July 20, 2008
World Poker Tour Makes a Deal with Fox Sports
You can't always get out to the casino floors to get in some great poker, but for the last several years, you have been able to easily catch great poker on television. The mass market appeal of the various TV shows, arguably led by the World Poker Tour, has created a massive upsurge in the popularity of the game. So Its great to hear that the show goes on, and apparently its going on Fox Sports!
Casino City Times has the story.
July 9, 2008
Star Trek: The Experience Closing by September
Some very sad news has come to us from the blog of Wil Wheaton. Come September first, Star Trek: The Experience will be closing down at the Las Vegas Hilton. Your last chance to hang out at Quark's and drink a Warp Core Breach is fast closing in. The final opportunity to get beamed aboard the Enterprise, and be chased by some scary Borg is appearing on the horizon.
If you have not yet had the chance to check out this one of a kind Vegas casino attraction, head on over and Experience it before its gone forever.
July 3, 2008
Confused about the Legality of Online Gambling in the US?
No need to worry. Gambling Planet has word of a website called USA Online Gambling devoted solely to shedding some light on the murky legal waters of america's online gambling scene.
The website has been established to inform US players of their continued ability to enjoy playing poker, blackjack, slots, and other games of chance on the Internet. The website describes how the law works and why it is still possible to gamble online, listing poker rooms, sportsbooks and USA microgaming online casinos that are still accepting US players.
Thanks Gambling Planet for giving everyone the heads up! And thanks US Online Gambling for helping to clarify things!
June 4, 2008
Crown Las Vegas Will Never Reign
Sadly, it seems a bid to build the world's tallest casino will not come to pass any time soon. From the Sydney Morning Herald:
JAMES PACKER'S ambitious roll of the dice aimed at creating the world's tallest casino has failed to come up with the right numbers, with financiers failing to support the Las Vegas project.
Crown Ltd, of which Mr Packer owns 38 per cent, yesterday announced that plans to build a $5.2 billion casino with American partners had been thwarted by the global credit crunch.
The decision to pull the plug comes after the plan to transform an empty block of land into a casino and hotel development was effectively put on life support about three months ago.
May 29, 2008
Casinos Helping Root Out Deadbeat Dads
There are plenty of dead beat dads out there, and some of them may in fact be turning to spend money that they should be spending on their child, on the thrills and spills of casinos. Well thanks to some new legislation in West Virginia and Colordado, some casinos can start doing their part to help track down these guys. It won't be perfect, but its a great step to help get those kids the money they deserve.
Here's the story from Online Casino Advisary
May 20, 2008
Charles Barkley and Wynn in Dispute over Gambling Debt
News coming in from across the 'Net seems to indicate that Charles Barkley and the Wynn casino are having some "disagreements" about some markers he borrowed. And these didn't come cheap, no they were to the tune of $400,000!! We've always wondered how a big casino might deal with a high roller who didn't pay on their loans, and it sounds like the answer is with a big fat lawsuit.
Read the story over at Google News
January 15, 2008
Bookies say Hillary Clinton Will Win Primary and Presidency
This story amused us as we were checking out the news headlines from the casino world.
It seems that online bookies have predicted that Hillary Clinton will in fact become the next US president.
Casino City Times has the story:
The political pundits had all but written off Sen. Hillary Clinton when she pulled out a victory in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Online bookies, meanwhile, have Clinton winning her party's nomination as well as the presidential election.
Though there's plenty of evidence that betting action has been a more reliable indicator of results than polls, it's possible Clinton's popularity in the books is a fluke.
These days online books are based offshore, and for the non-Americans who run them, figuring out the byzantine American election process is probably a lot tougher than trying to understand Australian-rules football. Those dedicated gamblers who have set up foreign bank accounts to gamble online may also be voting with their hearts rather than with their minds.
January 1, 2008
Happy New Year Germany, Sorry You Won't be Gambling Online Anymore
Its sad but true, in Germany, it is no longer legal to gamble online. Poker Pages.com has the story:
Taking a page from the U.S. and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), Germany will begin its own online gaming ban on Jan. 1st.
According to Bloomberg.com, all 16 German States approved the new anti-gaming laws after voting held mid-December. Any Web-based betting is off limits, with the possibility of individual States blocking bank transfers and ordering Internet service providers to deny access to online gaming sites.
December 12, 2007
Mariah Carey Hosting New Years at Tao nightclub at the Venetian
Word is spreading that Mariah Carey will be hosting New Year's Eve at TAO nightclub at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Tickets aren't cheap, at $200, but it could make for a very special New Year's Eve
November 20, 2007
Internet Gambling Ban Easing?
It feels like a long-shot, but some congress-people are making a push to try to ease internet gambling bans. Casino City Times has the story:
The Bush administration should consider relaxing laws against Internet gambling rather than risk setting a potentially expensive and "worrisome" precedent with European nations and other trade partners, eight lawmakers said in a letter on Monday.
The lawmakers were critical of the U.S. government reaction after it lost a World Trade Organization dispute with the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua over online casinos. U.S. officials declared the administration never meant for Internet gambling to be covered by international trade agreements.
Arbitrators now are considering damage claims from Antigua, an online gaming haven that said a U.S. law seeking to block betting over the Internet was an illegal form of protectionism.
Other members of the World Trade Organization, including the European Union, Japan and Australia, also are claiming compensation for lost online gaming revenues in the billions of dollars.
Compensation "could prove expensive to the U.S. economy," the lawmakers said in a letter to Susan Schwab, the U.S. trade representative. "However, we are perhaps more concerned about what this withdrawal says about U.S. credibility as a trading partner."
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