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June 4, 2012
Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
June 4, 2012 Latest From Our Strategy Experts | | Grochowski talks to a few slots players to find out what they like about playing video slot machines and discovers some interesting things.
read more | | Featured StoryBy Howard Stutz The effort to bring more casinos to Texas hit a nasty roadblock last week when three prominent allies of Republican Texas House Speaker Joe Straus -- a casino expansion proponent -- were defeated in their re-election bids by anti-gaming conservatives.
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 | An Ohio judge has dismissed a lawsuit blocking the state's racetracks from operating slot machinelike VLTs.
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IGT is providing Loto-Québec with online slots games and is joining Bally in providing VLTs for the Atlantic Lottery.
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This week, Reel Lifers learn why not to take pet zebras and parrots to the bar, why to play in a Reel race at Genting's online casino and which popular IGT games are coming online in Quebec.
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 | Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss whether heads-up tournaments should have perfect brackets, wonder if casinos have reached a saturation point in certain parts of the country, try to find the American equivalent of a clever William Hill free bet and indulge in a little potty talk.
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Cordish says Mayland Live! was built to compete under the rules and expected number of licenses outlined in 2008, and that adding gaming licenses now is akin to changing the rules, and shouldn't be allowed.
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For the first time in almost three years, Macau casinos in May didn't post the double-digit monthly increase that investors and analysts have come to expect.
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When the NBA playoffs begin, several executives with links to the gaming industry hope their team (literally) gives them bragging rights.
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The joint venture between real estate developer Sam Cherry and Plaza owner Tamares Real Estate hopes to satisfy pizza lovers in downtown Vegas.
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Customers can get a free £5 bet ticket that will pay 1,000/1 if their sons or daughters play for England's men's or women's senior team.
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In coming months, numerous social gaming casinos will come to fruition, easily eclipsing all the traditional land-based casinos scheduled to open in U.S. regional gaming markets this year.
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Some of the new free-play casinos are not connected with any land-based casino or a Nevada gaming licensee.
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 | Andy Bloch, 43, topped a field of 367 players to win the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud tournament.
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The guy with the coolest name in poker -- Leif Force -- won the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up event at the World Series of Poker, winning $207,708 and his first WSOP bracelet.
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Chiab "Chip" Saechao, from Visalia, Calif., won the $500 World Series of Poker Casino Employees Championship, collecting $70,859 in prize money and his first WSOP gold bracelet last week.
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If the World Series of Poker holds true to form, the final table of this year's Main Event will include nine unknown players.
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Did You Know?
Maryland Live! Casino will have more than 3,000 slot machines when it opens June 6. It plans to have 4,750 slot machines by the end of the year.
Featured Game Beach weather has arrived in the northern hemisphere. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. And ocean breezes are cooling. But if you can't take a beach vacation, you can still feel like you're at the beach while playing the Crystal Waters slot at Club World Casinos. > More Crystal Waters DetailsCasino City fans wantedPlease join us on Facebook by becoming a Casino City fan! It's a great way to meet fellow gamblers and learn more about what’s going on in gambling and at Casino City. In addition, we'll be developing and rolling out some neat Facebook applications in the coming months. > Become a fan Top-10 ridiculous gambling laws - UIGEA
- PASPA
- Washington State Internet gambling law
- Do a math problem to win a sweepstakes
- No deducting losses from state taxes
- Iowa's $50 limit
- Public gaming law in Bexley, Ohio
- No betting on elections in South Carolina
- Kentucky sore loser clause
- Deputizing Oklahoma railroad employees
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