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Montana State Rep Wants To Legalize Blackjack
February 15, 2011
MT State Representative Tony Belcourt has a new plan to help fund social services in his home state of Montana. He wants to legalize blackjack. Representative Belcourt is carrying House Bill 423 with that hopes that it raise more revenue for the Montana Department of Health & Human Services. The proposed bill sets up an [...]
Two California Blackjack Dealers Charged with Grand Theft
February 3, 2011
Two blackjack dealers are being held by California Kings County police as the prime suspects in the grand theft of a large number of $500 casino chips from the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, California. The two suspects are both blackjack card game dealers, and they were filmed in the casino on close circuit security [...]
Wild Jack Mobile Releases Blackjack App for Android
January 19, 2011
Wild Jack Mobile Casino, a mobile casino since 2006, has released its native blackjack application on the Android Market. Developed in part by Spin3, this new blackjack game offers Android users the chance to play blackjack for real money, complete with all the bells and whistles that users would get from the traditional online experience. [...]
Vegas Casinos Targeting Users of iPhone Blackjack Card Counting App
January 12, 2011
News and rumors of gamblers using a new iPhone blackjack app designed to count cards has caught on in Las Vegas, prompting the Nevada Gaming Control Board to warn all the major Vegas casinos about players using the new app. It’s not illegal to count cards while playing blackjack in Vegas, but all the counting [...]
Cosmopolitan Casino Plagued By Rumors of Bad Blackjack Games
January 12, 2011
The Cosmopolitan is the first brand new casino to open on the Las Vegas strip in years, but it almost didn’t make it. The Nevada Gaming Commission gave Cosmopolitan its license just months ago after a lengthy analysis and audit process. The $3.9 billion casino broke ground a number of years ago, but the region [...]
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Microgaming Casinos Pull Out of US Market
May 12, 2011
A high number of Microgaming Casinos have decided to shut down their US facing online casino sites. This might be the shape of things to come for in what could turn out to be a large scale exodus from the US online casino market. Some of the more popular casinos leaving the space include casinos [...]
Bellagio Casino “Biker Bandit” in Court
February 10, 2011
Anthony Michael Carleo made his first court appearance Monday since being taken into custody. He was not asked to enter pleas on six charges, including armed robbery, assault, burglary and carrying a concealed weapon. Surveillance video from the Dec. 14 heist shows a motorcycle helmet-wearing robber brandishing a gun and running from the Bellagio, in [...]
Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Super Bowl Casino Party
February 2, 2011
Who could possibly throw a better Super Bowl party than Hugh Hefner, the Playboy himself. The 193 room Aloft Dallas will be host to the Playboy Super Bowl XLV weekend Party. Preparations for this impossible-to-attend event included the addition of a massive tent which will accommodate the concerts, a huge casino and up to 3,500 [...]
Bellagio Casino Eliminates 25K Chips After Heist
January 12, 2011
After a daring robbery by a motorcycle helmeted bandit who escaped with approximately $1.5 million in chips, the Bellagio gave public notice that it is discontinuing use of chips valued at $25,000. The robber entered through a north entrance of the Bellagio, walked down a retail promenade of closed shops and through a nearly empty [...]
Gibraltar Raises Taxes on Online Casinos
January 12, 2011
Officials with the Gibraltar government recently announced that they are raising the tax rate assessed to online gaming companies from 1% to 10%. Most businesses in the territory are taxed at the 10% tax rate, but in order to draw in gambling corporations, exemptions were made for online gaming sites, like PartyPoker and 888Poker. This [...]
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