Fresh, recycled air? One of the nice things about poker is that smoking is not permitted in most live poker rooms. So if the time you spend in a casino is spent playing poker, you can breathe easy (relatively, considering you are still in a casino huddled with poker players). But the rest of the… Read more »
If there is one thing that we need in the current climate, it is a moment to laugh. At this time of the year, the World Series of Poker – heck, the Championship Event of the World Series of Poker – would be in full swing at this time, working its way to the final… Read more »
Mask use is mandatory at casinos With COVID-19 cases continuing to escalate in the United States, casino operators appear to be taking at least one safety measure very seriously. Caesars, Las Vegas Sands, and MGM Resorts International have all reportedly told their employees to wear protective face masks or find somewhere else to work. According… Read more »
Casinos allegedly skirting pandemic regulations As COVID-19 cases rise dramatically across the United States, taking proper care to be clean and safe is of the utmost importance. The Culinary Local 226 union in Las Vegas does not believe some casino properties are being responsible in the face of the health crisis and have sued several… Read more »
Last Thursday night, the wee morning hours of June 11, a man robbed the main cage of the newly-reopened New York-New York casino on the Las Vegas Strip. He was apprehended less than two hours later, but until Monday, not much was known about what happened except that nobody was injured. Las Vegas police have… Read more »
Breaking the seal Though the coronavirus pandemic has been a boon to online poker (silver lining of the crisis, I suppose), it has devasted live poker. For two months, there was no live poker anywhere in the United States, as some poker rooms have final begun reopening in recent weeks. But the few poker rooms… Read more »
MGM feeling confident Las Vegas has been “reopened” for a week, so it is just about time to reopen it some more. On Tuesday, MGM Resorts International announced that Luxor, The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place, ARIA, Mandalay Bay proper, and Four Seasons Las Vegas will be the company’s next properties to welcome back guests.… Read more »
Despite the continued increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 across the States of America, many places have decided to reopen many of their businesses. This includes Las Vegas, which closed for the first time ever in mid-March and has exploded to life this weekend. But what does the “new Las Vegas” look like?… Read more »
Gambling, but with smaller crowds As many Las Vegas casinos ready themselves to reopen on Thursday, June 4, final preparations are underway to make sure the return of guests goes as smoothly as possible. On Monday, local news station KSNV got a tour of the Bellagio as one of the center pieces of the Strip… Read more »
Since Governor Steve Sisolak closed the entirety of the Nevada casino industry in mid-March, the streets of Las Vegas have gone dark. No massive LED board entertaining the patrons at the Fremont Street Experience. None of the glitz or glamor of the Las Vegas Strip or the fountains spewing in all their grandeur at the… Read more »
While it has not been proven to be an actual plan for the future of one of Las Vegas’ most powerful casino conglomerates, there is an alleged plan for the opening of the MGM Resorts properties making the rounds on social media. The plan, while logical, may be rooted in information that came from a… Read more »
He said that, once he left the poker realm, he wanted to concentrate on other areas of interest in life outside the game, and he is now doing just that. Former poker professional Doug Polk has started a petition drive against Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, seeking to have the mayor recalled from office –… Read more »
Though several states have begun to “reopen” in recent days, giving people who just absolutely cannot deal without a haircut the opportunity to have somebody else groom them, Nevada casinos are still shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And rightfully so. No state has even met the minimum requirements for the federal government’s “Phase 1,”… Read more »
And there it is. On Tuesday, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all “nonessential businesses” in the state to close to the public for 30 days. Most notably for our interests, that means that all Nevada casinos – Las Vegas Strip and all – have now gone dark. Governor lays it all out Sisolak made no… Read more »
The final table is set for the World Poker Tour’s stop at the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. There’s a chance at some history as Brian Altman looks for his third ever WPT title, but he’ll have two obstacles to that achievement. One is the chip leader, Veerab Zakarian, and the other four men at… Read more »
When I was in middle school, my family went on a random road trip to South Dakota. Not exactly the kind of trip that makes a kid scream, “VACATION!” but it was actually pretty cool. Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, Wall Drug, a quick jaunt to Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, and Deadwood. Deadwood was an old,… Read more »
Renovations would impede operations It seems like temporary casino gaming shutdowns are a theme today. I wrote about some games at Wind Creek Bethlehem being taken out of service during the casino’s rebranding, but what will be going on next year at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is much more extreme.… Read more »
In the history of music, gambling and its lifestyle have been the subject of many a song. Those songs have often found their way onto the iPhones and Spotify playlists of many a poker player while they sit at the tables. But what is the best song? Online poker powerhouse PokerStars thought it would ask… Read more »
After debuting earlier this year to a less-than rousing reception, the powers that be at Poker Central and its streaming outlet PokerGO have announced that the U. S. Poker Open will return in 2019. The “made for streaming” series is a high dollar series of poker tournaments that, in some respects, makes for a “Big… Read more »
The final event of the Season XVI schedule for the World Poker Tour is underway as the WPT Tournament of Champions kicked off action at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday. The third running of the tournament was expected to be a bigger affair than its two predecessors and the players didn’t… Read more »
Continuing what has been arguably his most successful tournament poker span and the most controversial period of his career at the same time, Chris Ferguson has all but seized control of the 2017 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race. Ferguson won Event #7, the €1500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Eights or Better,… Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released its August monthly "win" figures this week. Of note was that statewide gambling win declined by 8% in August, 2008 in comparison to the same period in 2007. Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board released its monthly revenue report, which showed a drop in Las Vegas Strip gambling revenues of 14.67% in July, 2008 in comparison to July, 2007. Read more »
