Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 26 October 2009

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

October 26, 2009

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Mark Pilarski: Feed the right machine the right strategy

With hundreds of video poker variations to choose from, Pilarski suggests you limit yourself to playing just a couple of them. When deciding which ones to play, it's all about pay tables and using the correct strategy. read more

John Robison:
Can I really win playing slot machines?
Frank Scoblete:
Controlled shooting success story
John Grochowski:
A shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag

John Robison:
Can I really win playing slot machines?
Frank Scoblete:
Controlled shooting success story
John Grochowski:
A shuffle through the Gaming Mailbag

Featured Story

Father's Day gift fuels Schaffel's run to the Main Event final table

By Gary Trask

Kevin Schaffel's gift from his kids on Father's Day last June served as an inspiration and helped turn around his struggling poker game. Now, the 51-year-old will be sitting next to Phil Ivey at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table next week with a legitimate shot at the first-place prize of $8.5 million. read more

CASINO News

	Bookmakers living a nightmare in Vegas Las Vegas bookmakers have been getting killed this year as double-digit NFL favorites have been destroying underdogs. read more
Trump must disclose details of bankrupt casinos A bankruptcy judge ruled that Donald Trump must disclose details about the investment he holds in the bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts. read more
Steve Wynn won't quiet criticism The Wynn Resorts Chairman said he plans to continue speaking out on what he calls the Obama administration's mishandling of the economy. read more
LV Sands looks to jump-start Macau developments Las Vegas Sands is seeking up to $2 billion to restart its stalled casino projects in Macau and is willing to contribute additional equity on its project on the Cotai Strip. read more
Crystals at CityCenter receives LEED Gold Certification The retail and entertainment district at CityCenter has achieved LEED Gold Core & Shell certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the world's largest retail district to receive this level of recognition. read more
Casino executives support stimulus package Top management at Harrah's and Station Casinos said that Nevada would be in much worse shape without the government's stimulus package. read more
Ohio voters support casino measure A Columbus Dispatch/Ohio Newspaper Poll shows voters currently favor Issue 3 by 57 percent to 39 percent, with 4 percent undecided. read more
Group drops bid for Detroit casino Bloomfield Hills businessman Tom Celani said Monday that the team he was leading has withdrawn its offer to purchase Greektown Casino. read more
Representative says Massachusetts casinos three years away State Rep. Brian Dempsey said that he expects it will be at least three years before any casinos open in Massachusetts. read more

SLOTS News

	Maryland slot parlor approved by state The state's slots panel approved a 1,500 slot machine casino in Cecil County that could open within a year. read more
The Reel Life The Reel Life has never called 911. A Japanese man has called the emergency hotline a little more than never. Try 12,300 times. read more

POKER News

	Full Tilt circumvents Kentucky case A U.K. court ruled in favor of the popular online poker room, saying its domain registrar shouldn't comply with any seizure from Kentucky. read more
Full Tilt's Akenhead makes another final table James Akenhead, already a member of the November Nine, has made the final table on Poker Million, the Full Tilt Poker sponsored tournament being aired on Sky Sports TV. read more
French businessman wins EPT Warsaw Christophe Benzimra beat Italian professional poker player Alfio Battisti heads-up, winning €358,644 and a seat at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. read more

Did You Know?
62% of respondents to a 2009 American Gaming Association survey cited slot machines as their favorite casino game. Blackjack (21%) was second and poker (7%) was third.

Featured Game

Saturday is Halloween, when kids can indulge in candy and grown-ups can indulge in "adult" candy. Thankfully for the online gambler, there are plenty of Halloween slots on the Web. One of these slots is Casino Action’s "Halloweenies."

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Top-10 things to look for at the Main Event final table

Challenging Ivey
The heads-up pause
The Dennis Phillips effect
Will youth be served?
Begleiter's nerves of steel
The quiet European
Buchman's big stack
Aggressive play
Will Akenhead play to win?
Darvin Moon's early play

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter October 26, 2009

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Mark Pilarski: Feed the right machine the right strategy

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

John Grochowski:

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

John Grochowski:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
October 26, 2009