and losing.
read more | | Featured StoryBy Howard Stutz A day after the American Gaming Association formally objected to PokerStars' acquisition of the Atlantic Club Casino in Atlantic City, calling the online poker room a "criminal enterprise for many years," a PokerStars spokesman leaked that Caesars had tried to sell them the Rio and the WSOP.
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 | Nevada casinos collected $909.2 million from customers during January, down from $1.038 billion a year ago, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported last week.
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Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the drama surrounding PokerStars, the AGA and Atlantic City, interesting developments at PartyPoker and BetVictor Poker, and examine what casinos need to do to compete in a crowded market.
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During the first month of 2013, 3.13 million people came to Las Vegas, down 0.7 percent from January 2012's total of 3.15 million visitors.
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Pinnacle disclosed last week that MGM exercised its right to end the agreement because the project did not achieve certain pre-opening milestones.
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BMM's new space is 22,000 square feet, and the company plans further expansion in an adjacent building.
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Says the lawsuit filed by Z Capital Partners lacks merit.
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The company posted a fourth-quarter loss of 4 cents per share, compared with a profit of $500,000, or 3 cents per share, in the same period last year.
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Caesars, Harrah's Resort, Bally's, Showboat and the Atlantic City Country Club are hosting beer dinners, Beer Fest room packages, tap takeovers and much more in March and April.
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One lucky player from San Francisco triggered the progressive with a 7-card straight flush at the Siena Hotel Spa Casino in Reno last week.
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 | At the company's annual meeting in Las Vegas last week, IGT said shareholders decided to replace board member David Roberson with Daniel Silvers, president of Ader Investment Management of New York.
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One lucky guest became $176,214 richer last week when the progressive slot machine he was playing on hit the jackpot.
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Red Hawk Casino paid out two jackpots to one Rewards Club member last week, for a total of $74,000.
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The Reel Life has heard of dining and dashing, but a Detroit area man took the cheapskate's way out to a whole new level earlier this week.
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 | Treasure Island, which was licensed as an online poker operator, will use 888's software in its online poker room.
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Did You Know?
An Arizona couple who won $2.5 million playing the lottery in 1995 won $1 million playing Powerball last week.
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