Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 6 April 2015

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

April 6, 2015

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Grochowski: Sage advice for the casino gambler

John Grochowski advises players to stay within their bankrolls, keep part of their winnings, only play with money they can afford to lose and to go easy on the alcohol at the casino. read more

John Robison:
Common sense for players
Frank Scoblete:
Professional craps play and house edges
Al Krigman:
Is the blackjack 'book' right about soft 17?

John Robison:
Common sense for players
Frank Scoblete:
Professional craps play and house edges
Al Krigman:
Is the blackjack 'book' right about soft 17?

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Casino City Gang: Once in a lifetime edition

By Dan Podheiser, Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd

The Gang welcomes Boston-area poker pro Bernard Lee to the show to talk about his work with travel bucket list company Blaycation. They also discuss a college basketball bettor who stood to win $1 million and the idea of Atlantic City casinos hosting skill-based gambling contests. read more

CASINO News

	Analysts downgrade U.S. iGaming potential Morgan Stanley has downgraded the future earning potential for the U.S. Internet gaming market, citing a lack of movement in key states and "disappointing" results from New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware. read more
Stutz: Controversial law last thing Indiana casinos needed The state's 13 casinos experienced a 10 percent decline in gaming revenue in 2014. A heated debate over religious freedom and gay rights will likely not help drive traffic to Indiana casinos. read more
Revel sale to Straub approved A U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved the sale of the Atlantic City casino to Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub for $82 million. read more
Millions owed top Caesars execs may be lost forever The company owes more than $78.6 million to a combined 279 current and former employees through a deferred compensation program now classified as unsecured debt. But those employees might never see a dime of their pensions. read more
Wynn Resorts wants a woman on board, just not Elaine The company says it is committed to having at least one woman on its board by the end of the year, but preferably not Steve Wynn's ex wife. read more
Nevada and Strip gaming revenues decline in February The Strip's down month led to a statewide gaming revenue total of $916.1 million in February, a 1.1 percent decline from the same month last year. read more
Macau casino revenue declines 39 percent in March The troubled casino market saw gaming revenue fall for the 10th straight month. read more
High Roller marks year of revolution Caesars Entertainment's observation wheel at the center of the Strip celebrated its one-year anniversary last week. read more
Private equity firm offers to buy remaining stake in Affinity Illinois private equity firm Z Capital Partners, which already owns 39.5 percent of Affinity Gaming, has offered to buy the rest of the Las Vegas-based company. read more

SLOTS News

	Scientific Games to provide lottery to Greece The Las Vegas-based company will begin deploying 5,000 slot machine-like video lottery terminals to Greece this spring. read more
Interblock Gaming selects president for North American division Slovenia-based gaming equipment provider Interblock Gaming has named Rob Bone as president of the company's North America division, where he will oversee sales and strategies in the U.S. and Canada. read more
The Reel Life: Breakfast Jenga edition Whoever said you can't play with your food has obviously never tried to maneuver a french fry tower without letting it fall down. Playing Breakfast Jenga is like hitting a slot jackpot over and over again. read more

POKER News

Amaya hopes to launch PokerStars in NJ

The Canadian firm, which acquired PokerStars for $4.9 billion last year, says it hopes to launch a U.S.-based PokerStars site in New Jersey by the fall. read more

Did You Know?
PokerStars has begun taking wagers at its online sportsbook, which went into beta last week.

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Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter April 6, 2015

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Grochowski: Sage advice for the casino gambler

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

Al Krigman:

John Robison:

Frank Scoblete:

Al Krigman:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
April 6, 2015