Online Casino News

The argument over gambling still rages in Alabama. To date, the battles have been played out in a couple of casinos around the state.  But those have been fun battles, at least from my perspective. After all, we’ve had one casino owner shut down most of his operation and announce it was done to protect [...]

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When people think Las Vegas or Atlantic City what comes to mind are the big, glamorous casinos.  The Luxor rising like a pyramid above the Vegas strip.  The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City with its opulence and luxury.  But what the occasional visitor to these locations may not know is that the best gambling [...]

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Sometimes building tall, sleek, buildings – shiny buildings of steel and glass — you get effects you weren’t even aiming for.  Apparently the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas has a problem associated with its tall, sleek, curved and shiny design.  It creates its own death ray.  The death ray is aimed at the hotel swimming [...]

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Okay, raise your hand if you’ve played on a casino boat.  Now raise your hand if you have a tendency to motion sickness. See my hand?  Yep. Split my time between the video poker machines and the toilet. Fortunately, it was a clean a spacious bathroom.  In some states, particularly those on the coast or [...]

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I love watching casino vs whale lawsuits. First a vocabulary lesson to prevent anyone from being confused.  In the gambling world, a whale is not a large mammal that swims in the ocean but a gambler who spends lots of money. Casinos love whales. They give them free stuff – rooms, meals, flights, limo rides [...]

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Good news for those in the online casino industry.  A study commissioned by Nielson Media Research is showing a growth in online casino players in the United Kingdom.  Online casinos are still a new adventure to many people. I know players who travel regularly to Las Vegas and Atlantic City who just aren’t sure yet [...]

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Well, not entirely based on what I’m reading in the Guardian.  But in what seems like a rather sensible rule that someone should have thought of already, the British government is considering banning professional athletes from betting on competitions in which they take part.  Really? They’re finally getting around to thinking about that?  It’s 2010 [...]

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We all know it has to happen. After all, the casinos don’t stand at the entry way to every casino and check IDs.   And even that wouldn’t work in Las Vegas where slots machines are everywhere: hotel lobbies, grocery stores, bathroom stalls.  (Okay, I made up that last one.  At least I hope I made [...]

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Online college courses are becoming more and more popular and certainly they offer great flexibility for the student and often great value for the college.  It’s often easier to find and hire an online instructor who can work from anywhere to teach a course than it is to bring an instructor to the college.  And [...]

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This isn’t casino news but it is online news and something I’d file under — just strange gambling news. Apparently in the United States the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) makes it difficult for adults to gamble online, students can gamble online about their grades. A company called Ultrinsic has a system that lets [...]

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