Blackjack is a well-known casino game. It is also known as 21, as the purpose of the game is to add all cards in front of the player up to or as close to 21 without going over. The game is often played by a variety of rules in different...
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Blackjack is a well-known casino game. It is also known as 21, as the purpose of the game is to add all cards in front of the player up to or as close to 21 without going over. The game is often played by a variety of rules in different casinos or at different tables. Share your blackjack strategies, experiences and ideas here.
Hoping to solve the decades-old mystery of why some people develop gambling problems, a growing number of researchers are studying the other side of the equation: the games that gamblers fixate on. Casinos and slot makers have long been accused of fueling gambling addiction. When video poker became known as the crack cocaine of gambling, Si Redd, the founder of slot giant International Game Technology who created the modern video poker machine, didnt get defensive. Instead, he advised... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas has cleaned up since its days as a magnet for ill-gotten mobster gains, but a Canadian insider trading scam has exposed the smaller-scale money laundering still going on in the desert city's casinos. Canadian Stanko Grmovsek admitted in a Toronto court earlier this year to making $9 million with a law school buddy in a 14-year illegal scheme. Court documents show he said he laundered some of it by gambling wads of cash on games like blackjack in Vegas's... Read Full Story
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Connecticut's two casinos say slot machine revenue dropped about 4 percent in October compared with the same month last year. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe, which runs Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, reported Monday that slot revenue for October totaled $54.8 million, down from $57.1 million in October 2008. The Mohegan tribe, which operates Mohegan Sun, said it took in $62.9 million from its slot machines, down from $65.4 million from October 2008. Compared with September... Read Full Story
More Missouri casinos have been fined and workers disciplined for underage gambling since voters eliminated ID cards that tracked how much money people were betting. Since November 2008, regulators have levied five fines against casinos in cases involving underage patrons and disciplined 56 casino employees. From 2006 until November 2008, the Missouri Gaming Commission fined just one casino and disciplined 30 workers. Regulators say there is a link between the increase in penalties and the... Read Full Story
Louisiana's state-licensed casinos came out of the year after the September 2008 financial meltdown not much worse for the wear — at least as far as taking in money from gamblers — and much better off than casinos in many other states. Figures released Tuesday by state police show that, from October 2008 through last month, the 13 riverboat casinos, Harrah's New Orleans casino and the four race track casinos took in just under $2.54 billion. That's only a tad off the $2.57 billion won from... Read Full Story
For those uninitiated with live (internet) blackjack, following is a very brief precis. An actual game of blackjack is dealt by a real dealer from a studio somewhere, and a video feed of that deal is streamed live to players' computers and imbedded in an interface that enables remote participation in the game. Casinos and software developers providing this type of game claim it to be the closest thing to being at a real casino, without actually being there. The dealer is real, the cards are... Read Full Story
After nearly a year of delay because of the national freeze in credit markets, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s proposed riverboat casino in Baton Rouge has been put on a schedule that could see the games begin in late 2011. Without objection, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board on Tuesday approved a revised development schedule for the $250 million plan after Pinnacle officials told regulators that financing would be available for the project. Earlier this year, the company said it probably... Read Full Story
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau's move to review gaming rules in the world's fastest-growing gambling market could brighten the outlook for casino stocks as potential curbs would help profits by limiting oversupply, analysts said on Tuesday. Shares of Macau casino operators recovered most of their losses after falling as the Macau government (www.gov.mo.) said it was considering rules that might limit the number of tables and raise the age limit for casino customers. Analysts and brokers however... Read Full Story
