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According to the results of an opinion poll released on Wednesday, New York state voters support legalised casino gambling by a 56-37 margin.
The US state of New York currently allows casino gambling on Native American lands and electronic slot machines at horse racing tracks where pari-mutuel wagering – or pool betting – is allowed.
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Wynn Macau Ltd – the casino operator behind the luxury resort and casino Wynn Macau – has announced it has signed a land deal with the Macau government to build a second casino-resort in Macau.
Wynn Macau said it signed the land concession contract last Friday for 20.64 hectares of reclaimed swampland in Macau’s Cotai district in order to build a resort with a hotel, casino, shopping, restaurants, entertainment, spa and convention space.
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One lucky online casino player from Essex in the UK has managed to hit a $100,000 progressive jackpot prize.
The winner, identified only as ‘Julie from Colchester’, hit the mega progessive jackpot while playing an online slot in the comfort of her own home, and is reportedly shocked and overjoyed by her life-changing win.
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Over the last six months, a man has won a staggering $15.1 million playing blackjack in Atlantic City in the U.S.
Don Johnson, chief executive officer for a Wyoming-based company that uses computer-assisted wagering programmes for horseracing, won at three different casinos during the course of his winning streak.
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Take a sneak peek behind the scenes at the making of the world’s largest casino.
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Hailing from Daytona Beach, Florida, Bill Seebeck was sure he’d hit the jackpot – literally.
The slot machine he was playing flashed a winning jackpot amount of more than US$166 million. Seebeck told CBS affiliate WFTV “I was screaming, I was like up and around screaming.”
But the casino says Seebeck’s good fortune was a mistake – a machine malfunction to be exact – and is refusing to pay up.
Seebeck says he’d been gambling at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa, playing for a half hour on the Bally Ultimate Party Spin Slot machine. At US$4 a game, he’d dropped about $80 before the lights started flashing and bells started ringing. The display flashed an unbelievable winning number: $166,666,666.65.
Casino managers immediately came over and roped off the machine. Seebeck spent the next hour planning what to do with his winnings, but the casino had other plans.
Seebeck was told that the Ultimate Party Spin machine had spun out of control, and he would not be getting his big payday. Seebeck says it was the ultimate disappointment, saying “I feel let down and ripped off.”
The casino asked him to agree in writing that the machine had malfunctioned, and that he was not entitled to the payout. Not surprisingly, Seebeck refused to sign, and is instead looking for a lawyer.
“They make you think you won and they make everyone around you think you won and then… an hour after it they’re saying… we have to investigate this and it’s probably a malfunction,” Seebeck told WFTV.
Casino spokesman Gary Bitner said the casino is confident there was a malfunction because that particular slot machine’s top prize is a mere US$99,000.
But Seeback won’t even be seeing that much apparently, as the casino says it’s their policy that a malfunction means no payout whatsoever, even though they still have no idea exactly how the machine malfunctioned.
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Next time you’re at the casino tables, listen out for the hollering and look out for the high-fives… follow those and you’ll more than likely find yourself at a craps table.
Craps is by far the most exciting game in the casino and the players are not afraid to let their emotions show. The game is fast-moving and at times very loud. It is for this reason that craps is probably the most intimidating game to new players. If you feel this way, fret not, you are not alone.
Craps is actually not as confusing as it looks. An understanding of the basics and how to make a passline bet will get you on your way.
HOW TO PLAY:
Bank craps is played by one or more players against a casino. The casino covers all player bets at a table and sets the odds on its payout. Players take turns rolling two dice. The player rolling the dice is called the “shooter”. Other players at the table will make bets on the shooter’s dice rolls. The game is played in rounds, with the first roll of a new round called the “come-out roll”. The second round resolves with a point being rolled or a seven.
To begin, a player wishing to play as the shooter must bet at least the table minimum on either the passline or don’t pass line. The right to roll the dice is rotated clockwise around the craps table. A player next in turn to become shooter may refuse the dice, but can continue to bet on the shooter’s rolls; the dice then pass to the next player willing to become the shooter. The shooter is then presented with multiple dice (typically five) by the stickman, and must choose two to roll with. The remaining dice are returned to the stickman’s bowl and are not used.
First, the shooter makes a “come-out roll” with the intention of establishing a point. If the shooter’s come-out roll is a 2, 3 or 12, it is called “craps” (the shooter is said to “crap out”) and the round ends with players losing their passline bets. A come-out roll of 7 or 11 is called a “natural,” resulting in a win for pass line bets. Either way, the come-out roll continues for the same shooter until a point is established. If the point numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 are rolled on the come-out, this number becomes the “point” and the come-out roll is now over. The dealers will move an “On” button to the point number which identifies the point number to all players at the table. The shooter will now continue rolling for either the point number or a seven. If the shooter is successful in rolling the point number, the result is a win for the pass line. If the shooter rolls a seven (called a “seven-out”), the pass line loses. A seven-out ends the round with the dice being passed clockwise to the next player who wishes to become the new shooter.
A player wishing to play craps without being the shooter should approach the craps table and first check to see if the dealer’s “On” button is on any of the point numbers. If the point number is “Off” then the table is in the come-out round. If the dealer’s button is on, the table is in the point round where some casinos may allow a pass/don’t pass bet to be placed, but the player should check with the dealer. All single or multi roll proposition bets may be placed in either of the two rounds. Between dice rolls by the shooter, there is a period for dealers to make pay outs and collect losing bets. When the dealers are finished, players are then allowed to place new bets. The stickman monitors the action at a table and decides when to give the shooter the dice, after which no more betting is allowed.
In a casino, players will make bets with chips on a specially made craps table with a table cloth made of felt that displays the various betting possibilities. In most casinos, craps tables are double sided. The layouts on both sides of the table are identical, with the center bets in the middle. This allows for more players to participate. Players can make a large number of bets for each turn, round, or roll and should become familiar with the craps layout.
A casino craps table is run by four casino employees: a boxmanwho guards the chips, supervises the dealers and handles coloring out players (exchanging small chip denominations for larger denominations in order to preserve the chips at a table); two base dealers who stand to either side of the boxman and collect and pay bets; and a stickman who stands directly across the table from the boxman, takes bets in the centre of the table, announces the results of each roll, collects the dice with an elongated wooden stick, and directs the base dealers to pay winners from bets in the center of the table. Each employee makes sure the other is paying out winners correctly. Occasionally, during off-peak times, only one base dealer will be attending the table, rendering only half the table open for bettors or one of the two base dealers will assume the role of the stickman.
The dealers will insist that the shooter roll with one hand and that the dice bounce off the far wall surrounding the table. These requirements are meant to keep the game fair (preventing switching the dice or making a “controlled shot”). If a die leaves the table, the shooter will usually be asked to select another die from the remaining three but can request using the same die if it passes the boxman’s inspection. This requirement is used to keep the game fair (and reduce the chance of loaded dice).
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From October 1 to 4, over 30,000 bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts from across the US will cruise in to the ninth annual Las Vegas BikeFest, a national motorcycle and biker rally to be held in Las Vegas.
The four-day motorcycle rally allows people to immerse themselves in biker culture as they meet some of the world’s most skilled custom motorcycle builders, tour more than 250 booths in Vendor Village featuring motorcycles, parts, accessories and apparel, and view one-of-a-kind bike exhibitions.
To celebrate Las Vegas BikeWeek 2009, Las Vegas casino-hotel Golden Nugget is giving away three brand-new 2010 Harleys: the 2010 Softail Deluxe; 2010 Road King; and 2010 V-Rod Muscle. Those who play the slots and table games at the casino are in for a chance to win one of these gobsmacking road beasts.
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Owned by international gaming giant, Las Vegas Sands Corp, the Venetian Macao luxury hotel and casino resort is the largest casino in the world.
The 3,000-suite, US$2.4 billion Venetian Macao - which stands at 40 storeys - provides the world’s largest gaming space, taking up 550,000 square feet and housing 3,400 slot machines and more than 800 gambling tables. The building is also the largest single structure hotel building in Asia and the fourth-largest building in the world by area.
The resort’s casino is divided into four themed gaming areas, namely: Golden Fish, Imperial House, Red Dragon and Phoenix. The hotel offers a VIP club, the Paiza Club, to cater for high-rollers and premium guests. The gaming area of the Paiza Club is divided into individual private gaming rooms and named after Asian cities such as Yunnan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The guests of the club have exclusive access to the club dining outlet, the Paiza Club Dining & Lounge.
The Venetian Macao’s décor reflects Venetian and Chinese inspirations. Canals host both Chinese-styled sampans and Italian gondolas. The resort also features a replica of St Mark’s Square in Venice.
Macao, with a population of 520,000, has a 150-year history in the gaming industry. The region is the only part of China where casino gaming is legitimate. Taxes paid directly by the casinos dominate over 70 per cent of the Macao Special Administrative Region government’s yearly revenue.
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In 2008, 54.6 million people – a quarter of the total U.S. population aged 21 years and older - visited a casino.
Since the early 1960s, casinos have used incentives such as floor shows, free drinks, all-you-can-eat buffets and luxury accommodation to keep customers coming back to their tables. Las Vegas in particular is pitching itself increasingly towards being a family destination as well as a gambling destination.
But for those looking for top-end casinos, such concerns as all-you-can-eat buffets are of little importance. Apart from the hardcore gamblers, well-heeled amateurs - those who have the cash to play, want the best, are likely to have their families tag along and want them to be entertained while he or she is hitting the tables – fall under this category.
Many top casinos offer much the same experience as far as gambling goes: all offer many of the same games, as well as such perks as private rooms. And what makes one top casino distinctive from another is often not so different from what attracts the average punter, except what is on offer is usually considerably better.
The St James Club is a high-end resort nestled on a secluded 100-acre peninsula, with the sea bordering three sides of the resort. The exclusive hideaway has plenty of options for visitors during the day, and at night there’s the disco and the small but glamorous casino.
The St James Club Casino has 56 slot machines, five blackjack tables, roulette and stud poker.
The Atlantis Resort boasts several outstanding attributes. Firstly, the resort is home to one of the world’s most expensive hotel suites – its Bridge Suite costs a staggering US$25,000 a night – and, secondly, its casino is the largest in the Caribbean.
The casino has 980 slot machines and 78 gaming tables including baccarat, roulette, craps, blackjack and Caribbean stud poker, as well as a high-limit table area called the Baccarat Lounge.
Unlike most casinos, the Atlantis gambling floor has skylights and windows, with panoramic views of the resort.
Because of its gaming laws, anyone who wants to visit a casino in London must apply for membership to a private members’ club at least 24 hours in advance.
One of the most exclusive clubs in London is The Clermont Club, located in Berkeley Square in London’s West End.
In 1972, the club was bought by Playboy Enterprises, and a few weeks after its opening guests included such big names as Roger Moore and the late Princess Margaret. The club has since been sold off by Playboy, and today features six tables for Baccarat, blackjack, and English roulette.
The Casino Baden-Baden first opened its doors in 1809, and during subsequent years it changed owners and was shut during both World Wars.
Marlene Dietrich – a German-born American actress and singer – once described the casino as being the most beautiful in the world.
At one point, real silver and gold chips were used on the casino’s roulette tables.
The 32,289-square foot casino features 113 slots and 24 table games, for American roulette, Baccarat, French roulette, poker and roulite.
Once a Portuguese colony but now governed by China, Macau is largely supported by revenues from its gambling industry.
According to the CIA World Fact Book, in 1998, Macau’s gambling and tourism sector accounted for 57 per cent of the government’s budget receipts, and almost 43 per cent of its GDP.
The luxurious Mandarin Oriental Macau hotel has a 24-hour casino, with 59 slot machines and a total of 11 gaming tables, with Baccarat, blackjack and roulette.
Gambling has been an inherent part of life in Monte Carlo since Prince Charles III of Monaco inaugurated its first casino in 1863, which immediately drew nobility, royals and businessmen alike.
The Casino de Monte Carlo was designed by Charles Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opera, and its lobby features a marble-paved atrium with 28 Ionic columns, as well as lavish bronze and gold ornaments. The casino features 316 slot machines and 35 tables for Roulette, craps, and blackjack.
Jacket and tie are required in the private gaming rooms.
The Borgata casino’s aim was to bring a piece of Las Vegas to the East Coast of the U.S., and it has succeeded.
The casino has already announced plans to expand, and celebrities such as Howard Stern and David Schwimmer have been spotted there. The casino offers 3,650 slot machines and 145 table games, and high rollers will enjoy the twin US$1,000 slot machines.
When the Bellagio opened its doors to the public in 1998, it was, at a whopping US$1.6 billion, it was the most expensive hotel casino ever built. Years later, the Bellagio is still the most elegant casino in Las Vegas.
The casino has 200 tables for roulette, craps, and roulette, and a staggering 2,000 slot machines. The Bellagio Poker Room has special high-limit tables, and the resort hosts the Five-Star World Poker Classic.
The Casino Metropol, part of the historic Hotel Metropol, is located just a few minutes from Moscow’s Red Square and the Kremlin. The 24-hour casino features 11 tables with blackjack, roulette and poker, and the minimum stake is US$25. The dress code is business attire.
About two hours outside of Johannesburg, Sun City is an over-the-top replica of Las Vegas in the middle of the bush.
The resort has four hotels and a wave pool, and also offers safaris in its own private park as well as golf. The majority of the gambling is centred around The Sun City Hotel.
The casino features 852 slot machines and 38 tables for American roulette, blackjack, stud poker and Punto Banco, and in case luck isn’t on your side, there’s also a gaming school to brush up on your gaming skills.
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