Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 23 April 2012

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

April 23, 2012

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Grochowski: Enduring slot themes

Grochowski takes a look at the slot machine games that have stood tests of time and remain favorites of players and casinos. read more

John Robison:
Who is protecting the slot player?
Frank Scoblete:
The best and worst craps bets
Mark Pilarski:
Deal Me In: Pirates of the Caribbean

John Robison:
Who is protecting the slot player?
Frank Scoblete:
The best and worst craps bets
Mark Pilarski:
Deal Me In: Pirates of the Caribbean

Featured Story

Las Vegas dayclubs invite revelry by poolsides

By Laura Carroll

The off-strip M Resort is working to fill its DayDream venue with the same hard-partying youthful demographic the Vegas Strip attracts -- but with a twist. Instead of targeting tourists, M is focusing on young locals who want a place to play away from the heavy-duty debauchery of the Strip's dayclubs. read more

CASINO News

	Nevada's slot machine industry preparing for Internet gaming While state and federal lawmakers inch along toward legalization of online gaming, the casino industry's large slot machine makers are already lining up for a piece of the potential action. read more
Inside gaming: Gaming expansion elsewhere lifts Las Vegas Before the economy tanked and the Strip's building boom went bust, the development of multibillion-dollar hotel-casino projects centered on Las Vegas. Now those resorts are being built elsewhere. read more
William Hill's push for Nevada gaming license delayed The British bookmaker's efforts to gain a Nevada gaming license have been delayed because of questions surrounding the company's relationship with Playtech and Playtech founder Teddy Sagi. read more
Buyer says sports book application moving ahead British bookmaker William Hill said it is confident about its prospects as it reassured analysts on Friday that gaming regulators would approve the company's $53 million purchase of three sports book operators in Nevada. read more
Plans for Strip zip lines move closer to approval The Strip's next high-flying attraction will feature a set of zip lines running between Luxor and Excalibur. read more
Report: MGM weighing options in Toronto The casino giant is considering building a $2 billion hotel-casino development in downtown Toronto. read more
Report: Wynn Cotai deal sealed Wynn Resorts will reportedly close a land deal for a new resort in Macau by the end of the month. read more
Lucky player wins $260,682 Pai Gow progressive jackpot An Eastside Cannery player played a seven-card straight flush to win the big jackpot in Las Vegas. read more
Pennsylvania posts all-time high for table games revenue Table games in Pennsylvania casino generated gross gaming revenue of nearly $62 million in March. The March 2012 total was 13.3 percent higher than the table game revenue from March 2011. read more
Mass. residents spent $909 million on gambling in 2011 According to a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth report, Bay State residents spent $624.1 million at Connecticut's two casinos, a 1.7-percent increase over 2010 Massachusetts spending levels. read more
New dancers added to Trump Taj Mahal's Ego bar The lounge's "Dealer-tainers" have also been given new costumes. read more

SLOTS News

	Casino Arizona player hits massive jackpot A Mesa resident put his final $60 of gambling money into a 25-cent Wheel of Fortune machine and won more than $5.7 million. read more
Three Pala slot players take home more than $121,000 Two players won $50,000 apiece on Quick Hits machines. read more
The Reel Life The Reel Life has been pulled over by police for a traffic violation. But we've never tried to escape from a police officer. And if we were to make that rash decision, we'd make sure our pants (or shorts) were secured before we made a run for it. read more

POKER News

Casino City Gang: Let's get social edition

Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss PokerTableRatings complying with a cease and desist notice from PokerStars, Boyd Gaming integrating social gaming into their player loyalty program and tips on running a home game satellite tournament for the World Series of Poker. read more

Did You Know?
Louisiana casinos took in $227.9 million in March. In March of 2011, Louisiana casinos took in $215.4 million.

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Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter April 23, 2012

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Grochowski: Enduring slot themes

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

Mark Pilarski:

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

Mark Pilarski:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
April 23, 2012