Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 28 November 2011

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

November 28, 2011

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Mark Pilarski: A tiny difference with lots of leverage

Pilarski says opportunities in high-count situations in blackjack change a negative expectation game into a positive one. A deck that is flush with high cards favors the player with a positive count. read more

Frank Scoblete:
Are you an idiot?
Bill Burton:
J is for Jacks
Alan Krigman:
How'd you like a game where the house counts the cards for you?

Frank Scoblete:
Are you an idiot?
Bill Burton:
J is for Jacks
Alan Krigman:
How’d you like a game where the house counts the cards for you?

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Casino City Gang: Giving thanks edition

Casino City's Aaron Todd experiences about 30 seconds worth of technical difficulties as host this week when he is joined by Vin Narayanan and Dan Igo to discuss the gambling industry developments they're thankful for, whether a casino is an acceptable destination on Thanksgiving and what the failure of the debt supercommittee means for the hopes of online poker. read more

CASINO News

	Macau gaming market still red hot In 2010, Macau produced $23.5 billion in gaming revenues, more than five times the total on the Las Vegas Strip. And the Chinese gaming enclave shows no signs of slowing down. read more
Vegas club owner found dead Scott DeGraff, the owner of several nightclubs in Las Vegas, died early Thursday morning in an apparent suicide. read more
Las Vegas Hilton to have new name next year The Las Vegas Hilton will be known as the LVH-Las Vegas Hotel & Casino starting on Jan. 3, according to its owner. read more
Vegas casino begins remodeling most of 3,500 hotel rooms The Flamingo has begun remodeling two-thirds of its 3,500 hotel rooms as a part of an overall renovation of the property. read more
Arkansas ballot initiative could bring seven casinos A Texas businessman says building casinos in seven Arkansas cities would generate millions of dollars and provide jobs to help the economy. read more
Foxwoods celebrates Thanksgiving with turkey donations Foxwoods Resort Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation donated 200 turkeys to local charities and food banks. read more
Nevada man wins over $50,000 after hitting all 16 NFL games A man from Sparks won $51,770 in the Lucky’s Sports Book Progressive Football Contest at John Ascuaga’s Nugget. read more
California casino launches toy drive The Viejas Casino in San Diego has launched a Holiday Toy Drive to help support the local Salvation Army. read more
Aretha Franklin to perform at Foxwoods next month The Queen of Soul will bring her iconic hits to the MGM Grand at Foxwoods for a performance on Dec. 30. read more

SLOTS News

	Slot machine sales slow but developing International Game Technology, Bally Technologies and WMS Industries didn't halt development of new products despite slower slot machine sales. read more
Aristocrat Technologies manages small and large slot operators Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat Technologies has placed their slot machine management system in roughly 265 casinos in North America. read more
The Reel Life The Reel Life has a car, so we usually never need a ride anywhere. Should we need a ride to court, however, the last thing we'd do is steal a car. read more

POKER News

	WSOP Circuit celebrating New Year's in L.A. The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles is hosting an official WSOP Circuit event from Jan. 1-12, 2012. read more
PokerStars gears up for PCA The ninth annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure gets under way at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in the Bahamas on Jan. 5. read more
PKR holding live satellites in Ireland The PKR.com World Poker Tour Ireland is running a series of over 200 live poker satellites in 26 different cities. read more

Did You Know?
In 2010 about 31 percent of Foxwoods’ customers, and 20 percent of Mohegan Sun’s, came from Massachusetts, according to Bloomberg.

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Top-10 things to note about the Massachusetts casino law

State revenues
Dealers will pool tips
Reinvestment
Community buy-in
Free drinks
No online component
$1.6 billion in investments
Locations
Smoke-free environment
Five commissioners

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Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter November 28, 2011

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

Mark Pilarski: A tiny difference with lots of leverage

Frank Scoblete:

Bill Burton:

Alan Krigman:

Frank Scoblete:

Bill Burton:

Alan Krigman:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
November 28, 2011