Oct 10, 2008
John McCain should not be heading to any gambling establishments these days. It does not appear that October is going to be his lucky month. He has fallen way behind his opponent, Barack Obama, in the race for the White House, and indications are that he will not make up the ground necessary to win the election.
Whether he wins or loses, he could be facing potential danger from one or more of his gambling excursions of the past.
Oct 10, 2008
High rollers do not like to be around regular folks. If they are going to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling, they want to do so in privacy where no one else can see.
Nevada has created gambling salon's for these high rollers. The salons are private places where high rollers can go and gamble with nobody around. Millions of dollars are spent in these salons.
Oct 10, 2008
Atlantic City had big visions. They envisioned going back to a time where their casinos were the best place to be on the East Coast. A time when Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack could be found at an Atlantic City casino on any given night.
It appears that goal will not be realized anytime soon. The economy has put a damper on the plans to renovate the city back into a gambling mecca, and has destroyed what casinos are currently in operation.
Oct 10, 2008
The LSU Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners have hopes of meeting each other in the national championship game in Miami at the end of this season. For that to happen, both will have to survive stiff tests on Saturday.
The Tigers and the Sooners will face perhaps their toughest tests of the year this weekend. The Tigers go on the road and play against the Florida Gators in the Swamp. Oklahoma stays at home, but they have the top five Texas Longhorns coming to town.
Jul 29, 2008
The Major League Baseball season is a grind. It goes on for six months and is played nearly every day of all those months. For people who enjoy gambling on these games it can become tiresome.
Then a week like this one comes along and bettors once again are rejuvenated. It is not interleague play, it is games that actually have a significant impact on the pennant races.
The Chicago Cubs have been in first place for a long time this year.
Jul 28, 2008
Online gambling is an industry that has been dominated by the underground organizations ever since the American government made it harder for online companies to accept bets from American customers. Individual states are well aware of the potential of online gambling.
The state of Ohio will watch their new gambling plan go into effect on August 4th. 1,001 statewide agents will be offering a new Keno online lottery game in the state.
Jul 28, 2008
The online bingo industry can only hope that they experience the same kind of growth spurt that online poker enjoyed several years ago. Actually, half of that growth spurt will be enough to create a new phenomenon.
Online bingo is what many in the online gaming industry believe will be the next big phenomenon. Online poker took the world by storm and is still going strong all across the country.
Now, the bingo industry is readying themselves for a similar boost.
Jul 28, 2008
Another college football season has arrived and that means that analysts will begin talking about who is going to win the National Championship. according to sports books, that team will be the USC Trojans.
The Trojans are the gambling favorites to once again stake their claim as the best college football team in the land. Coach Pete Carroll has his team ready to make another run at a title.
Jul 26, 2008
At a time when most lotteries are trying to come up with any and all innovative ways to try and sell tickets, New Mexico did it the old fashioned way. They built up jackpots and then relied on people's dreams to carry their sales.
The state lottery announced that their sales were up nearly $6 million from last year. That figure was driven mostly because there were some big jackpots that rolled over through the course of the year.
Jul 26, 2008
Kuwait would not be the first nation to come to mind when speaking about illegal gambling. There is, however, a large share of illegal underground games that are sweeping through the nation.
'Play Card' is the newest in the line of illegal games that is catching on in Kuwait. The game is played four times a day with drawings at 11:30, 2:00, 6:00, and 8:00. the game is similar to a Pick 3.
Jul 26, 2008
The Seminole Indian Tribe in Florida were supposed to be discouraged about the state Supreme Court ruling that voided their compact with Governor Charlie Crist. If they were worried about the ramifications of that ruling they certainly are not showing it.
The Seminoles compact allowed them the rights to offer blackjack at their casinos in the state, but the ruling by the Supreme Court voided that compact. The Seminoles appear unfazed by the ruling.
Jul 26, 2008
MGM is hoping to partner with Stanley Ho's daughter Pansy in what will become a $1.25 billion casino in the new gambling capital of the world, Macau. MGM is waiting on New Jersey investigators to sign off on the deal.
The investigators do not appear like they are in any rush to give MGM the go ahead. The investigation into whether Pansy is independent of Stanley has been ongoing for three years.
Jul 26, 2008
State lotteries are considered saviors in many parts of the country. They collect money that eventually goes to the education system and other worthy causes in the individual state.
The way they get that money, however, is suspect. Many of the same politicians that are against casino gambling are in favor of the lottery. That creates a double standard that is not often discussed.
These politicians will claim that casino are a gateway to problem gambling.
Jul 25, 2008
PayPal used to be on top of the world. The company was for many people the one of choice for putting money into their online gambling accounts. Now, those same people who made PayPal what they were, are being sold out by the company.
It has been announced that PayPal has opened their client account information that was supposed to be secure, to the IRS. The move could mean trouble for thousands of people who were using PayPal to transfer gambling money.
Jul 25, 2008
PokerStars and Full Tilt have a pretty strong hold on the Internet poker industry. The two will now receive a bit of a challenge from a group who has recently been mired in controversy.
Absolute Poker and UltimateBet are trying to regroup from a cheating scandal that has severely hurt their customer base. Now they will try and rebuild both their reputation and their customer base together.
The two sites have merged to create the Cereus Poker Network.
Jul 25, 2008
The New York Yankees have followed this pattern for several years now, yet nobody seems to pick up on it. New York was once again left for dead by many analysts early this year.
Just as they have the past few seasons, the Yanks have played much better ball leading into and from the All Star break and are now right in the middle of the American League East division race.
Nobody is betting against the Yankees now.
Jul 24, 2008
If there has been such a movement towards the legalization of online poker and actual casinos around the world, then why not sports gambling? That is a question that has the Canadian government pondering the possibilities.
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says that he would be open to the idea of legalizing sports gambling in casinos. The move would be a direct reaction to dwindling revenue in casinos in Canada.
"I have encouraged provinces that...
Jul 24, 2008
Discovering Macau is the final cultural theme based game to be released in the latest "Around the World" series launched by Weike Gaming, the Singapore and Malaysia only licensed manufacturer in slot gaming machines, electronics gaming tables and systems. Available in similar cabinets as the first three games Uniquely Singapore, Truly Malaysia and Yokoso Japan, Triton 3.0 and Cytron 3.
Jul 24, 2008
Casino gambling has been expanding nation wide on almost a monthly basis. The state's that are getting into the game now, however, are facing some stiff problems in their efforts to bring casino gambling to their area.
Kansas is one of those such states. They had an abundance of developers that placed bids for their new casino licenses when they first made the decision to legalize the industry. That was then, this is now.
Jul 24, 2008
The World Poker Tour decided a few weeks ago that it would be best for them to relocate away from the Game Show Network and move to Fox Sports Net. High Stakes Poker will not be following behind.
The Game Show Network held on to High Stakes Poker for their upcoming fifth season. The show had been paired with the World Poker Tour, but now will be on its own as the lone poker show on GSN.
Jul 24, 2008
South Africa will soon become the latest country to legalize online gambling. Parliament has already given their approval to the Bill, but they were still waiting on the President to sign it.
That finally happened when Thabo Mbeki signed the Bill into law. It still will be some time before online gambling will begin. They are working on how to implement all of the new legislation in the Bill.
Jul 23, 2008
The casino problem that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is going through has gone on too long. It is time to get the casino finished and open for business, according to Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato.
He has called for the completion of the project as soon as possible. He also says that whoever gets the rights to the license, should have to live up to the same commitments that were agreed upon by Don Barden, the original winner of the license.
Jul 23, 2008
The New Orleans Saints already had one of the best offenses in the National Football League. Their trade yesterday for former Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey just made a potent offense better.
In Washington, they also have improved their team through a recent trade. They did not focus on their offense, however, their trade was geared to plug a hole that just sprung open a few days ago.
Jul 23, 2008
The country of Australia is taking a pro-active approach to help people who may be in danger of having a gambling problem. They are unveiling a plan that would utilize cards with spending limits in their poker machines.
Poker machines are a popular choice of gambling in South Australia. They are legal in pubs and people can be found playing the games at all hours while the pubs are open.
Jul 23, 2008
Wyandotte, Kansas was thought to be an up and coming area for a new casino. Many proposals were taken by the state and they narrowed down their list of potential developers to five.
That list has now dropped to four after the Las Vegas Sands Corp. pulled out in their efforts to land the casino license. They are claiming several reasons for removing their name from consideration.
Jul 22, 2008
Blackjack has arrived in South Florida and it does not appear that it will be going away any time soon. The Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida is continuing to offer the table game even after a state Supreme Court ruling against them.
The state Supreme Court has voided a compact between the Seminole Indians and Governor Charlie Crist that allowed for the tribe to offer blackjack and baccarat at their casinos in the state.
Jul 22, 2008
Smoking in casinos is one of the en vogue arguments around the United States. Many cities and states have been regulating their laws to ensure that smoking does not exist at casinos in their areas.
In Greenville, Mississippi, they have concocted rules that allows smoking in their casinos but not in their bingo parlors. Those laws were quickly overturned by a Washington County judge.
Jul 22, 2008
With every sporting event comes gambling and there is no bigger sporting event in the world than the Olympics. The Summer games are just a few weeks away and that means that gambling on the Olympics has begun to heat up.
China, the host country, is favored by sports books to win the most medals overall. They are also favored individually to win the most Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals.
China is -300 to win the most gold medals.
Jul 21, 2008
Problem gambling affects many people and some respond better to treatment for their addictions than other. Why there is varying responses to treatment has not yet been figured out.
That will be the basis of a new program in Windsor. A student in clinical psychology at the University of Windsor will be receiving $25,000 a year to conduct the study until he completes his degree.
Jul 21, 2008
The Washington Redskins have had a difficult time the past few years in the NFC East. The Giants won the Super Bowl last year, and the Cowboys were the best team in the division all year.
On Sunday, the Washington Redskins took a step they hope will change the balance of power in the division. They traded for Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor.
It did not take long for the Redskins to fill a hole that sprung open nearly nine hours earlier.