November 2007

The Weekender: Anthony Cools Las Vegas Horror Show

Editor / 30 November 2007 / Leave a comment

IT'S Friday. And the Casino Anorak takes a regular look at entertainment in Casinoville....Read more »

Sheldon Adelson's Macau Boat Service And Las Vegas Roof

Editor / 30 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THEY fly the big players into Las Vegas. And in Macau they will come by ferry....Read more »

Casino Lists: The Best Casino Places In The World - Ever!

Editor / 29 November 2007 / Leave a comment

SOME places are just synonymous with gambling: Las Vegas, Macau, Mecca... But what about those other places? The Casino Anorak takes a look:...Read more »

The Best Casino Places In The World - Ever!

Editor / 29 November 2007 / Leave a comment

SOME places are just synonymous with gambling: Las Vegas, Macau, Mecca... But what about those other places? The Casino Anorak takes a look:...Read more »

OJ Simpson Back In Court

Editor / 29 November 2007 / Leave a comment

CASINO are great places to spot famous people. And look, there's OJ Simpson. But, hang on......Read more »

Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club Opens - Or Play Dusk Till Dusk Online

Editor / 29 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HEADY times in the world of poker. And the biggest thing to hit Nottingham since The Plague, or Brian Clough....Read more »

MIT Card Counters Meet The Casinos

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WHAT happens when card counters Michael Aponte and Dave Irvine meet casino executives?...Read more »

Let's Have A Meaningful Debate About The Martingale System

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Since employing the Martingale System of casino play I have not stopped losing. But one day I will win. And then you will know....Read more »

Bodog Look At The Value Of A Name

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THERE is much in a name. This is why so many casino venues are billed as "the new Las Vegas". And you should take care. It's hard to confuse Las Vegas, Nevada, with the Las Vegas Bingo Halls, Bridlington, but...Read more »

The Weekly Poker and Casino Night

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Every Tuesday afternoon tune in to Betfair Radio for poker and casino night. Click to listen....Read more »

Bookmaker Gaming Versus Playing Online Casino

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

MORE on roulette machines in bookmakers on the forums. Johnny The Guesser trawls the web (surely does some research) and tells us:...Read more »

Roulette Machines In The Bookies

Editor / 27 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ON the Casino Forum, the talk is of roulette machines in bookies....Read more »

Multipoker Hit By Swedish Government Claim

Editor / 27 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER in Sweden, the country's tax authority is known as the Skatteverket. And it has made a claim of €4.3 million against Multipoker.com, the country's online poker site....Read more »

Spain's Gran Escala Lights Up The Desert

Editor / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

IN Spain, plans are afoot for a James Bond-style casino. Where there is now desert in Aragon, eastern Spain, there will be Spyland....Read more »

Glasgow's Worst Building Is A Casino

Editor / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ANOTHER day and to another starry awards do - this one for Prospect architecture magazine's Carbuncle awards....Read more »

World Series Of Poker: Uno

Editor / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WORLD series of Uno. The Poker Anorak likes the way the voiceover chews and sucks on the words like a WSOP pundit:...Read more »

When Poker Machines Attack

Editor / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WANT to know what the insides of a poker machine look like?...Read more »

Annette Obrestad Tops The Hendon Mob

Editor / 25 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Hendon Mob. Ooer. Sounds serious....Read more »

U.S. visit to put the industry's case achieved wide coverage.

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's frank exchanges whilst on a visit to Washington recently on the U.S. and World Trade Organisation dispute over online gambling inequities has been applauded by industry representatives....Read more »

Casino Honeymooners Marry in Doughnut Shop

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

TO the Honey Dew Doughnut shop in North Kingston, Rhode Island, USA. Cyndi LaRose, 49, and Joseph David Smith, 58, are getting married....Read more »

British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

NEWS of The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007....Read more »

Blackpool Sinks Under Weight Of Casino

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Blackpool Citizen has news of a "town hall slanging match". Blackpool is out of season and the locals are making their own entertainment....Read more »

Hope For Manchester Supercasino Plans: Blackpool Sunk

Editor / 22 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WILL Manchester get its supercasino?...Read more »

A Ray Of Hope This Christmas

Editor / 22 November 2007 / Leave a comment

CHRISTMAS is coming and that means...Johnny Mathis....Read more »

Want To Be A Riverboat Gambler?

Editor / 22 November 2007 / Leave a comment

FOR those of you who harbour dream of owning a river boat, news from Canada....Read more »

Will Manchester Sue Government If Denied Its Super Casino?

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

"CITY hits back over super casino," announces the BBC....Read more »

Packer Eyes US Casino

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

"CASHED-Up Packer eyes US casino," thunders The Age newspaper....Read more »

BULGARIANS MULL ONLINE GAMBLING TAXATION

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Review of gambling tax laws could herald a legalised online gambling environment...Read more »

Waiter Gets $8,000 Casino Tip

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THOMAS McCauley is in New Orleans. Who is Mr McCaualy?...Read more »

Anika Wins Las Vegas Casino's Pole-A-Palooza

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, the dress close is strict: bikinis only....Read more »

Blackjack: Ten After Ten Is...

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ALAN Krigman has written on how 10s might not always follow 10s in Blackjack. No joke. Mr Krigman is billed as a "gaming guru", a graduate of the school of the obvious....Read more »

Pamela Anderson's Nose For Scandal

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

NEWS reaches the Poker Anorak of life in Pamela Anderson's marital home....Read more »

Come In Planet Hollywood!

Editor / 19 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ROBERT Earl, tycoon, and Bruce Willis (actor) at the opening of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino....Read more »

Monday Video: Winners Are Grinners

Editor / 19 November 2007 / Leave a comment

DO these people look like winners, or what? A video of winners standing by their slot machines:...Read more »

Indonesia's First Casino Bans Muslims

Editor / 19 November 2007 / 1 Comments

SHOULD religion impact on fun? Over the newswires, the Casino Anorak learns that politicians want to build "mostly-Muslim" Indonesia's first casino....Read more »

Five Tips For A Casino Virgin

Editor / 16 November 2007 / Leave a comment

CASINOS can be intimidating places for the uninitiated. The impression that every else knows what they are doing is unnerving. ....Read more »

Rod Stewart Appeals Against Rio Hotel Ruling

Editor / 16 November 2007 / Leave a comment

DID you keep your ticket from the Rod Stewart extravaganza at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, 2000?...Read more »

Badda-Kerching! The Sopranos Slot Mahcine

Editor / 15 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Casnino Anorak's spy in Las Vegas sees Sopranos star Jimmy Gandolfini at the Global Gaming Expo Trade Floor Show....Read more »

OJ Simpson To Stand Trial Over Alleged Casino Caper

Editor / 15 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OJ Simpson is to stand trial. No, not for that. As reported:...Read more »

The Casino Curse Of Seigfried & Roy

Editor / 15 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ONCE seen it is hard to forget Seigfried and Roy. The jaws of Vegas doyennes would drop as far as face lifts allowed as the German-born entertainers showed the world that white tigers are entertainers too....Read more »

Searching On The Casino Strip

Editor / 14 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER in New York, 65-year-old great-grandmother Myrna Jones is suing her local casino, alleging she was humiliated by being forced to submit to a strip search....Read more »

Mahjong Is Uncool For Casino Cats

Editor / 14 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Anyone for mahjong?...Read more »

No Wild New Frontier In Las Vegas

Editor / 13 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Casino And Bonus Obliteration Operation Module (CABOOM!) claims another victim....Read more »

What Does The Bible Say About Gambling?

Editor / 13 November 2007 / 1 Comments

IN this week's Jamaica Gleaner, a reader writes: "Avoid religious rhetoric against casino gaming."We read on:...Read more »

Anthony & Antonietta Marrocco Win, Win & Win

Editor / 13 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HAVE you had your share of luck? If you haven't you're invited to take the matter up with Anthony and Antonietta Marrocco....Read more »

Rachel Hunter Attacked In Casino

Editor / 12 November 2007 / Leave a comment

DESPITE giving her all in a tight bodice and heels, Penny Lancaster has been dismissed from the Strictly Come Dancing pro-celebrity dance troop amid controversial scenes not witnessed since last week....Read more »

The Casino Bonus System

Editor / 12 November 2007 / Leave a comment

"ANYONE interested in talking about systems?" asks jigz in the Casino Forum....Read more »

$5 BILLION ON MOBILE GAMBLING BY 2012

Editor / 12 November 2007 / Leave a comment

The Juniper Research organisation released its latest predictions on the mobile gambling market today (Monday) which remain bullish, showing a projected $5 billion in mobile casino wagers by year 2012 as major players move into the sector....Read more »

The Monday Video

Editor / 12 November 2007 / 1 Comments

Derren Brown is in the casino......Read more »

The Green Poker Chip

Editor / 09 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HEALTH Warning: Do not eat the chips....Read more »

Jodie Marsh Lights Up The G Casino

Editor / 09 November 2007 / Leave a comment

MUCH excitement last night when the Casino Anorak visited G Casino in London's Leicester Square....Read more »

The Green Casino

Editor / 08 November 2007 / 1 Comments

EVERY day the Casino Anorak is presented with a range of goods and services that make me wonder how I ever lived without them....Read more »

Changing Lanes: Tottenham Rejects Gambling

Editor / 08 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WHAT news form the Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, you cry. Know: "An uprising by residents over an application for a betting shop in Green Lanes has forced Haringey Council into a historic decision under new gambling laws."...Read more »

Casino Architecture: The Princess Diana Revolving Restaurant

Editor / 07 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Majestic Star Casino, Detroit, was to have boasted soaring 110-foot glass drum. It would be the casino's signature design element. They would come for miles to marvel....Read more »

The Top Ten Casino Cocktails

Editor / 06 November 2007 / Leave a comment

The Casino Anorak has put together a list of the 10 Best Gambling Cocktails:...Read more »

Casino Town: Macau Commission Against Corruption Goes To Court

Editor / 06 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER in Macau, the Casino Anorak has been reading up on the newly opened corruption trial....Read more »

How To Get Into The Venetian Macau

Editor / 06 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Casino Anorak is at the doors of The Venetian Macau. The staff entrance. And entry is proving tricky....Read more »

The Monday Video

Editor / 05 November 2007 / Leave a comment

YOU don't know what you're doing. But you can look like you do......Read more »

Betfair Casino Makes Loss At Roulette

Editor / 05 November 2007 / Leave a comment

TAKING money off the casino is the aim of every punter. And Betfair has been the punter's friend....Read more »

Casinos Have Their Cake And Eat It

Editor / 02 November 2007 / Leave a comment

JOHNNY The Guesser has an allegorical tale he would like to share with the Forum: Johnny liked cakes. About 5 years ago a small bakery opened just down the road. Johnny went in on their opening day and started buying...Read more »

Casinos And The City: Which Pay More?

Editor / 02 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THIS week the Casino Anorak has been reading Investing In One Lesson by Mark Skousen. The author tells us that "There are essential differences between gambling and the stock market, between Las Vegas and Wall Street"....Read more »

Not Everyone Prays For A Casino In London

Editor / 01 November 2007 / Leave a comment

BROWSING through my copy of Christian Today, the Casino Anorak happens upon a piece entitled: "The Christian Peoples Alliance leader has said that the executive Mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales should stop dithering and follow the lead of the...Read more »

Bruce Willis On Planet Hollywood's Drums

Editor / 01 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Would you listen to Bruce Willis, star of action movies and Hollywood divorce court if you were sat at home playing online casino?Read more »