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Regulation News, January 2008

... no further. We've got your news about industry regulation and happenings. Read more about the saga of the Emerald Casino license and ... in Rosemont since 2005, when the Illinois Gaming Board found that Emerald officials had both lied to investigators and sold shares to ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/08/2009 - 13:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The Writing on the Wall

... gotten lost in an indiscriminate sea of chasing, blinking and flashing. Now is the time to embrace an ideal that might seem a bit ... to make four u-turns and one full reverse before I finally found the non-valet, non-VIP, non-hotel-check-in lane of traffic that would ...

Story - Anonymous - 08/24/2009 - 11:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

When It’s Time

... Exhausted, cynical, detached and emotionally tapped. Casino professionals who are suffering from burnout ... Cordes and Doherty, in their 1999 study of employees, found that workers who have frequent intense or emotionally charged ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/02/2009 - 12:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Adventures in Asia: Thank the Fish

... Without much to do in Macau, I recently found myself playing Texas Hold’em at the Grand Lisboa. A serious-looking, middle-aged Chinese man joined the table and positioned himself next to me, carefully placing a large jade fish on top ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/08/2009 - 08:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Is Superstition Costing Your Live Game Operation Money?

... game results in a matter of minutes. Game risk ranges and outcome predictions are part of every well-armed casino executive’s ... complete charts for the entire dealing staff that day. She found a dealer who was projected to have a good day, and that dealer was ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/10/2009 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Sleeping with the Enemy? A Surveillance Guy’s Experience in Table Games

... back starring Julia Roberts. Ms. Roberts’ character found herself in a situation: united in a marriage with a horrible man who wanted total control over her life and who later wanted her dead. Some casinos presently harbor this very ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/02/2009 - 07:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Is Superstition Costing Your Live Game Operation Money?

... If you're avoiding black cats, ladders and sidewalk cracks to help keep your budget in the black, it's time to break ... complete charts for the entire dealing staff that day. She found a dealer who was projected to have a good day, and that dealer was ...

MP3 Library - Anonymous - 05/29/2009 - 13:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

A Scattering of Payouts

... for this game. Once regulatory approvals were received and the game shipped to a number of fictitious casinos, however, something went ... right,” I answered. “Show me what you’ve found.”  “Initially, the games were well received,” ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/10/2009 - 11:27 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Crash and Burn: Responding to an Improbable Win

... remarkable run, casino management’s response and the ultimate outcome. ... scrutinized Guy’s play for several weeks and having found no evidence of anything untoward, based partially on the analysis ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/02/2009 - 07:06 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Nightclub Evolution

... to Las Vegas. Now, Las Vegas casinos might be bigger and splashier, but they’re still just super-sized versions of something ... about a half-dozen “disco clubs” could be found around Las Vegas. For those who wanted to venture outside of the casinos, ...

Story - Anonymous - 06/03/2009 - 10:50 - 0 comments - 0 attachments