Year: 2014

Latest Casino News

Baltimore casino scheduled to open

BALTIMORE (AP) – The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is scheduled to open, marking a new milestone in Maryland’s development of casino gambling. The casino set to open Tuesday is the fifth and last of the five casinos initially planned when lawmakers…

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Parisian Macao construction to restart this week: LVS

Las Vegas Sands Corp, the parent company of Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd, announced on Tuesday that its Macau unit has received the government permit needed to resume construction of the US$2.7 billion Parisian Macao (pictured in a rendering)…

Books

Poker Princess Writes Fishy Underground Tell-All

Personal comment from PitBoss: I read this book, it was a good read. By James McManus, Bloomberg View In a summer filled with important new books on poker, Molly Bloom — known to the tabloids as the “Poker Princess” —…

Craps

Dice Pilot's ideas works

Was having some problem with the dice frequently going to the left as they hit the table. Rose was not available to see what I was doing wrong. Had to take care of this one myself. I knew it had…

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Casino wars: New Jersey unveils plan for Meadowlands as New York weighs proposals for four new sites

Maybe this is the reason so many casinos are closing…BAD GAMES for the player. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As more Atlantic City casinos close, both New York and New Jersey are in an all-out battle for gambling revenue with proposals…

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Jackpot of choices for Staten Island gamblers as New York and New Jersey battle for casino revenue

This site in New Jersey Meadowlands is slated for multi-venue sports and entertainment facilities, including casino gaming. -Courtesy of Meadowlands Liberty CVB STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With New York and New Jersey planning new casinos in their on-going battle to…

Other Games

Part 3: Legal questions arise for fantasy day game biz

Some of the newest incarnations of fantasy football look a lot more like gambling than intricate, outsmart-your-opponent strategy games. Since 2011, the billion-dollar fantasy market has been infused with dozens of daily and weekly games. Those games allow players to…

Other Games

Part 2 Daily game explosion spawns big-dollar industry

LAS VEGAS (AP) – When U.S. lawmakers carved out an exemption for fantasy sports in a 2006 law targeting online poker, no one predicted that it would spawn an online gambling operation that may someday rival the millions wagered daily…

Other Games

Fantasy explosion in US has some giving up jobs Pt 1

Cory Albertson was cruising at 30,000 feet and, like others on the plane to Detroit, taking care of some business on his laptop. His spreadsheets contained names familiar to anyone who follows baseball. Pitchers, catchers, maybe a center fielder Albertson…

Craps

Need Some help — Insiding and Speed of Shot

Hello — looking for some quick help / tips I’ve been slightly insiding my backswing and my shot seems to be a little on the fast side/too hard Any tips to stop the insiding ?? …. and slowing my shot…