If there is one game that is always going to be watched and supervised very closely in any land based casino is it the game of Blackjack. The very first line of defence for any casino is the Dealer, then there is the Pit Boss and ultimately the eye in the sky, those being the many CCTV cameras that are…
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Harrah’s Casino in Chester Swaps Slots for Swing Suites
Land based casinos do, of course, need to change with the times, but in a very unusual move Harrah’s Casino over in Chester have decided to remove 187 slot machines from their gaming floor and replace them with a set of golf simulators. That casino celebrated their 12th year of operation on Tuesday just gone and are now the sixth…
Read MoreSpanish Blackjack is a Game worth Playing
As soon as any Blackjack player decides to switch their land based Blackjack playing action over to playing online, they are going to be faced with a huge number of different variants dependent on just which casino sites they choose to play at. One company that supplies the gaming software and suite of games to a huge number of online…
Read MoreTrue Cost of FOBT Stake Reduction Laid Bare by William Hill
It isn’t going to be very long now until the new maximum stake limits on FOBT’s (Fixed Odds Betting Terminals) are reduced down to just £2 per game played off, and that reduction from £100 is going to hit bookies hard. In fact, one of the leading betting companies in the UK have just announced that due to those stake…
Read MoreUK Gambling Commission Release Survey on National Strategy to Reduce Harm
The Gambling Commission is working on a new three-year strategy in collaboration with partner organizations to help reduce perceived harms caused by gambling. The strategy, entitled National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms, will focus primarily on harms that can be inflicted on not only the gambler themselves but those around them. These include wider-reaching issues such as crime, health problems,…
Read MoreWill the $1.5bn Mega Millions Winner Ever Claim their Winnings?
The clock continues to tick down as the October winner of the world record $1.5bn Mega Millions jackpot still hasn’t claimed their prize. Whoever the winner is has another three months to claim the highest ever amount won by a single ticket in US history. But why hasn’t the winner come forward three months after their incredible win and what…
Read MoreUS Sportsbooks Gearing up for the Super Bowl LIII
Thanks to the recent changes regarding the operating of sportsbooks located in America, with Nevada losing the monopoly on such venues, many casinos across the U.S. have opened up their own sports betting facilities in the last few months, and the one sporting event that each of those newly opened sportsbooks will be eagerly awaiting is, of course, the Super…
Read MoreCasino Operation at Monticello Casino and Raceway to Close
Yesterday, Empire Resorts who own and operate the casino over at the Monticello Casino and Raceway, filed a notice to close their casino operation at that venue with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In what was a unexpected move that took many local residents by surprise they did however, state that the harness racing facility would continue to operate for…
Read MoreWhat’s New in Vegas for 2019
Not a year goes by without there being plenty of new visitor attractions available in Las Vegas, and 2019 looks set to be no different. One new attraction is the Fly Linq zip line, which will allow customers to take trip along a zip wire located above the Linq Promenade, it’s a 35 second breath taking journey but one that…
Read MoreMacau Fully Booked for Chinese New Year
There has been talk recently that Macau is experiencing something of a downward swing in its fortunes. However, one company based there, that being the mighty casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd has reported that they are fully booked for the Chinese New Year. Lawrence Ho, the CEO of Melco, has said talk that Macau was facing some difficulties…
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