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Las Vegas Strip Recovery Hampered By Too Many Hotel Rooms
June 14, 2013

Las Vegas Strip Recovery Hampered By Too Many Hotel Rooms

Build it, and they will come, the old saying goes; but when it comes to the Las Vegas Strip, apparently, you can build too much of a good thing. At least that's what casino industry...

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Sugar, Sugar: Oversized Hershey Candy Icons Coming to Las Vegas Strip
June 13, 2013

Sugar, Sugar: Oversized Hershey Candy Icons Coming to Las Vegas Strip

It already boasts ersatz replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Egyptian pyramids and the lakes of Bellagio, Italy, not to mention the Brooklyn Bridge and Lady Liberty; why not add to that some iconic candy notables...

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Dollar for Dollar, Reno Outperforming Vegas
June 12, 2013

Dollar for Dollar, Reno Outperforming Vegas

Talk about the red-headed stepchild: Reno has always trailed in Las Vegas' grander, more opulent shadow, barely able to even raise its head in the presence of all those fancy restaurants, word-class shopping and glitzy...

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Casino Revenue Freefall Slowing Down in Atlantic City
June 12, 2013

Casino Revenue Freefall Slowing Down in Atlantic City

You know things aren’t great when even a small loss is considered a big win. But that’s the case in Atlantic City, where the city is celebrating the news that casino revenues fell only 3.8...

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Who’s to Choose Shoes? Foxwoods Waitresses Play Footsies with Contract
June 11, 2013

Who’s to Choose Shoes? Foxwoods Waitresses Play Footsies with Contract

When you list the important aspects of running a successful casino, the shoes worn by the waitresses probably won’t come in among the top hundred issues you consider. But at one casino in Connecticut, that’s...

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Google Glass Ban Sweeps Casinos Nationwide
June 10, 2013

Google Glass Ban Sweeps Casinos Nationwide

They look like something out of an old Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, and in some ways, they would fit into the plot lines of those movies, too; but don't try to gamble at almost any casino in...

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Niklas Heinecker Wins GuangDong Asia Millions Poker Tournament
June 9, 2013

Niklas Heinecker Wins GuangDong Asia Millions Poker Tournament

With the World Series of Poker in full swing, you might expect all of the world’s top players to be converging on the Rio in Las Vegas in an attempt to win as many bracelets...

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Dutch Investigations Shut Down Seven Online Gambling Sites
June 9, 2013

Dutch Investigations Shut Down Seven Online Gambling Sites

Despite Holland veering more and more towards legalizing online gambling, seven Dutch online casinos were taken offline recently as a result of allegations of money laundering. In addition, three men were detained in order to...

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Powerball Winner Comes Forward; Jumped Line to Win $590 Million
June 8, 2013

Powerball Winner Comes Forward; Jumped Line to Win $590 Million

Finally the lucky winner of the record-breaking $590 million Powerball jackpot has come forward, following a few weeks of tension as everybody in the Zephyrhills, Florida region, where it was known the ticket was purchased,...

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Nevada Approves International Online Poker Compacts
June 8, 2013

Nevada Approves International Online Poker Compacts

When Nevada approved online poker last year, it seemed a certainty that the games would extend beyond state borders before too long. After all, Nevada’s population was unlikely to support more than a couple of...

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