VEGAS July 30 and 31
Going to be staying at the Rio and plan to play there and downtown some. Email me at alamotx47@gmail.com if you are interested in meeting up and playing and/or getting a glass of wine or lunch, dinner, breakfast etc. Always…
Welcome MrE
Welcome on your new journey . Read all old posts and enjoy. Good Rolling. 🙂 🙂 Replies: Posted by: MIDNIGHT on July 9, 2014, 11:44 am Welcome. Please post yourself!
Old geezers
The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. They like to refer…
12 out of 13
http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/ Replies: Posted by: ACPA on July 8, 2014, 4:11 am Took it on my iPad and couldn’t get the results. Noah Posted by: Skinny on July 8, 2014, 4:18 am That is strange. I did it on a macbook…
How Poker’s Newest Champ Is Alienating His Peers
By James McManus, Bloomberg View Is Daniel Colman, poker’s new heavyweight champion, an adolescent narcissist, happy to take people’s money on the felt but unwilling to help improve poker’s image as a game of skill or a vehicle for philanthropy?…
Adjusting to New Market Realities
By Ken Adams On June 1st, Harrah’s Casino Tunica closed its doors for good. Harrah’s shocked the Mississippi Gaming Commission and many others with the announcement it would close its Harrah’s Tunica. The company said there are too many casinos…
China Gambling Frenzy in Overdrive During World Cup
By Adam Minter, Bloomberg View Pity the parents of Xiao Cai, a young woman from Wuxi, China, who lost the equivalent of $161 betting on World Cup matches. When her folks refused to cover the losses, she fled to Shanghai…
Poker Jargon Makes Reading Dictionaries Useless
C. Thompson, Bloomberg James McManus is a big deal in the poker world. He wrote “Positively Fifth Street,” a book about the murder of a casino executive and the 2000 World Series of Poker, and “Cowboys Full: The Full Story…
Macau Allure Threatened as Chinese Travel Farther, Pansy Ho Says
Vinicy Chan, Bloomberg Macau is facing threats to its growth from China’s slowing economy and greater foreign competition, escalating the need for the world’s largest gambling hub to diversify from its casino gaming roots. “I’d say the slowdown in the…
Veteran With Concealed Carry Permit Shoots Back At Chicago Gunman
One of the spate of shootings that took place in Chicago, Ill. over the July 4th holiday weekend involved a veteran with a concealed carry permit who was forced to a shoot a man who began firing on him and…