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Gambling General
by jim on July 30, 2008
The Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world, bar none, and as such the world-wide gambling action will equal to the event.
No where else can you find opportunities to bet not only on tea...
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Online Gambling
by jim on July 29, 2008
University Of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), associate professor, Kathryn LaTour has come out in favor of legalized Internet gambling for adult Americans.
Although her thinking is sound it is somewhat of ...
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Slot Machine Scene
by jim on July 26, 2008
I've often said that I don't understand how the people who run big businesses arrive at the decisions they make and I still don't.
For example, there's no doubt that the United State...
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Slot Machine Scene
by jim on July 24, 2008
As is the case in most of the rest of the world's casinos, particularly those in Las Vegas, slot machines are by far one of the most popular gaming attractions.
While player traffic in Las Vegas...
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Online Gambling
by jim on July 22, 2008
With gas prices rising faster than a politician's hot air gamblers in search of more mileage from their gambling dollars are heading to online casinos.
Despite the increasing numbers of Internet...
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Online Gambling
by jim on July 20, 2008
"WinADay" online casino has been offering free, for fun slot machines for a long time and now they have added actual cash paying machines.
There are many internet casinos out there but &qu...
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Poker
by jim on July 18, 2008
Most of us have a dream of doing or becoming something when we are growing up; but few of us ever realize that dream.
But 19-year-old Annette Obrestad of Norway not only realized her dream and is li...
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Atlantic City Action
by jim on July 16, 2008
Slot machines were king in the then new atlantic city casinos when I lived in New Jersey and they still are.
Back then, a slot machine, was a slot machine, and there wasn't much of a difference ...
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Gambling In Europe
by jim on July 14, 2008
Yes that's Victoria Beckham in there amongst the authentic Playboy bunnies, and no, she's not trying out for the job.
In fact that's a manipulated photo made up by someone with a good se...
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Slot Machine Scene
by jim on July 13, 2008
Whenever I research something, whether it's an item I'm considering purchasing, a place I want to visit, or anything else, I like to gather as much information as possible so I can make an in...
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Poker
by jim on July 11, 2008
The 2008 Las Vegas world series of poker tournament is coming to a close and what a tournament it has been.
With a top prize of about $10 million bucks and nearly 7K players competing for it there s...
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Poker
by jim on July 10, 2008
Pete Rose bet on himself and got banned from Major League Baseball as a result; but that's not the way it works at the Las Vegas world series of poker.
At the World Series Of Poker a player who ...
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Racing
by jim on July 9, 2008
Now that nice sunny weather is upon us it's a great time to pay a visit to a horse race track.
One of the best things about horse racing is the excitement generated by the crowd as the pack pass...
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Atlantic City Action
, Poker
by jim on July 7, 2008
As time goes by the casinos, in this case Trump Casino in Atlantic City, are automating more and more of the functions previously performed by human beings.
Since moving to Las Vegas I've seen t...
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Indian Casinos
by jim on July 6, 2008
The Coushatta Casino Resort located in Kinder, Louisiana, is another Native American Casino success story.
Coushatta is a full service casino that offers more than gambling. fine dining at a variety...
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Slot Machine Scene
by jim on July 5, 2008
When you first walk into a casino's slot department it may seem as if there are hundreds of different types of machines, and there are, and there aren't.
The reason I say that is because whi...
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Poker
by jim on July 3, 2008
Even though a really big Poker tournament may seem similar to a small tournament, only bigger, the strategies used are vastly different.
The information in this article surprised me a bit in that I ...
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Casinos
by jim on July 2, 2008
There was excitement galore in Bangor as the long awaited "Hollywood Slots" opened on Tuesday.
The facility, which is more or less connected to the nearby racetrack, boasts...
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Atlantic City Action
by jim on July 1, 2008
Like Las Vegas, Atlantic City is upgrading the luxury standards of its hotel accommodations.
Here in Las Vegas the construction of new hotels and casinos continues, unabated, at a dizzying pace, whi...
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Online Gambling
, Poker
by jim on June 30, 2008
Taking a cue from what is usually a type of bet placed at horse race tracks, "Betfair Poker", recently introduced "Pokerfecta".
As in a racetrack "Trifecta" a bet that ...
