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Pinnacle Entertainment to Open Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis

Nov 25, 2007
Pinnacle has been busy this year, with new laws going into effect regarding casino gambling, the company has been opening new casinos around the country.
In December, the company will open their latest project, the $507 million Lumiere Place in St. Louis, Missouri, and by the time it is complete, the casino will be a megaplex.

Maryland Casino Slot Machines Measure on Ballot for November 2008

Nov 19, 2007
In a photo finish, Maryland lawmakers have approved a voter referendum on slots that may save the state's historic horse-racing industry. After years of bitter debate and acrimony, legislators narrowly passed a bill placing the future of slots in Maryland before the state's voters on the ballot in November of 2008.

Harrah's and MGM Prepared To Jump Into Legalized Online Gambling

Nov 19, 2007
The online gambling industry has been missing many large land based gambling companies, but two of the biggest, MGM Mirage, and Harrah's Entertainment have hinted that they are prepared to enter the market when gambling online is legalized in the U.S.
Word around town is that Harrah's might not even wait for the U.S. government to come to their senses and regulate the online gambling industry.

Florida House Files Lawsuit Against Governor For Seminole Gambling Compact

Nov 19, 2007
Governor Charlie Crist of Florida knew there would be some legal opposition when he signed a compact with the Seminole Indians allowing them Vegas style slots, baccarat, and blackjack.
On Monday, that opposition came knocking, in the form of a lawsuit that was filed in the Supreme Court by the Florida House and Speaker Marco Rubio.

Gambling Revenue Falling in Atlantic City Casinos For First Time in 30 Years

Nov 19, 2007
Atlantic City used to be the East Coasts version of Las Vegas, in its glory days it attracted many high profile people, but now for the first time in 30 years, the city will see revenues decline.
While profits actually rose 3.6 percent in the third quarter for Atlantic City's 11 casinos, speculation continues that 2007 will be the first year since 1977 that there will be a drop in revenue.

Walker County Officials File Suit Over Bingo Gambling Law

Nov 19, 2007
Live Bingo is becoming a game of the past, many people have moved on to play on the internet, and many charities have gone to bingo gaming machines to raise money.
These gaming machines, however, have come under fire by officials in Walker County, Indiana. The officials claim that the games are an illegal form of gambling, and they want the local circuit court to clarify the law for them.

NFL Fantasy Football Owners Welcome Brady and Patriots Back This Week

Nov 18, 2007
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots took their scheduled week off last week and fantasy football owners were scrambling to find production to replace the star quarterback and his teammates.
Now, a week later and those same owners will be glad to have Brady back on the field throwing touchdown passes with ease as he has for the first half of this NFL season.

Bookmaker Bwin Has Gambling Revenue Numbers Down in Vienna Trading

Nov 15, 2007
Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG is an online bookmaker that sponsors one of the most successful club soccer teams in the world, AC Milan, but the sponsorship has not led to profit for the company as they announced that their revenue numbers are down.
The net loss was projected at 5.1 euros in the third quarter, and the gross gaming revenue dropped 11 percent to 86.2 million euros.

Harrahs Entertainment May Soon Offer Online Poker Site to Europe

Nov 15, 2007
Gary Loveman, CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, announced at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas that the World Series of Poker may soon branch into online formats in Europe.
Although legislation recently passed in the US prevents banks and credit card companies from handling transactions involving Internet gambling, there is no such prohibition in Great Britain and most other European countries.

New Mexico Signs Contract With Intralot For Lottery Gambling System

Nov 15, 2007
The state of New Mexico has decided to switch providers for their lottery system as they have entered into contract with Intralot for use of their new computerized gambling system.
The numbers that are involved in the deal are almost mind blowing when one considers that the lottery is put in place to generate money for states to use to balance their budgets.
The lottery will pay a base price to Intralot of 1.5 percent, which is $18.

Oregon Ducks Versus Arizona Wildcats A Wagering Nightmare Tonight

Nov 15, 2007
The #2 spot in the rankings has been anything but nice to its owners over the course of this college football season, and now the Oregon Ducks go on the road tonight and try to exercise the demons that have haunted #2 teams all year.
Waiting for the Ducks will be a team that has surprised critics with their play this season, the Arizona Wildcats, and although they are facing a high powered offense, the Wildcats think they can pull the upset.

Barry Bonds Finally Indicted on Federal Perjury Charges

Nov 15, 2007
A couple of months ago Barry Bonds made a statement claiming that he would never set foot in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame if they allowed his record setting home run ball to be displayed with an asterisk beside it.
Now, Bonds could have a much larger and more devastating word next to his name in Cooperstown - Criminal.

2008 Bingo World Championship To Begin Online At Starlight Bingo

Nov 13, 2007
Starlight Bingo is ready to launch the 2008 version of the Bingo World Championship, and if previous tournaments are any indication, the action will be fast and furious until a winner is crowned.
A prize pool of $10,000 will be up for grabs in the actual Bingo World Championship event. The tournament will consist of 23 games with the winning prize growing higher with each passing game.

Cash Systems, Inc. Receives Approval For Powercash in Casinos

Nov 13, 2007
The next level of the ease with which casinos can take money from customers could begin soon as Cash Systems, Inc. received approval for their Powercash operating system from Gaming Laboratories International.
The way that powercash works, is, first a person must sign up for both a casinos Cash System cashclub feature, and a players club card.

Macau To Crack Down On Illegal Workers In Gambling Industry

Nov 13, 2007
The Macau gambling industry has risen to epic proportions over the last few years, but it has not been free of controversy, and now the leaders of Macau have vowed to crack down on illegal workers in the industry.
Local residents have complained that many of the high priced casino resorts that are going up in Macau are doing so with illegal workers, who companies can pay less than minimum wage to, but the leaders are now claiming they will try to eliminate this illegal practice.

Oregon Ducks And Kansas Jayhawks No Longer Betting Long Shots

Nov 13, 2007
When the college football season began way back in September, LSU and Oklahoma were both ranked highly in the preseason polls, but it is two other teams currently in the top five, that have come out of nowhere.
The Oregon Ducks and Kansas Jayhawks are two of the more unlikely teams to grace the top five of the BCS this year, and that is even with South Florida spending some time there earlier this year.

Mohegan Sun Brings Automated Poker To Their East Coast Casino

Nov 13, 2007
The Mohegan Sun experimented with the plan of not having poker tables in their New England casino, but that plan backfired terribly, and now, four years after eliminating poker, it is back in an automated form.
The casino has brought PokerPro, an automated poker game where no dealers or chips are necessary, to their casino floor, and so far the results have been promising.

BCS College Football Rankings Released, LSU Tigers New #1

Nov 12, 2007
Critics have been saying ever since Ohio State took over as the number one team in the BCS that they were there by default and that they were overrated, now they have been exposed after losing to Illinois on Saturday.
The LSU Tigers have taken the reigns as the new #1 team in the BCS, and the Tigers now have a clear run to the championship game if they can run the table and win the SEC championship game.

Wynn Las Vegas Casino No Longer Comping Drinks

Nov 12, 2007
Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is flouting venerable Las Vegas tradition by no longer comping drinks for bar customers who are playing machines.
Vegas casinos have long honored the practice of giving a free drink in exchange for ten dollars play at the video gambling machines inset into the bars, but Wynn will now charge full price for cocktails, regardless of play.

Online Casino, 888.com, to Offer Gambling to Airline Passengers

Nov 12, 2007
British Airways, Singapore Airlines, and Cathay Pacific Airline will introduce access to online casinos during flights beginning early next year. The first to offer these services was Virgin Airlines, who offered flyers the ability to play at the Virgin online casino.
Now, in an attempt to raise numbers that have long been declining, 888.com will be doing the same. One of the world's largest online gaming companies, 888.

The San Francisco 49ers And Seattle Seahawks Have Gamblers Flipping Coins

Nov 12, 2007
If gamblers around the World put themselves in the hole this weekend, and they probably did with the upsets of Ohio State on Saturday and Indianapolis on Sunday, then tonight is not the night to try and bail out.
It is customary for gamblers that have had disappointing weeks betting on football to use the Mon

Canadian Couple Wins Casino Jackpot And Lottery In Same Night

Nov 12, 2007
So you go to a casino and play the slot machines, and after playing for a while, you hit a $13,000 jackpot, after the rush of the situation is over, you return home.
Then, a couple hours later you realize you matched all the numbers to the lottery and won a cool $18.5 million. As the story goes, then you wake up.

Giants And Cowboys Gambling On Young Quarterbacks To Win NFC East

Nov 11, 2007
The Dallas Cowboys got the better of the New York Giants the first time they met this season, but now the scene shifts to the Meadowlands, where the Giants will try to pull even with the Cowboys for the NFC East division lead.
The quarterbacks will be the focus of this match up, and so far this season neither Eli Manning nor Tony Romo have disappointed.

Apathy for Ron Paul in MSM Fuels Even Stronger Fervor Amongst Supporters

Nov 11, 2007
Ron Paul Support Grows as MSM Disregards Him

Although the attention Ron Paul is getting in Main Stream Media (MSM) is changing the more money he raises, something Ron Paul believes himself to be a 'sad' situation, many analysts still believe he has no shot at winning a nomination from the Republican party.

Indianapolis And San Diego Looking To Rebound After Losses Last Week

Nov 11, 2007
When the Indianapolis Colts stepped on the field last week against the New England Patriots, their goal was to show the world that they still were the team to beat in the AFC.
The Colts lost that game, and now will turn their attention to the San Diego Chargers, who also lost last week in a game that saw the Chargers give up the most rushing yards in one game in the history of the NFL.

Major League Baseball GM Meetings Winding Down Without Much Action

Nov 09, 2007
The GM meetings are coming to a close and the baseball off season has gotten off to a slow start as, besides a few rumors of who is available to be traded, not much happened this week.
Alex Rodriguez is the big story of this off season and his agent Scott Boras did have a few meetings with GMs during the week, but these were just preliminary cordial talks before the real negotiations begin.

Bally Technology Leading The Way Into The Future of Casino Gambling

Nov 09, 2007
On Friday, Bally Technology, Inc. announced that it has partnered with some of the giants of the technology industry, and the companies are prepared to bring their "The Network Floor Of The Future" vision to Las Vegas next week for the Gaming Expo trade show.
There were several companies that Bally's partnered with, one of which was Teradata Corporation, the leader in the industry of raising intelligence through data warehousing and enterprise analytics.

College Football Wagering Hinging On Mountaineers And Cardinals

Nov 08, 2007
The game between the Louisville Cardinals and the West Virginia Mountaineers was one that ESPN was salivating over before the season started, but now the Cardinals have been a huge disappointment, and the game carries less meaning.
Louisville was picked by some to compete for a national championship this season, but that will not be the case as they have played poorly after losing their former head coach Bobby Petrino to the NFL.

Fort Madison, Iowa, Casino Boat Closing Down After 13 Years

Nov 08, 2007
Gambling on the water has been a way that many casino operators have gotten around local gambling laws, but the recent expansion and legalization of land based casinos has led to the end of one of Iowa's gambling boats.
Catfish Bend received permission today to shut down its struggling Fort Madison casino gambling boat and the shutdown will be effective as of November 15th.

New Brunswick Takes First Step Toward Casino Gambling

Nov 08, 2007
Tourism is down in the province of New Brunswick, and when tourism is down, a casino is usually not far behind, as the province has decided to allow their first casino.
Over the past five years there has been a decline of 25 percent in New Brunswick's tourism, and while a casino will not completely solve the problem, officials from the province believe it will help.