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Zynga’s Semi-Bluff?
Play-money poker giant Zynga hinted last week that it conceivably could enter the real money gaming world (i.e. gambling). The Facebook-facing poker site’s interest might seem reasonable in light of...
View ArticleGovernor Calls for More Casinos ASAP! - New York gaming landscape taking...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State address on Jan 4 to say, “We have long flirted and dallied with another potential economic engine — casino gaming — and when it comes to...
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Casino Corporations Hooking Up at Epic Pace
There’s a corporate rush like something that hasn’t been seen for a while in the casino industry — to secure and develop poker-related assets. After the Department of Justice’s quiet reinterpretation...
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Wall Street Isn’t Betting on Online Poker before 2013 - No expectation of...
Online poker may be a difficult issue to either defend or fight in an election year. At least one hedge fund manager and one analyst are betting Congress will fail to act on online poker this year....
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Paperwork Mishaps at MGM and Wynn - Casino News of the Weird
Investors received the latest financial news from the world’s largest casino companies last week. And while Dan was thinking standard SEC filings from Caesars were signs of impending online poker...
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Is the Price of Poker Going Up? - Statistical Cost Survey for the 2012 WSOP
Vegas was hit hard by the bursting housing bubble and recession. As a result, WSOP-bound poker players found travel and lodging bargains over the past few summers. But with these and other ancillary...
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Vegas is Changing…Again - Nothing Dies in the Desert
There are times when a gambler yearns for a fresh start, when past losses magically disappear. You could also say that the gambling city of Las Vegas is built — and rebuilt — on the idea of fresh...
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Billionaire Break-ups - Navy Seals on the lookout for Steve Wynn drama bombs
Trouble at Spring Mountain and Paradise … But is Seal Team Six really necessary to protect a casino boss with relationship problems? It seems now wherever he goes, Steve Wynn has a team of bodyguards...
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What’s in a Name - Does Federated Gaming's domain obsession reveal "wicked"...
URL-envy? FS+G apparently wanted to own all things epic, wicked and otherwise on the web. Lawsuits and bankruptcies are a corporate voyeur’s dream. Legal disclosures offer an upskirt peak at a...
View ArticleHorses at the Gates - Racetracks jockeying for position with online play
We are all looking for the Big Casinos to benefit from online gamining legislation. But the parimutuel race tracks are also setting themselves up to be players. Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, now...
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Casino Poker Rooms Suffer in Post-Black Friday Era - Live poker a weight to...
Las Vegas casino gambling revenues have been on a notable rebound. But in the year following online poker’s Black Friday, brick and mortar poker room revenues haven’t necessarily kept pace. From...
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Three Survival Tips For the WSOP - Hoodies and drag queens (what else?) could...
In 2005, veteran poker blogger and author of “Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker“ put together his “Top Ten Survival Tips on...
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How a Tennis Star Could “Let” PokerStars into Spain - Rafael Nadal rumored to...
Nadal, accepting 2008 Olympic gold medal, wrapped in Spain's flag Nearly every poker player knows that May 27 kicked of the 2012 World Series of Poker. It was also the first day of Tennis’ coveted...
View ArticleTweets From the WSOP: Volume 1 - Old Farts, Bathrooms, and a Cry For Help
Twitter is becoming an all important tool for taking the pulse of the WSOP. But as whoisdavidclark mentioned in his post, tracking player and chip count feeds can be a daunting task. In case you’ve...
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The Return of the Las Vegas Local - Slot Revenues Soar as Visitor Volume and...
According to the latest Nevada State Gaming Board report, gaming revenues in Nevada rose nearly 6.2% in April. And as Chris Sieroty noted, high-end baccarat was a key driver for the state’s performance...
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Gaming Equipment Companies Virtually Expand - Shuffle Master, IGT, Bally and...
Wheel of Fortune machine maker IGT betting on online poker. (Image from IGT’s website) Casinos were hard hit during the financial downturn, putting pressure on their gaming machine and equipment...
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The One Drop Investor Edition: Volume One - Andy Beal [scratch] and David...
The skill set required for poker and investing are similar. Success at either requires an ability to minimize losses, maximize gains and manage a bankroll. Trading firms and hedge funds often recruit...
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One Drop Investor Edition: Volume Two - Dan Shak and Bob Bright
The million dollar One Drop event has attracted its fair share of professional poker players. But it has also attracted some notable professionals from the investment world. In our One Drop Investor...
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Can Tom Dwan (and Phil Ivey) Save China? - Macau slowdown could weigh on Wynn...
Phil Ivey playing at the Galaxy/Starworld’s Poker King Club in Macau. As the WSOP got underway in Vegas, one question kept surfacing: Where’s Tom Dwan? Up until June 26, well into the WSOP schedule,...
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Are China’s Whales Fleeing Macau for Vegas? - Nevada Pays a Price for Bad...
Maybe Southwest Airlines can loan Macau its Shamu fleet. The Macau situation we reported on last month is getting worse. Macau gaming revenues grew only 1.5% in June, the slowest growth rate in three...
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