Community Slot Play
I remember years ago when the Internet was in its infancy. As people began logging on and spending more time "surfing the web," there were warnings that we could become a society of recluses locked away from human contact and social contact. Of course that never happened. In fact, over the years as technology advanced, we became a global society interacting with others via Internet sites, instant messaging, blogs and other social media sites.
Modern technology has allowed some of us to meet and make new friends with those people that we share a common interest with. We may have never met these people without the technological advancements that have changed our social interactions with others. This technology is not limited to just the internet. It is creeping into other areas of our lives.
In the casino, most of the social interaction among the players came by playing the casino table games. For most of us, playing a slot machine was a solitary endeavor. This is now changing as the slot makers are using new technology to design slot games that will allow the players to win a communal jackpot. These community slot machines will let slot players enjoy more of a social atmosphere when they play their favorite games.
Community Slot Play originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 08:06:47.
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Pennsylvania Proposes Adding Table Games
Pennsylvania got a taste of the easy money generated from gambling when it legalized slot casinos in the state in 2004. In the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, taxes generated by the legalized slot casinos are up 24.7% for a grand total of $873,899,361 to date.
In an effort to increase the gambling revenue, State Rep. Bill DeWeese officially introduced a proposal on Tuesday to add table games to Pennsylvania's casinos and if approved it is sweet deal for the state. Under the measure, casino operators would pay a $10 million fee up-front to inaugurate games such as blackjack, poker and craps at their currently slots-only facilities. There would be a $500,000 annual renewal fee as well as daily tax of 18 percent and a local-share assessment of 2 percent of its daily gross table-game revenue. This is in addition to the money being paid to the state from the slot machines.
Pennsylvania Proposes Adding Table Games originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 22:45:59.
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Craps World Record Holder to Appear at WCC
On May 23, 2009, Patricia DeMauro of New Jersey picked up the dice for only the second time in her life at the craps table at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. She held them for four hours and eighteen-minutes. Her roll set a new world record beating that of Stanley Fujitake, who rolled for three-hour and six-minutes on May 28, 1989.
Pat will be one of the special guests at the World Casino Championships being held on August 14, 15 and 16 at the Clarion Hotel and Suites in Las Vegas. The World Casino Championships is a fun and educational event featuring tournaments in craps, slots, blackjack, Pai Gow poker and baccarat.
The admission price to the event includes an entry into all of the tournaments and gambling related seminars. It also includes lunches during the day on Saturday and Sunday and an awards banquet on Sunday evening. All entrants will receive a free dice roll for a chance to win $25,000. For more information and event pricing see the World Casino Championship website.
Craps World Record Holder to Appear at WCC originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 19:41:39.
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New Owner for AC Tropicana
More than a year after the New Jersey gaming regulators took control of the Tropicana, the troubled casino will finally get new owners. Last week Judge Judith Wizmur of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Camden, New Jersey, approved the sale of Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, to a group of lenders that includes billionaire Carl Icahn.
Icahn previously owned the Sands in Atlantic City which he sold to Pinnacle gaming in 2006. Pinnacle imploded the Sands to make way for a new casino that they had planned to build. Unfortunately, the current economic conditions forced them to put their plans on hold and now that site sits empty.
Icahn has a way of turning around distressed properties and many analysts are optimistic that he can work his magic with Tropicana in Atlantic City
New Owner for AC Tropicana originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 10:48:55.
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Positive Progressive Systems
My friend Rich and I were playing craps the other day at the casino. We both bought in for the same amount but at the end of our playing session, I had won much more money than he did. We both were playing at the same table, betting on the same shooters yet our results were very different. This led to a discussion about how we were betting. I was using a positive progression on the hot shooters while Rich was flat betting the same amount and never raising his bets. He told me that he did not believe that progression systems worked in the long run so he always kept his bets the same.
Many players feel this way and it is true that no betting system can change the house edge, however a positive betting progression can take advantage of a winning streak and increase your winnings during the course of a playing session. Using a positive progression system is when you increase your bets as you are winning. Here is a look at positive progression systems.
Positive Progressive Systems originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Friday, June 26th, 2009 at 10:44:40.
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Colorado Casinos Raising the Limits
When casinos opened in Colorado in 1991, the only games offered were slot machines, blackjack and poker. Gamblers were limited to making a maximum bet of five dollars on the blackjack and poker games. Under State regulation, casinos had to close between 2:00am and 8:00am.
Last November, voters approved Amendment 50 which raises the maximum bet from $5 to $100 and allows the casinos to offer craps and roulette. It also extends operating hours to 24 hours a day.
The higher limits and new games will go into effect at exactly 12 a.m. on Thursday, July 2nd and the casinos are looking forward to a very busy holiday weekend to celebrate their new independence from the old regulations.
Colorado Casinos Raising the Limits originally appeared on About.com Casino Gambling on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 08:55:57.
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