Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 4 January 2010

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

January 4, 2010

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Robison: How do I tip my slot host?

Robison says that each casino has its own rules regarding tipping slot hosts. But as a general rule hosts are prohibited from accepting any cash tips and gifts worth more than around $25. read more

Frank Scoblete:
Can the 5-Count make craps a positive game?
John Grochowski:
More on match play coupons
Alan Krigman:
Do the tortoise and hare teach you how to win at gambling?

Frank Scoblete:
Can the 5-Count make craps a positive game?
John Grochowski:
More on match play coupons
Alan Krigman:
Do the tortoise and hare teach you how to win at gambling?

Featured Story

Las Vegas rings in the New Year

By Brian Haynes

Thousands of revelers descended onto the Strip and the Fremont Street Experience to drink excessively, watch fireworks explode and say goodbye to what was generally a dismal year for many Americans. Tourism officials expected roughly 315,000 out-of-towners for the largest New Year's Eve celebration west of the Mississippi. read more

CASINO News

	The Gang talks NBA, NFL and Vegas Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Gary Trask and Dan Igo discuss commissioner David Stern's comments on legalized NBA betting, more construction in Las Vegas and make their Week 17 NFL picks. read more
Gaming stocks down for the month, up for 2009 The average daily stock prices of the 10 companies charted by Applied Analysis fell in December, but were up overall for the year. read more
Gazing ahead at gaming in 2010 A number of stories in 2009 will play a major factor in how 2010 unfolds, including the opening of CityCenter in Las Vegas. read more
Small casinos see recession as real adversary Smaller casinos are considering the economic recession as their real competition, not neighboring establishments. read more
Talks stall between Caesars, dealers Caesars Palace officials said contract talks with unionized dealers have broken down after nearly two years of negotiations. read more
Ex-Barona employee kills manager, then himself A former Barona Gaming Commission employee shot and killed a commission manager and himself at the San Diego establishment last week. read more
Penn National secures Ohio location The casino operator purchased a 44-acre site in East Toledo, Ohio for the planned $250-million Hollywood Casino Toledo. read more
Indiana bridge closing could hurt Ameristar Casinos The closing of the Cline Avenue Bridge will force customers of Ameristar East Chicago to find a new access point to the riverboat casino. read more
Aqueduct casino decision may be near New York Gov. David Paterson hopes to select a casino operator for the Aqueduct Race Track "in the next week or so." read more

SLOTS News

	The Reel Life Family is very important to The Reel Life and we'd do pretty much anything for them. A man and his wife in the great state of Tennessee went to great lengths to show how important their family was to them. read more
California man wins $45,000 at California casino A lucky customer at Pala Casino Spa & Resort won $45,432 on a 2-cent "Hot Shot" progressive slot machine. read more

POKER News

	PokerStars stays busy in 2010 The online poker site shattered two world records to close out 2009 and is gearing up for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which starts Tuesday. read more
Party Poker holding qualifiers for LA Poker Classic Qualifiers are underway at Party Poker for the LA Poker Classic Main Event, which begins February 24th at the Commerce Casino. read more
Poker After Dark ready for sixth season The sixth season of the popular NBC poker show began on Sunday night. A total of 13 new shows will air this season, featuring a mix of cash games and the traditional six-handed winner-take-all freezeout format. read more

Did You Know?
By the end of 2010, more than 13,000 hotel rooms will be added to the inventory in Las Vegas, raising the total amount of rooms to about 154,000.

Featured Game

Last week was New Year's Eve, a night when we waved good-bye to 2009 and welcomed in 2010. If one of your New Year's resolutions is to play more online slots, head over to Captain Cooks Casino and try out “Party Time.”

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Top-10 Nevada business stories of 2009

One uneasy economy
Casino bankruptcies
CityCenter arrives
Brother, can you offer a job?
Slipping sales tax revenue
Housing heads down
Stay away from Vegas
No more construction cranes
Banks go bust
Budget goes bye-bye

> Find out why the Las Vegas Review-Journal chose these stories as the most important in 2009

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter January 4, 2010

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Robison: How do I tip my slot host?

Frank Scoblete:

John Grochowski:

Alan Krigman:

Frank Scoblete:

John Grochowski:

Alan Krigman:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
January 4, 2010