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Rio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas To Close Rooms For Inspections

Oct 04, 2007
If something as small as an electrical ground fault from a pastry case could cause such a big fire and claim almost 100 lives, then the Developmental Services department in Las Vegas is making sure that all buildings are in compliance with inspection laws.
The Rio Hotel and Casino has the spotlight on them as safety inspections will be taking place at the casino over the next 11 weeks.

Gambling Website Owner May be Extradited for 70 Cent Bet

Oct 04, 2007
Seattle man Nick Jenkins, owner of Betcha.com, will have to wait another week to find out if the governor of his state will extradite him to Louisiana because of a $0.70 bet a state trooper placed on his website. Jenkins and his legal team asked the governor, Chris Gregoire, to decline the request by the Gulf Coast state.

#8 Wildcats To Face #11 Gamecocks in Thursday Night SEC Showdown

Oct 04, 2007
The Kentucky Wildcats have not been a competitive football team since Jared Lorenzen left for the NFL, but a win tonight against the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Wildcats will become a team to reckon with in the SEC.
South Carolina made the move a few seasons ago that they felt would ensure that they get to the top of the college football World, they hired the old ball coach, Steve Spurrier.

38th Co-Sponsor Signs On to Legalize Internet Gambling

Oct 04, 2007
After UIGEA proposed rules were published this week, Congressman Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA), bill H.R.2046, gained another co-sponsor. Congressman Raul M. Grijalva [AZ-7] on Wednesday joined Frank and 37 others to become the 38th representative of the United States House to join in the fight to regulate online gambling.
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Illinois State Attorney Makes Plea Against Expanded Gambling

Oct 04, 2007
State after state are quickly passing laws that will allow for casino gambling, mainly poker and slots, and while most are not meeting much resistance, Illinois has received a letter from a state attorney trying to stop the expansion.
State attorney Stewart Umholtz has sent a letter to House Republican Speaker Michael Madigan and Leader Tom Cross detailing the problems that have occurred in the time the Par-A-Dice Casino has been operating.

Smoke Clears on Week Four And Patriots Still King of The NFL

Oct 03, 2007
Surprises were few among the ranks of the unbeaten football teams going into last weekends games, and of those three surprises, only the Packers and Cowboys survived, as the Steelers took their first loss of the year.
Green Bay and Dallas both came up with impressive victories on Sunday to run their records to 4-0 and stay as two of the four undefeated teams in the league.
The Cowboys again used a potent offense to defeat a lifeless St.

Gambling on Ron Paul Nomination Becoming a Safer Bet

Oct 03, 2007
Ron Paul has raised as much money in the third quarter as Democratic candidate Bill Richardson, and nearly as much as Senator Jon Edwards. The Republicans have not all announced their numbers for the quarter but Ron Paul and the Democrats have and the numbers are shocking to main stream media, although they are not so shocking to Internet media.

Seneca Indians To Build Mega Casino Complex in Buffalo

Oct 03, 2007
As of now, the Seneca Indians are operating a temporary casino in Buffalo that currently has $6 million invested in the building and running of the casino, but that is pocket change compared to their next endeavor.
The Seneca Nation of Indians have decided that they will move ahead with plans to build a $333 million casino and hotel complex in the Cobblestone District in Buffalo.

Johnson, Bengals Ready For Patriots on Monday Night Football

Oct 01, 2007
Cincinnati came into this season ready to prove that last year's team that missed the playoffs was a fluke and that they were once again ready to be one of the top teams in the AFC.
Three weeks later, and the Bengals still look like a bumbling pack as they once again have started slowly and their defense has been torched.
The Patriots have no such problems.

Unlawful Internet Gambling Act Regulations Released by US Treasury

Oct 01, 2007
US Treasury Released UIGEA Regulations

The Department of the Treasury has today released the regulations required by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The regulations appear to be as weak and confused as the UIGEA.
The regulations require

PPA Statement on Proposed UIGEA Regulations

Oct 01, 2007
Earlier today, the Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced the release of a joint proposed rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
While the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is still fully reviewing the proposed rule a cursory review reveals that the NPRM continues down the misguided path set forth by the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act signed into law last year.

Australian Crown Casino Expanding To The Tune of $540 Million

Oct 01, 2007
When it comes to making money, the more you invest usually means the better chance you will get good returns. Publishing and Broadcasting are putting that theory to work as they plan for a big money expansion of their Crown Casino, which is located in Australia.
Clarendon Street is the location where there will be a 658 room curved hotel. It will be the third hotel for Crown and will cost an estimated $300 million to build.

Online Poker Bad Beat Jackpots Keep Players Coming Back

Sep 30, 2007
Bad beat jackpots can be a monumental attraction for players and a useful tool for casinos to attract those players. Online casinos are no exception as these jackpots can reach high money payouts.
Ultimate Bet is one of those online poker providers that recently started a bad beat jackpot on their site, and this week, the jackpot of $112,885.50 was hit.

Sooners, Gators, Longhorns, Among Top Ten Upsets Saturday

Sep 30, 2007
For anyone who tries to make an argument that college athletics is more entertaining than professional sports, Saturday was a day they can use in their defense.
In what was one of the wildest weekends in college football in recent history, top ranked teams fell one after another and left the race for the national title wide open.

Gambling History Leans Towards Favorites in NFL This Week

Sep 30, 2007
This week, gamblers took a major hit when the top twenty five got mangled in college football action, now the NFL must bail out these bettors before they sink.
The trends in sports gambling are relatively easy to find. When gamblers are up, they push and lose, and when they are down, they chase and lose, but on a week with so many upsets on Saturday, the trend says that the NFL should have the favorites cover this week.

New College Football Polls Out And Changes Are Everywhere

Sep 30, 2007
The college football world turned into bedlam this weekend as not many of the top twenty five teams in the nation survived without getting their first losses of the season.
The top five teams are unified in both the AP and coaches polls, the only difference is the top spot. In the AP poll, LSU has replaced USC as the nations top team. The Trojans are #2, followed by California, Ohio State, and Wisconsin.

Lottery Betting Down in One of Nations Most Profitable States

Sep 29, 2007
In Massachusetts, the state lottery has been the example set for other lotteries around the country, but the latest numbers show they are well below their target money goal.
The past few years, Massachusetts has experienced some very high income from their state lottery games. In 2005, the state provided $936 million to communities, and the number grew to $951 million in 2006.

MGM Grand Casino in Detroit To Switch Locations This Weekend

Sep 29, 2007
Currently, the MGM Grand is holding court at a temporary casino, which has been opened for over seven years. The establishment was opened in 1999 at the intersection of John C. Lodge freeway and Abbott Street.
Come 12:01 A.M. on Wednesday, a new, $800 million complex will be the site of major upgrades at the old casino. The temporary casino was housing about 2,400 slot machines.

Gators And Tigers Ready For Another SEC College Football Battle

Sep 29, 2007
The Auburn Tigers have not started the season the way they had hoped, but a win over the Florida Gators this week will go a long way towards curing what is ailing them so far this season.
The Gators come into this game with the idea of avoiding an upset. They are ranked in the top five again and are coming into this game with extreme caution, knowing the Tigers still have enough weapons to cause concern.

NFL Betting Lines Starting To Reflect Power of Teams

Sep 27, 2007
For the first few weeks of the NFL season, gamblers can take advantage of early season lines put out by sportsbooks. Since nobody actually knows how teams will play in a new season, the advantage of sportsbooks is not as great as it is later in the year.
Hopefully, gamblers have taken advantage of their opportunity early on this season, because, starting this week, teams have defined themselves enough for oddsmakers to start figuring things out.

Seminoles in Tampa Expand Casino While Broward Seminoles Wait

Sep 27, 2007
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, FL will today at 12 noon, open its newly improved wing for the general public.
The $120-Million expansion makes this the largest casino in Florida. It will have 3,075 bingo style slot machines that are amply spread about over 3 acres of gaming floor. The casino is said to be ready to plug in Las Vegas style slots if, and when, the State of Florida will allow them to do so.

Illinois Expands Casinos, Now Wants to Legalize Internet Betting

Sep 27, 2007
The Illinois Senate last week approved the expansion of gambling from no casinos to twelve. In the next few weeks the House will consider the bill and the possibility that horse racing could also be added to the bill via predeposited accounts, or 'advanced deposit wagering', ie: Internet gambling for the ponies.

US Trade Rep Rolls Her Eyes at EU Gambling Compensation Claim

Sep 27, 2007
US Dismisses $100 Billion EU Claim as Greatly Exaggerated

Getting US trade officials to talk in response to the gambling complaints it is facing in the WTO has proven to be a difficult feat since Antigua won its claim against the mighty country earlier this year, but Reuters finally got a representative to talk under the terms that they do not disclose her identity.

DishNetwork Starts New Casino Games Channel 100

Sep 27, 2007
Casinos and online websites are not the only people getting ready for the United States to legalize certain forms of gambling, at least one satellite company is preparing for the change in law.
DishNetwork has announced that they have added a television channel that will be devoted to many games, including some of real casinos biggest card games.
For starters, the channel will feature six different versions of the card game solitaire.

Chinese Communist Party Using Film To Curb Gambling Habits

Sep 25, 2007
It used to be that wealthy Chinese people would travel from their homeland on vacation all the way to Las Vegas, to spend some free time gambling.
Now, the Chinese do not have to go that far to get their gambling fix. That, of course, is do to the rise of the gambling mecca Macau, which recently passed Vegas as the World's largest gaming market.

Online Casino Giant PacificNet Enters Into Cambodian Market

Sep 25, 2007
PactGames, which is a subsidiary of PacificNet, Inc. has signed a revenue sharing agreement with a leading gaming operator to put their products into several areas of the Cambodian market.
The products include virtual baccarat, fish prawn grab, card games, bingo, poker, live gaming, slots, land based kiosk networks, mobile gaming, and fixed odds games.

NFL Has Five Undefeated Teams Including Upstart Steelers, Packers

Sep 25, 2007
The cobwebs are officially gone after this week in the NFL. Teams that used the rusty excuse after the first two weeks no longer can use that as a reason for their poor play.
A handful of teams, however, need no excuses as they have won their first three games and are among the only five undefeated teams in the league.

IGREA Gets 37th Co-Sponsor, Internet Gambling Bill Still Alive

Sep 25, 2007
On Monday, Congressman William Delahunt [MA-10], member of the House Judiciary Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, signed on to co-sponsor Chairman Barney Frank's bill H.R. 2046 to become the 37th Representative to join Frank in an effort to regulate Internet gambling and negate the effects of the UIGEA, which among other things, restricts individual personal freedoms.

Man Suing Casino After Losing Money Gambling on Baccarat

Sep 25, 2007
As if it is not bad enough that a man from Gold Coast city in Queensland state lost over $26 million gambling in an Australian casino, the man is making matters worse by suing the casino for the money he lost.
Harry Kakavas, a property manager who is 40 years old has spent the better part of his life becoming a problem gambler. Now, after bottoming out, he has decided to go after money he lost at one of his favorite casinos.

Macau Hotel Boom Will Change Gamblers Casino Visit Options

Sep 24, 2007
For several years now Macau has been taking baby steps towards giving people on their side of the World an alternative to traveling across the globe to Las Vegas.
The time is closely approaching when their ambition will turn into reality as plans are under way on the Cotai Strip project, which will eventually bring over 20,000 hotel rooms in 14 hotels to Macau.