Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 15 October 2007

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

October 15, 2007

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Alan Krigman: It helps to know what you're doing

Not sure what to do when you're dealt a starting hand of two pair in video poker? Krigman breaks down the advantages of holding on to those two pair rather than trying to draw for three of a kind. read more

Frank Scoblete:
Rolling the dice: overhand or underhand?
John Robison:
Where should I play slots in Las Vegas?
Donald Catlin:
Blackjack variance

Frank Scoblete:
Rolling the dice: overhand or underhand?
John Robison:
Where should I play slots in Las Vegas?
Donald Catlin:
Blackjack variance

Featured Story

The Playboy Club at the Palms is turning heads

By Arnold M. Knightly

After one year, the boutique casino with dealers in bunny costumes and a cover charge has become a hot commodity with gamblers and usually takes in as much money in eight hours as the Palms' main casino does in one day. read more

CASINO News

	Harrah's closes 600 rooms Harrah's Las Vegas closed about 600 of its hotel rooms last week when it discovered several remodeling projects took place without the necessary permits. read more
Venetian Macao customers getting Vegas experience Las Vegas workers have been stationed in Macau to help train the local workforce at the Venetian. read more
Constant need to renovate challenges industry Renovations are more important as gaming companies upgrade older rooms to compete for spend-happy guests. read more
Hong Kong won't compete with Macau Says it won't build casinos to challenge neighbor. read more
PartyGaming will listen to sale offers PartyGaming is open to approaches from Las Vegas-based casinos regarding a sale, according to a story in Financial Times last week. read more
Federal agents serve Youbet with a search warrant Youbet says it is cooperating with authorities and is not the target of the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office. read more
MGM's attention turns to Atlantic City's boardwalk Casino giant announces plans to build a $5-billion complex that would be New Jersey's largest resort. read more

SLOTS News

	The Reel Life It was a Shakespearean theme last week as players found their treasure with Caesar's Empire and Cleopatra's Gold. read more
CryptoLogic releases Bonus Pack 12 The new package includes a slot lineup featuring exotic travel, hair-raising adventure and the chance to smash a computer. read more
Mobile version of Slotland's Treasure Box released Players of Slotland’s popular Treasure Box can now play the multi-line slot machine on their mobile phones and PDAs. read more

POKER News

	Dates set for 2008 WSOP Harrah's announced the 2008 WSOP Main Event will be held from May 30 to July 17 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. read more
Mansion joins Ongame Network The move gives Mansion members access to 30,000 players at peak times and an increased slate of games in addition to the traditional Mansion Guaranteed Tournament series. read more
Players are thriving with Bad Beat Jackpot game The wallets of Texas Hold'em fans at UltimateBet are filling up fast thanks to the addition of a Bad Beat Jackpot game. read more
Full house for San Manuel poker event The 1,000 spots in the Annie Duke $100,000 Hold'em Tournament scheduled for Oct. 25 were filled in record time. read more
Aruba Poker Classic a success The success of the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic has industry experts feeling good about the state of online poker. read more
Titan Poker player wins WSOP seat Titan Poker has awarded Jelte Kruijer with seats to the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Showdown and tens of thousands of dollars in cash. read more

Did You Know?
The first World Series of Poker was held in 1970 at Binion's Horseshoe and featured a total of seven entrants. The 2006 Main Event had a record-high of 8,773 entrants.

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Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter October 15, 2007

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Alan Krigman: It helps to know what you're doing

Frank Scoblete:

John Robison:

Donald Catlin:

Frank Scoblete:

John Robison:

Donald Catlin:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
October 15, 2007