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September 3, 2010 100903
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Labor
Day weekend outlook: More visitors, less spending
The outlook for Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas appears much like that
for most holidays since the Great Recession took hold — visitors will
still flock to the city but they will spend less.
Table
Games Arrive At SugarHouse Casino
Philadelphia's first and only casino is just a few weeks away
from its grand opening on September 23rd. SugarHouse Casino is located
on Delaware Avenue in the Fishtown section of the city.
Critics
lament gamblers' tips paying casino workers' salaries
More than 4,460 jobs have been created in Pennsylvania since table
games were launched in July. However, critics point to the low hourly
pay of most of the jobs because casinos are relying on the gamblers'
tips to boost salaries.
As
baccarat grows in popularity, so does the cheating
“Now, watch this,” says Bill Zender, a security consultant who teaches
casinos how to spot gambling cheats. NOTE; Zender is the author
of Casino-ology and Advantage play for the Casino Executive.
Online casinos a big gamble
Nova Scotia Liberals are betting that Finance Minister Graham Steele
has already decided to join the table and bring the province into the
online casino business.
Jay Leno & Barney Frank debate Online Poker Bill
The ongoing debate over legalizing online gaming made a pit stop on the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tuesday night when Barney Frank was a guest
on the show and the topic was discussed.
Sands
disputes businessman’s role in landing Macau contract
CARSON CITY – An attorney for Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen says
his services to Las Vegas Sands Inc. were worth more than $48 million
in helping to clear the way for the company to build two casinos in the
lucrative Macau market.
Former
Lady Luck owner has plans for Las Vegas market
The state Gaming Control Board today recommended approval of the
licensing of the company that once owned the shuttered Lady Luck casino
in downtown Las Vegas.
OTB
guy robbed of 29G
A Queens man who had just cashed a $29,000 winning ticket at a Queens
OTB was robbed of his winnings at gunpoint minutes after leaving the
parlor, police sources said yesterday.
Scores strip club seeks to open in Atlantic City casino
ATLANTIC CITY — Scores strip club has applied to do business in an
Atlantic City casino.
Five
apply for last Mo. casino license
The Missouri Gaming Commission said it received five applications for
Missouri’s 13th and last-available gaming license by the Wednesday
deadline.
Man shot by
police at Reno casino parking garage identified
RENO - The identity of the man shot dead by Reno police on the first
floor of a downtown casino parking garage Friday has been identified.
Black
Enterprise Magazine honors Majestic owner
DETROIT - Majestic Star owner and Detroit businessman Don Barden will
be honored Friday by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the nation's
"Titans: 40 Most Powerful African Americans in Business."-
Tropicana
Entertainment’s Scott Butera: Casino’s employees its most valuable
assets
While some casino employers battle labor unions, Tropicana
Entertainment CEO Scott Butera makes peace with them. Butera was a Wall
Street investment banker who left after 14 years to restructure Donald
Trump’s ailing casino company in 2002.
All
signs point to continuing Las Vegas exodus
With emerging signs of economic recovery across the country, a slow but
steady stream of Las Vegans is moving away in search of better luck, in
stark contrast to the unprecedented influx of residents during the
region’s boom years.
It stays in Vegas if you don't tweet about it
The Nevada Gaming Control Board and MGM Resorts are investigating a
recent tweet by Michael Jordan's son, Marcus, in which he talked about
ringing up some $50,000 in bar bills at a couple of nightclubs a week
ago in Las Vegas, while Dad was running a fantasy camp there.
Paris
Hilton banned from Wynn resorts after Las Vegas arrest ...
Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton has been banned from two Wynn resorts
on the Las Vegas Strip and her boyfriend has been dismissed as
nightclub manager following their arrests.
... Executives support Wynn's Hilton ban
A longtime nightclub executive said he would like to see Hilton's judge
"throw the book at her. Tell her 'you're banned from Vegas for a year.'
She's been nothing but bad news."
The Bear Growls
Long-time Las Vegas-based advantage player, casino critic, and frequent
BJ21.com
contributor LVBear offers his opinions on things that sometimes go
wrong in the world of casinos.
Current and past growls can be read and comments posted at LVBear's
website, TheBearGrowls.com
Casino-ology
by Bill Zender
Casino-ology
provides contrarian solutions to common gaming management issues.
It is must reading for
patrons and casino employees.
Bill Zender knows the art of casino management. In addition to having
worked in, managed, and owned casinos for decades, Zender has also been
an enforcement agent for the Nevada Gaming Control Board, as well as
spent time as an advantage player, exploiting the vulnerabilities of
casinos from the civilian side of the tables. Today, he travels the
globe consulting for the international casino industry.
In Casino-ology, Zender
argues against excessive card-counter and
shuffle-tracker countermeasures in favor of hand production to increase
profits, and concludes that rhythmic dice rollers aren.t the threat
they.re made out to be. He details the dangers of customer-service
breaches; ill-conceived non-negotiable-chip programs; and past-posting,
marked-card, and false-shuffle scams. He addresses player tracking
systems, 6-5 payouts for blackjacks, the subtleties of marketing to
Asian customers, nuances of the derivative pit games, even the science
of turning around a distressed casino.
By challenging long-cherished conventions, Casino-ology provides
contrarian and radical, but proven, solutions to common gaming issues.
The price is $39.95 plus shipping (plus sales tax if sent to a Nevada
address). Order Casino-ology by Bill Zender.
Beat the Players - Casinos, Cops and the
Game Inside the Game by Bob Nersesian
This
book should be read by everyone who sets foot in a casino: average
casino patrons, skilled players, casino employees, and anyone else. It
should be required reading for police officers, regulators, other
public officials, and attorneys who may represent any of the
aforementioned. Beat the Players
was the subject of a
feature in USA Today.
Bob
Nersesian is an attorney who represents victims of casino wrongdoing
against patrons. In an enjoyable writing style, he takes a look at the
often too-cozy relationship between casinos, police, and regulators. He
discusses specific cases and dispenses sound, practical advice that
patrons, casinos and public officials would be wise to heed. Cases
discussed are from Nevada and other jurisdictions.
Chapters
include: Your Money or Your Liberty; Scary Cop Statements; They'll Take
Your Liberty Anyway; Gaming Agents Speak; The Take of the State; Rules
for Casino Patrons; Gambling at the Legal Limits; Cops Hate Card
Counters; Griffin Investigations; Casinos Cheat With Impunity; A
Judicial and Government Overlay; Finding a Nickel Brings Trouble; Names
and Aliases; The Security Office and Surveillance Functions, and
Casinos and Cops.
Appendices
include Nevada Cheating and Detention Laws with Commentary; Other
Nevada Gaming Laws of Interest; Gaming Cases of Interest, and Nevada
Gaming Regulations with Commentary.
The
320-page book includes a bibliography and an index.
The
price is $19.95 plus shipping (plus sales tax if sent to a Nevada
address). Green Chip
members get their normal 10% discount .Order Beat
the Players.
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