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Which Celebrities Make The Best Poker Players
4 March 2008 | |
RETURNING to our theme of celebrity poker players. Vin Narayanan has the 10 celebrities he thinks would make good poker players.... Read more
Tags: Celebrities, Tips
Not Such A Super Casino
27 February 2008 | | Casino News
NO super casino. No big tent politics in the big tent in south-east London.... Read more
Go back to the old school with a blast of Kong!
13 February 2008 | | Casino News
Casino Anorak recommend you get down to the cinema...... Read more
Tags: Donkey Kong
Poker Video: How To Read Poker
5 February 2008 | |
THE Poker Video: Kenny Tran at the H.O.R.S.E. for the 2007 World Series of Poker...... Read more
Tags: Video
Eyes Down For Deadly Bingo
29 January 2008 | |
BINGO caller Jack Brooks is not dead.... Read more
Tags: Bingo
Man Wins Casino Jackpot At The Shops
28 January 2008 | |
HAPPY rowing for New York limo driver Sammy Zabib.... Read more
Tags: casino
Monte Carlo Or Burn
28 January 2008 | |
LAS Vegas blows up casinos in big show of fireworks and noise. But what when one burns down? To the Monte Carlo casino...... Read more
Counting On Casinos In Asia
25 January 2008 | |
WE'LL start with what you know: The Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporation (PAGCor) states that any Internet casino must not be within 200 metres of a school and church.... Read more
Tags: Philipines
How To Smoke in A Casino
24 January 2008 | |
SMOKING in banned in casinos. But over in a casino in Nice, France, they know what to do. Anyone got a spare shower cubicle?... Read more
Tags: smoking
Places Named Like Casinos
24 January 2008 | |
HAVE you been to the Luxor? No, not the Luxor Las Vegas, NV - the Luxor Auto Sales & Body North Hollywood, CA?... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Places Named Like Casinos
Roulette Is The Devil's Wheel
23 January 2008 | |
There are 36 numbers on a Roulette wheel plus the zero and double zero. (Althouh not in Betfair's Zero Lounge.) And did you know one other thing?... Read more
Tags: Roulette
Casino Animals
23 January 2008 | |
WHAT can stop you from building that casino: The Casino Anorak spots a Correction on the pages of the Boston Globe:... Read more
Tags: USA
The Finnish Of Poker
22 January 2008 | |
IN Finland, no-one can hear you scream. And if things go one way, no-one can play casino online, either.... Read more
Tags: Finland
The World's Roomiest Casino
22 January 2008 | |
THEY build casinos in the middle of nowhere. You need a room. And which casino hotel has the most rooms?... Read more
Tags: Malaysia
Macau Casinos Rake It In
22 January 2008 | |
MACAU casinos are winning.... Read more
Tags: Macau
The Casino Paradox
22 January 2008 | |
SOME chatter on the Casino Forum. The talks is reminiscent of the Greg Rudseski Paradox: British when he wins; Canadian when he loses. This is the Casino Paradox: Skill when you win; fix when you lose.... Read more
Tags: Forum
Macau Casino Hits Hong Kong Racing
21 January 2008 | |
RACING in Hong Kong or gaming in Macau? Over the newswires the Casino Anorak learns that Macau Mecca is seducing at least $2.4 billion a year in potential betting revenue - about 20 percent of last year's take - from... Read more
Monday Video: Magic, Not A Lot
21 January 2008 | | The Monday Video
DAVID Blaine must be sweating:... Read more
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Macao To Overtake Nevada
18 January 2008 | |
MACAO is booming. As the NY Times reports, "gambling revenue from casinos in Macao leapt 46.6 percent last year to reach about 83 billion patacas ($10.4 billion)." Last year Macao surpassed Las Vegas as the biggest gambling venue; this year... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Macao, Nevada
The Palazzo Of Excess
18 January 2008 | |
ANOTHER day. Another casino opening. All hail The Palazzo, Las Vegas. Come one, come all. Bring your wallet...... Read more
Credit Crunch Hits Casinos
17 January 2008 | |
Not all casino projects thrive.... Read more
Tags: Credit Crunch, Las Vegas
Sheldon Andelson's Casino Loss
17 January 2008 | |
SHELDON Andelson, the casino magnate has made the news. He has lost more than $15bn.... Read more
Tags: Macau, Sheldon Andelson
The Top Five Casino Bosses in Film
17 January 2008 | | The Lists
CASINO bosses have a stereotypically bad image in the movies. Of course in real life casino owners are all good to their mums, honest to a fault and cleaner and softer than a Labrador's freshly wiped backside, but the impression... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Lists
Police Poker In San Francisco
17 January 2008 | |
A POKER game is busted by the police in San Francisco.... Read more
Tags: Crime, San Francisco
30 Days In A Toilet With Bellaggio Jay
16 January 2008 | |
JAY Kwik, aka 'Bellaggio Jay', has moved into the Bellagio, Las Vegas. He will live in his hotel bathroom for 30 days. Why? It's a bet.... Read more
Tags: Bellaggio Jay
The Black Hole Roulette Wheel
16 January 2008 | |
NOT strictly on topic. But have you seen the photons orbit black hole 'roulette wheel'?... Read more
Tags: Roulette
James Bond V James Bond At The Lisboa
16 January 2008 | |
SAY goodbye, Mr Bond, to Stanley Ho's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau. The Lisboa hotel and casino is to be demolished.... Read more
Tags: James Bond, Lisboa, Macao
The Casino White List: Tasmania
16 January 2008 | |
TASMANIA. Famous for..? Come on, come on. Tasmania is famous for...... Read more
Tags: Tasmania, White List
Catch Michael Jackson In Las Vegas
16 January 2008 | |
NEWS that Michael Jackson was spotted in the Las Vegas branch of Madame Tussauds was of interest, not least of all to writers of lollypop-stick jokes.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Michael Jackson
Northern Rock And High Stakes Poker
16 January 2008 | |
THE Northern Rock bank is in dire straits.... Read more
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How To Win At Roulette Machines
15 January 2008 | |
ON the popular "Roulette machines in bookies" thread, backtolay writes: "I have a system which I use every Saturday which pays for my Saturday punt on the horses." Want to know what it is?... Read more
Tags: Roulette
Poker Players Outlive Golfers
15 January 2008 | |
POKER is game for all ages. And the Poker Anorak learns of Pauline Marnoni, aged 103.... Read more
Tags: Golf
Gaming For Geeks
15 January 2008 | |
YOU are not a nerd. Sure you spend hours on the internet, but a nerd? Never! Do not get angered, just close your eyes and wonder what Spock would do in the same situation.... Read more
Tags: On The Web, Shopping
A Supple Wrist: Amusement Arcade Pinball
15 January 2008 | |
CASINOS are not amusement arcades, those seaside pits that smell of hot sugar and feature warnings against loitering.... Read more
Tags: On The Web, Pinball
Casino Workers Win It For Barack Obama
14 January 2008 | |
WILL Nevada's casino workers choose the next President of the USA? To the workers' cafeteria of the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.... Read more
Tags: Barack Obama, Las Vegas
The Slot Machine Orchestra
14 January 2008 | | The Monday Video
LADIES and gentlemen, the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra perform "Holiday Fantasy Concerto for Four Prepared Slot Machines, Orchestra, and Chorus on Leroy Anderson"...... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Monday video
Wayne Rooney And Rio Ferdinand Go Vegas
14 January 2008 | |
ORDER the meat and crank up the roasts, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand are heading to Las Vegas.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney
Leeds Casino To Open
11 January 2008 | |
LEEDS. What happens in Leeds, stays in Leeds. This might be largely down to the fact that not everyone is interested in Leeds. In parts of Mayfair, you can go an entire week without hearing a Leeds accent.... Read more
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Lottery Winners Details Grassed Up
11 January 2008 | |
TO a roundabout off an M4 slip road in Reading. A box lies on the tatty grass. Inside are the details of Prudential clients, including those of three lottery winners.... Read more
Tags: Lottery
Scratchcard Winner Jailed
11 January 2008 | |
CAN having money being about a change in the rules? Leah Sumray won £1million on a scratchcard. Hurrah. And then things went wrong.... Read more
Tags: Crime
The Earls Court Exhibition Centre Casino Show
10 January 2008 | |
THERE will be no casino at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Says local resident Cathy Burnaby-Atkins in the London Evening Standard: "This is fantastic news. It is a real weight off my mind that it has finally been rejected once... Read more
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The Trailer Casino, Las Vegas
10 January 2008 | |
NOT all casinos in Las Vegas are non-lit flesh pits with sticky carpet. Not all of them are so fortunate.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas
Murder In Mind At The Casino
9 January 2008 | |
A KNOCK at the door at the Harrah's Rincon Casino and Resort, San Diego. A harder knock. Harder still. Then the SWAT team burst in.... Read more
Tags: Crime
Earn Money With Betfair
9 January 2008 | |
YOU can't pick your family - unless you're Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Dolly The Sheep or... Well, just take the point. But you can pick your gaming, sports and poker buddies. Betfair operates a referral schems where players can earn money... Read more
Tags: Referrals
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Entertaining Croupier
8 January 2008 | |
"THE gambler to be found regularly propping up the roulette table at 4am probably couldn't care less about the quality of the croupier's conversation." So says the Guardian. And it is wrong. At 4am, the lone punter may be hanging... Read more
Tags: Croupier
Dean Parrish Is On My Way To Wigan Casino
8 January 2008 | |
READING our copy of the Wigan Evening Post, the Casino Anorak learns of the "fascinating story of a Wigan Casino legend".... Read more
Tags: Dean Parrish, Wigan
Canada Votes On Casino
8 January 2008 | |
THE vexed question of casino sites takes the Casino Anorak to Canada. Residents of Brandon, a western Manitoba city, are expected to vote in March to decide whether they want a casino.... Read more
Tags: Canada
Canadian Univesity Creates A Virtual Vegas
8 January 2008 | |
RESEARCHERS at the University of Guelph have constructed a virtual Vegas." To the wastes of Ontario where researchers have created the sites, smells and feel of 17 Sin City casinos inside a giant sphere.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Technology
The Consumer Electronics Show Means Casino
7 January 2008 | |
LAS Vegas. Showgirls. Poker players, women with glasses tinted pink and mauve. Elvis. Bill Gates. And thousands of nerds.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas
German Ban On Online Gambling 'Unconstitutional'
7 January 2008 | |
CARSTEIN Frein, head of UK betting company MyLotto24.com, a subsidiary of German giant Tipp24, suggests Germany's ban on online gambling is unconstitutional under both German and European Union law.... Read more
National Lottery Gives More Spin Than Roulette
7 January 2008 | |
THE National press release suggests that you can increase your chances of winning. How? By buying more tickets? Perhaps. But also by living in Medway, the Ken locale that includes the towns Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham.... Read more
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The Mullets Of The Casino Opera
4 January 2008 | | The Weekender
IN readiness for the weekend, the Casino Anorak happens upon the Three Redkneck Tenors show at the Luxor. Las Vegas. Billy Bob, Billy Joe, and Billy Billee are the stars of the show. And they can sing.... Read more
Star Trek Slot Machines And Adaptive Gaming
4 January 2008 | |
THE world's leading gaming device manufacturers spend part of their time acquiring rights to existing brands. They will then turn these films, sports teams, celebrities and TV shows into games.... Read more
Tags: Slot Machines, Star Trek
Brighton's i360 And Casino
4 January 2008 | |
BRIGHTON. London-on-Sea. With pebbles in your bikini. To this idyll we go and inside the pages of the Brighton Argus we are met with a question: "Do new developments bear scrutiny?"... Read more
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Betfair Wins Best Online Casino
4 January 2008 | |
IT is the awards season. And Betfair is dressed in a strappy cocktail dress with killer heels. Expectation is high. Online-gambling-insider.com is making ready to name the best poker sites on the internet. A hush.... Read more
Tags: Awards
Is That A Casino Cigar?
4 January 2008 | |
TO a Portuguese casino on the outskirts of Lisbon, where Antonio Nunes, president of the country's food standards agency, is smoking a cigar.... Read more
Tags: Smoking
Priest Arrested In Casino Probe
3 January 2008 | |
FROM the US of A, news that one Father Joseph Sica has been arrested.... Read more
Tags: Crime
Casinos Safer Places Than Hospitals
3 January 2008 | |
TO the Daily News and news therein that: "If you have a heart attack, you've got a better chance of receiving quick lifesaving treatment in a casino than in a hospital, a new study says."... Read more
Tags: Hospitals
When Is A Casino A Cigar Bar?
3 January 2008 | |
FROM the land that invited us to debate the meaning to "sexual relations", comes a definition of smoking. In Colorado's mountain casinos smoking is banned. In Colorado's mountain casinos, the players are smoking cigars.... Read more
Robbie Maddison Jumps Las Vegas (Video)
2 January 2008 | | The Monday Video
THE news Evel Knievel is Robbie Maddison, the daredevil has executed a 98-metre motorbike leap in Las Vegas.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Robbie Maddison
Las Vegas Casino Billionaire Backs The Tories
2 January 2008 | |
"VEGAS casino billionaire bankrolls the Tories," announces the Times. "A Finnish billionaire who inherited a fortune from the arms trade and has extensive gambling interests in Las Vegas has emerged as one of David Cameron's major financial backers"... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas
Play Online Casino With Lowest House Edge
2 January 2008 | |
WHY do you play online casino? To win? Or for fun?... Read more
Tags: Zero Lounge
Smoking Ban Makes Casinos Winners And Losers
2 January 2008 | |
THE smoking ban is doing for bingo what it might do for the penny and nickel slots players at Illinois' Casino Queen. On January 1, smoking was banned in this part of America. Illinois' indoor-smoking ban applies to its nine... Read more
New Year's Eve In Las Vegas
31 December 2007 | |
THE Palazzo, Las Vegas, is open. What is The Palazzo? Why, it's the newest mega-resort casino on the Las Vegas Strip.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas
Bingo Players Turn To Online Games
31 December 2007 | |
"BRITAIN'S bingo industry could be dead in just 12 months, killed off by the smoking ban," reports the Daily Star.... Read more
Tags: Bingo
China's Lottery Rising
28 December 2007 | |
ALL change in China. And not all of it loose.... Read more
Tags: China
Casino Boobs On Busty Punter
28 December 2007 | |
"BUSTY English tourist Helen Simpson reckons the Christchurch Casino made a right boob by asking her to leave the premises after fellow punters found her breasts 'offensive'," says New Zealand organ Stuff.... Read more
Tags: Clothes, New Zealand
Government's Totesport Moves To A Tax Haven
27 December 2007 | |
TOTESPORT Casino is the internet arm of the Tote, the bookmaker owned and operated by the Government. The Guardian reports that Totesport is relocating to the offshore tax haven of Alderney. This enables it to advertise freely in the UK... Read more
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Macao Booms
27 December 2007 | |
MACAO continues to boom.... Read more
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Show Us Your Casino And Poker Pictures
24 December 2007 | |
TO the pages of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News. As ever.... Read more
Tags: Gamblers Unanimous
How To Win At Roulette, Again
24 December 2007 | |
ON the Betfair forums, Amadeus Mozart continues to attract interst in his winning roulette system.... Read more
Tags: Roulette
Blackjack Strategy And Casino
21 December 2007 | |
ON the Detroit Free Press, Mark Pilarski notes: "Blackjack strategy card OK in casino." Says Pilarksi: "One of the primary reasons for blackjack's immense popularity is that when played with skill, it offers the best odds of all casino games."... Read more
Tags: Blackjack
Pamela Anderson Plays Her Cards Close To Her Chest
21 December 2007 | |
"DID an illusionist come between Pamela Anderson and her professional poker-playing hubby, Rick Salomon?" asks the New York Post. Anderson has been appearing on stage in New York as a pneumatic Debbie McGee to magician Hans Klok's Paul Daniels.... Read more
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Niagara Fools: A Wet Weekend At The Casino
21 December 2007 | |
AN advert for a holiday to Niagara. For those of you not cold enough, wet enough or bored enough, this is the trip of your dreams. But this IS Niagara, you say. It rhymes with Viagra. It puts vim and... Read more
Dilbert Mirrors Life In The Catfish Casino
20 December 2007 | |
DAVID Stewart has been fired from his job as an account manager at the Catfish Casino, Iowa.... Read more
Smoke Signals At The Casino
20 December 2007 | |
ON January 1, it will become illegal to smoke cigarettes in enclosed spaces in Edmonton, Canada. But there is an exception.... Read more
Tags: Canada
'Roulette Can Be Beaten'
19 December 2007 | |
"ROULETTE. CAN BE BEATEN WITH THE CORRECT STAKING SYSTEM."... Read more
The MGM Grand Lands In Macau
19 December 2007 | |
THE MGM Grand Macau is opened. And the Chinese enclave takes a stop closer to world domination. This is Macau's 28th casino. Last year Macau raked in more gaming revenue than the Las Vegas Strip. Official statistics show that in... Read more
The Monday Video: A Dice Staking Masterclass
18 December 2007 | | The Monday Video
The Monday video (on a Tuesday) - How To Dice Stack. Filed under "informative" and "unintentionally funny".... Read more
Tags: Dice Staking, The Monday Video
Poker Queen Pamela Anderson Splits From Las Vegas Husband
18 December 2007 | |
SOME tabloid stories repeat every day - Madeleine McCann, Princess Diana, asylum seekers give you cancer - whereas others come round once a year - Christmas cancelled, Michael Barrymore's comeback, Pamela Anderson to divorce, and the equally efficient Pamela Anderson... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Pamela Anderson
Betfair's Indian Sign Over Old Casinos
17 December 2007 | |
WHEN the US federal Indian Gaming Act was passed 20 years ago it was intended to enrich the lives of the country's native peoples. In place of beads, smallpox and small parts in made-for-TV movies, the tribes would receive currency.... Read more
Tags: America
Going To The Chapel In Atlantic City
17 December 2007 | |
TO Atlantic City. And news of plans to transform America's poor man's Las Vegas into the slighter less poor man's Las Vegas.... Read more
Tags: Atlantic City
Las Vegas Endures Celine Dion
17 December 2007 | |
CELINE Dion. Thank you and goodnight! After 717 shows, Celine Dion bids a find adieu to the Caesar's Palace crowd.... Read more
Tags: Celine Dio, Entertainment, Las vegas, Weekender
Roulette System No. 4
14 December 2007 | |
ON the Casino Forums, jigz wonders: "Anyone tried this?" "First spin is 4, you cover 4 for the next round, 23 comes up, you now bet 4 and 23 etc."... Read more
Tags: Roulette
Nathan Burton's Casino Magic Tricks, For Girls
14 December 2007 | |
THE Third Rule of Magic states that there can be no more than one famous magician at any one time. For a long while Paul Daniels was the UK's number one magic act. Before him it was Tommy Copper. After... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas
How To Get Ahead in Casino By Don H. Barden
13 December 2007 | |
"FOR Casino Owner, Winning a License Was Not a Matter of Luck," reports the New York Times. So how did Don H. Barden secure the rights for his $450 million Majestic Star casino, founded on one of Pennsylvania's 14 slots... Read more
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Rank Smoke And Other Casino Horrors
12 December 2007 | |
"RANK loses as smoking ban bites," reports the Daily Mail. The company behind Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos is not doing so well. Why? Is it because punters would rather stay in and play online in the comfort of their... Read more
Massacre By The Carousel Casino
12 December 2007 | |
GRIM news in the pages of the Cape Argus (Cape Town). Not too far from the Carousel Casino in Limpopo 11 robbers lay dead. A 12th is badly hurt.... Read more
Tags: crime, South Africa
Alleged Corruption in Macau's Casino Mecca
12 December 2007 | |
MACAU'S biggest ever corruption trial has ended.... Read more
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Las Vegas Mob Museum
11 December 2007 | |
FEAST your eyes upon the headline: "FBI Backing Plan for Vegas Mob Museum." The Associated Press tells us that Las Vegas is building a museum to honour the likes of Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky. (Dopey (prison), Sneezey (addict) and Doc... Read more
How To Steal Form a Cashless Slot Machine
11 December 2007 | |
THE Las Vegas Sun brings: "THIEVES INSIDE THE MACHINE - HOW HIGH-TECH CROOKS TURNED SLOTS INTO THEIR PERSONAL ATMs."... Read more
Tags: Crime, Slot Machine
How To Spot A Bad Blackjack Player
10 December 2007 | |
FRED Renzey asks Daily Herald readers how you can spot a decent blackjack player?... Read more
Tags: Blackjack
Casino Crime: Caught On Camera?
10 December 2007 | |
CRIMES of the challenged, Volume 4: The Casino Camera Thief...... Read more
Tags: Crime
Monday Video: Casino Adverts
10 December 2007 | | The Monday Video
BETFAIR is Number One for casino and secure enough to mention other casinos, and how they advertise. You'll enjoy this:... Read more
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Ricky Hatton And The Mob
10 December 2007 | |
WHILE the insomniacs and fight fans were watching Ricky 'Fatton' Hatton give it his best shots in Las Vegas, the Casino Anorak was in Atlantic City.... Read more
Tags: Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton
Casino Crooks Say Sorry First
7 December 2007 | |
TO the Monte Carlo Membership Club at Princess Margaret Street, San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago.... Read more
Tags: Crime
Soprano's Last Supper: Las Vegas Entertainment
7 December 2007 | |
WHOSE for a spot of interactive comedic-musical spoof dinner theatre based on the popular TV series? Who isn't?... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Soprano's Last Supper
Las Vegas Winter: Ricky Hatton Goes For Mayweather's Mouth
7 December 2007 | |
BRIGHT lights. Big city. Ricky Hatton is in Las Vegas. Against American motor mouth Floyd Mayweather tomorrow night will the Mancunian deliver the punch-line? And no less importantly, will Hatton beat Uncle Roger Mayweather, who operates as the boxer's propagandist... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton
Evel Knievel: Those Injuries In Full
7 December 2007 | |
ACCORDING to the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records, Evel Knievel "suffered 431 bone fractures in one season, 1972.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Evel Knievel, Las Vegas
Lucky Numbers At Roulette
6 December 2007 | |
ON the casino Forums, Deptford Lion want to know your "best Numbers, Roulette."... Read more
Tags: Lucky Numbers At Roulette
Casino Money Management: Keep Track Of Profit And Loss
6 December 2007 | |
A QUESTION in the Detroit Free Press: "Do you have any blackjack money management tips on how to discipline myself on holding on to winnings? It seems all the money I win ends up back in the dealer's tray."... Read more
Tags: Money Management
Spandau Ballet Sell Property In Las Vegas
6 December 2007 | |
SPANDAU ballet. Remember them? Ask your dad.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Spandau Ballet
The Five Worst Las Vegas Casino Names
5 December 2007 | |
HOW do you go about naming a casino? If you're Steve Wynn, billionaire casino tycoon, it's easy: Steve Wynne Casino.... Read more
Tourists Riot In Macau
5 December 2007 | |
NEWS from casino hotspot Macau where the tourists are revolting.... Read more
Tags: Macau
Hatton V Mayweather: Las Vegas Casino
5 December 2007 | |
IN Las Vegas, the great, the good and the bad are in town for Ricky Hatton's fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.... Read more
Tags: Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton
Poker And Blackjack Make Blackjack eXtreme
4 December 2007 | |
AFTER X-treme Snooker , X-treme Ping-Pong and X-Treme macramé, the world is ready for X-treme Blackjack, or to put it another way, Blackjack eXtreme.... Read more
Tags: Blackjack, Blackjack eXtreme, Poker
Casino Training In Wales: Professional Croupier Training
4 December 2007 | |
HAVING digested the news that Wales is the new Las Vegas (which means Vegas is the new Rhonda Valley), the Poker Anorak learns of other developments in the principality.... Read more
Tags: Casino Training, Professional Croupier Training, Wales
The System: Roulette Sniper
4 December 2007 | |
IN the Casino Forums, 'dealer wins' wonder about Roulette Sniper, the latest way to win-win-win (etc.) at roulette. Can you defy the odds? Do you think you can defy the odds? Are you on medication?... Read more
Tags: Roulette Sniper
What Child Actors Do Next: Grange Hill's Gonch
3 December 2007 | |
READERS of a certain vintage will recall the popular teatime telly show Grange Hill.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment
Evel Knievel In Las Vegas: Hail Caesars
3 December 2007 | | The Monday Video
THE Casino Anorak's man in the US of A recalls meeting Evel Knievel in Las Vegas, at the entrance to Caesars Palace.... Read more
Tags: Caesars, Evel Knievel, Las Vegas
Casino Boss Stanley Ho Buys Huge Fungus
3 December 2007 | |
The Casino Anorak keeps a close eye out for giant truffle stories. And today we bring news that a giant white truffle weighing 1.5kg (3.3lb) has been sold for $330,000 (£165,000) at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, London and... Read more
Tags: Celine Dion, Macau, Stanley Ho
The Weekender: Anthony Cools Las Vegas Horror Show
30 November 2007 | | The Weekender
IT'S Friday. And the Casino Anorak takes a regular look at entertainment in Casinoville.... Read more
Tags: Anthony Cools, Las Vegas, The Weekender
Sheldon Adelson's Macau Boat Service And Las Vegas Roof
30 November 2007 | |
THEY fly the big players into Las Vegas. And in Macau they will come by ferry.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, Macau, Sheldon Adelson
The Best Casino Places In The World - Ever!
29 November 2007 | |
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
Casino Lists: The Best Casino Places In The World - Ever!
29 November 2007 | | The Lists
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
Tags: Casino Lists
OJ Simpson Back In Court
29 November 2007 | |
CASINO are great places to spot famous people. And look, there's OJ Simpson. But, hang on...... Read more
Tags: OJ Simpson
Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club Opens - Or Play Dusk Till Dusk Online
29 November 2007 | |
HEADY times in the world of poker. And the biggest thing to hit Nottingham since The Plague, or Brian Clough.... Read more
Tags: Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club
MIT Card Counters Meet The Casinos
28 November 2007 | |
WHAT happens when card counters Michael Aponte and Dave Irvine meet casino executives?... Read more
Tags: Card counting, Las Vegas, MIT
Let's Have A Meaningful Debate About The Martingale System
28 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Betfair Radio, Martingale System
Bodog Look At The Value Of A Name
28 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Bodog
The Weekly Poker and Casino Night
28 November 2007 | |
Every Tuesday afternoon tune in to Betfair Radio for poker and casino night. Click to listen.... Read more
Tags: Betfair Radio, Casino, Poker
Bookmaker Gaming Versus Playing Online Casino
28 November 2007 | |
MORE on roulette machines in bookmakers on the forums. Johnny The Guesser trawls the web (surely does some research) and tells us:... Read more
Tags: Bookmakers, roulette
Roulette Machines In The Bookies
27 November 2007 | |
ON the Casino Forum, the talk is of roulette machines in bookies.... Read more
Tags: Roulette Machines
Multipoker Hit By Swedish Government Claim
27 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: law, Multipoker.com, Sweden
Spain's Gran Escala Lights Up The Desert
26 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Gran Escala, Las Vegas, Spain
Glasgow's Worst Building Is A Casino
26 November 2007 | |
ANOTHER day and to another starry awards do - this one for Prospect architecture magazine's Carbuncle awards.... Read more
World Series Of Poker: Uno
26 November 2007 | | The Monday Video
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
26 November 2007 | |
WANT to know what the insides of a poker machine look like?... Read more
Tags: Australia, Video Poker
Annette Obrestad Tops The Hendon Mob
25 November 2007 | |
THE Hendon Mob. Ooer. Sounds serious.... Read more
Tags: Annette Obrestad, The Hendon Mob
U.S. visit to put the industry's case achieved wide coverage.
23 November 2007 | | Casino News
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
23 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: America, Casino, romance
British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007
23 November 2007 | |
NEWS of The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007.... Read more
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Blackpool Sinks Under Weight Of Casino
23 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Blackpool, Supercasino
Hope For Manchester Supercasino Plans: Blackpool Sunk
22 November 2007 | |
WILL Manchester get its supercasino?... Read more
Tags: Blackpool Sunk, Manchester Supercasino
A Ray Of Hope This Christmas
22 November 2007 | |
CHRISTMAS is coming and that means...Johnny Mathis.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas
Want To Be A Riverboat Gambler?
22 November 2007 | |
FOR those of you who harbour dream of owning a river boat, news from Canada.... Read more
Tags: Canada
Will Manchester Sue Government If Denied Its Super Casino?
21 November 2007 | |
"CITY hits back over super casino," announces the BBC.... Read more
Tags: Manchester, Super casino
Packer Eyes US Casino
21 November 2007 | |
"CASHED-Up Packer eyes US casino," thunders The Age newspaper.... Read more
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BULGARIANS MULL ONLINE GAMBLING TAXATION
21 November 2007 | | Casino News
Review of gambling tax laws could herald a legalised online gambling environment... Read more
Waiter Gets $8,000 Casino Tip
20 November 2007 | |
THOMAS McCauley is in New Orleans. Who is Mr McCaualy?... Read more
Anika Wins Las Vegas Casino's Pole-A-Palooza
20 November 2007 | |
OVER at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, the dress close is strict: bikinis only.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Mirgage
Blackjack: Ten After Ten Is...
20 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Blackjack
Pamela Anderson's Nose For Scandal
20 November 2007 | |
NEWS reaches the Poker Anorak of life in Pamela Anderson's marital home.... Read more
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Come In Planet Hollywood!
19 November 2007 | |
ROBERT Earl, tycoon, and Bruce Willis (actor) at the opening of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood
Monday Video: Winners Are Grinners
19 November 2007 | | The Monday Video
DO these people look like winners, or what? A video of winners standing by their slot machines:... Read more
Tags: Slot machines, video
Indonesia's First Casino Bans Muslims
19 November 2007 | |
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
16 November 2007 | |
CASINOS can be intimidating places for the uninitiated. The impression that every else knows what they are doing is unnerving. .... Read more
Tags: Tips
Rod Stewart Appeals Against Rio Hotel Ruling
16 November 2007 | |
DID you keep your ticket from the Rod Stewart extravaganza at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, 2000?... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Rod Stewart
Badda-Kerching! The Sopranos Slot Mahcine
15 November 2007 | |
THE Casnino Anorak's spy in Las Vegas sees Sopranos star Jimmy Gandolfini at the Global Gaming Expo Trade Floor Show.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, Las Vegas, Slots
OJ Simpson To Stand Trial Over Alleged Casino Caper
15 November 2007 | |
OJ Simpson is to stand trial. No, not for that. As reported:... Read more
Tags: Crime, OJ Simpson
The Casino Curse Of Seigfried & Roy
15 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Casino Entertainment, Seigfried & Roy
Searching On The Casino Strip
14 November 2007 | |
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
14 November 2007 | |
Anyone for mahjong?... Read more
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No Wild New Frontier In Las Vegas
13 November 2007 | |
THE Casino And Bonus Obliteration Operation Module (CABOOM!) claims another victim.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas, New Frontier
What Does The Bible Say About Gambling?
13 November 2007 | |
IN this week's Jamaica Gleaner, a reader writes: "Avoid religious rhetoric against casino gaming."We read on:... Read more
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Anthony & Antonietta Marrocco Win, Win & Win
13 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Anthony and Antonietta Marrocco, Casino, Lotto
Rachel Hunter Attacked In Casino
12 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Attack, Casino, Rachel Hunter
The Casino Bonus System
12 November 2007 | |
"ANYONE interested in talking about systems?" asks jigz in the Casino Forum.... Read more
$5 BILLION ON MOBILE GAMBLING BY 2012
12 November 2007 | | Casino News
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
12 November 2007 | | The Monday Video
Derren Brown is in the casino...... Read more
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The Green Poker Chip
9 November 2007 | |
HEALTH Warning: Do not eat the chips.... Read more
Tags: Green, Poker, Poker Chips
Jodie Marsh Lights Up The G Casino
9 November 2007 | |
MUCH excitement last night when the Casino Anorak visited G Casino in London's Leicester Square.... Read more
Tags: G Casino, Jodie Marsh
The Green Casino
8 November 2007 | |
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
8 November 2007 | |
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
7 November 2007 | |
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
Tags: Architecture, Las Vegas, Luxor
The Top Ten Casino Cocktails
6 November 2007 | |
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
6 November 2007 | |
OVER in Macau, the Casino Anorak has been reading up on the newly opened corruption trial.... Read more
Tags: Casino, Corruption, Macau
How To Get Into The Venetian Macau
6 November 2007 |