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 a surprise here in Las Vegas that anyone who conducts a public forum would endorse anything that may present competition to the bricks and mortar casinos.

Personally I feel that too much protectionism, to the detriment of its citizens, is afforded the casino moguls by Nevada's elected officials at all levels of government.

While it's true, to a large degree, that the gaming industry is Nevada's most important cash cow there is no justification to deny adult citizens their rights.

A perfect case in point is the continued refusal by the state legislature to allow a State Lottery in Nevada. The funds that would be generated by a Lottery are desperately needed and lottery players, such as me, simply go to California or Arizona to buy tickets.

So the State loses money that wouldn't be wagered in Las Vegas casinos anyway and we all waste gas driving out of state.

Here's what professor Kathryn LaTour has to say about Internet gambling.

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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 States is undergoing a recession, despite what the President says.

People are losing their jobs, houses, cars, and filing for bankruptcy in record numbers, all of which means that there is less discretionary income to go around.

One would think that because of this we'd see across the board price drops, and in some industries we are, but some businesses are actually raising prices.

Note that I'm not referring to staples such as food which is going up in price for a variety of reasons.

We're talking about money that is used for pastimes such as golf, and fishing, or things such as dress up clothing and accessories that are bought only because the consumer likes them.

Into this category one can also place funds that are used to bankroll gambling.

With fewer gambling dollars to go around why is it then, that there is a move afoot by some casinos to lower a slot player's chance of winning? This, in effect, raises the price of playing slot machines.

One would think that the casino owners would "loosen" the slots to encourage players to drop more coin but that's not the case with the Grand Victoria Casino's slot machines.

They want to squeeze more profit out of the fewer players in their slot department, and as I said, I never could understand how big business works.

Here's some additional information on how slot machines are set up as to control how much and how often they pay out.

Have fun and good luck!

Source:www.reviewjournal.com

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 has decreased the opposite is happening at Macau's casinos and the race is on among them to bring in new gamblers, and retain existing customers.

Here's an update on slot machine activity in Macau's casinos and information about new incentives being offered to slot players.

This article discusses the general gambling situation in Macau and the efforts being made to increase slot play to a point where it is as popular as Baccarat.

Source:www.newsimg.bbc.co.uk

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 gamblers online casinos, which are plentiful, have to continuously upgrade their offerings in order to attract and keep players.

One way of accomplishing this is to offer an online experience that more closely matches that which is found in bricks and mortar casinos.

"Live Dealer", a relatively new concept in online gaming, makes use of actual dealers to add a truly authentic sense of gambling in an actual casino while at home playing against a Live Dealer in an online casino.

Have fun and good luck!

Source:www.cwcgaming.com

"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 "WinADay" is rather unique in that they have 3D machines which make the experience that much more entertaining.

In fact their 3D programming even includes some very convincing "customer service attendants.

Check out the stories about "WinADay" casinos new real money slotmachines, and remember that you can still play their free Internet slot machines.

Here's the "WinADay" website.

Source:www.winaday.com

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 living it; she made it happen, almost as soon as the idea formed in her head.

Annette has become the World Series Of Poker, Europe champion, and I'd say that's one hell of an accomplishment for anyone, but for a player with only 2 years experience, it's astonishing.

Obrestad's accomplishments also include being the youngest WSOP Main Event winner, being the first female winner, and pocketing a purse of $2.5 million.

Read about what the future holds for this expert Poker player.

Source:www.casinocitytimes.com