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January 14, 2013
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January 14, 2013 Latest From Our Strategy Experts | | One of the things that makes video poker so interesting is each game has its own sent of nuances. Gaming expert John Grochowski looks at how playing Multi-Strike video poker differs from other video poker games.
read more | | Featured StoryMGM properties on the Las Vegas Strip have begun offering free Wi-Fi service in public areas, like the lobby, casino and pool. You don't need to be a hotel guest to use the Wi-Fi. The system is already available at the Bellagio (right), MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and Mirage. The Monte Carlo, New York-New York and Excalibur are expected to add the service later this year.
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 | Wynn said the key issue that needs to be solved is winning local approval to build the hotel and casino on an old factory site along the Mystic River in Everett.
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Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the MGM offering free Wi-Fi in its Las Vegas Strip casinos, Erick Lindgren's battle with gambling addiction and the fate/future of bar bets.
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The parent company of the Palms, FP Holdings L.P., also agreed to pay $78,000 to cover the cost of the control board's investigation.
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More than 3.1 million people visited Las Vegas in November, up 2.5 percent from 3 million a year earlier, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported last week.
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CES attendance helped last Monday's total top the previous high of 14,495 set on Jan. 4, 2011.
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MGM already operates the MGM Grand Macau and wants to build a second hotel-casino in the region.
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UNLV will ask the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority and Las Vegas's biggest casinos for about $125 million to help pay for a new domed football stadium on campus.
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 | Last week, after news surfaced of a proxy fight over control of IGT, the only sound heard from the equity and high-yield research community concerning the company was the chirping of crickets.
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In a preliminary proxy statement filed with the SEC, Jason Ader, the principal in New York-based Ader Investment Management, said he was denied several in-person meetings with IGT's board of directors.
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International Game Technology's top executives told the company's shareholders that allowing the slot machine manufacturer's former chairman to win three seats on the board of directors in a proxy fight "would be a step in the wrong direction."
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The Reel Life loves nothing more than a stupid criminal. And Austin Lee Westfall Presler gave us a great story this week.
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 | The agreements would allow Nevada online poker players to play against players from other states in real-money games.
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The Heads-Up Championship had been sponsored by online poker companies before the federal government's crackdown on Internet poker. The World Series of Poker is the new presenting sponsor of the tournament, which will be played at Caesars Palace.
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Did You Know?
Poker player Daniel Negreanu was one of the featured bachelors on the TV show Millionaire Matchmaker last week. The show airs on Bravo.
Featured Game If you're excited for the hockey season to finally begin and want to let loose some of your pent-up hockey fervor before the games start later this month, lace up your skates and stride over to Intertops Casino and give Hockey Hero a spin. > More Hockey Hero DetailsCasino City fans wantedPlease join us on Facebook by becoming a Casino City fan! It's a great way to meet fellow gamblers and learn more about what’s going on in gambling and at Casino City. In addition, we'll be developing and rolling out some neat Facebook applications in the coming months. > Become a fan Top-10 poker player appearances on reality TV - Annie Duke, "Celebrity Apprentice"
- Jean-Robert Bellande, "Survivor"
- Mario Ho and Tiffany Michelle, "The Amazing Race"
- Johnny Chan, "Full House" sizzle reel
- Daniel Negreanu, "Millionaire Matchmaker"
- Jennifer Harman, "Sin City Rules"
- The wizards, "Two Months, Two Million"
- Liv Boeree, "Golden Balls"
- Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak, "I Bet You"
- Mike Matusow, "My Life on the D List"
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