Archive for the 'Tribal Casinos' Category
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
In Seminole County a man thought he had won a jackpot but the casino said it was a glitch, he hadn’t won. After a PR campaign against the casino, the man was finally awarded his winnings. Turns out if they hadn’t awarded him, he couldn’t sue because it was a Tribal Casino.
Casino Awards Winnings
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Marsha James wrote this on September 23rd, 2006 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Gambling, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
In a case of irony a casino was built on the very grounds where gambling is illegal and no one figured this out until AFTER the casino had been built. Accident or not, they are still NOT allowed to gamble there.
Gambling Missing From Casino/Hotel
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Marsha James wrote this on September 23rd, 2006 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Gambling, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Sunday, August 20th, 2006
Ideally when you go into a casino you want 100% depth in the shoe. Obviously that maximizes your advantage over the house when you count; this is especially true when you are using sidecounts.
But that’s not reality. At best - at absolute best your depth will be 85% into the shoe. Most likely you’ll end [...]
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brother9 wrote this on August 20th, 2006 and filed it under Blackjack, Card Counting, Casino Gambling, Gambling, Las Vegas Gambling, Online Gambling, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Monday, May 15th, 2006
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Phone: 866-2-Casino
Directions: Take I-95 to Stirling Road. Go West to State Road 7 (441). On the South West Corner of the intersection.
http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/casino.shtml
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida with the famous “Hard Rock Cafe” blended [...]
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Tom Baurley wrote this on May 15th, 2006 and filed it under Blackjack, Casino Gambling, Gambling, Poker, Slot Machines, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Sunday, November 6th, 2005
Recently, one of my more favorite casinos closed.
It wasn’t a great casino, it was really a piece of crap. What it did have, however, was a 10 minute walk from my house, as well as the cheapest blackjack in the metro area. Combine that with stiff cheap drinks and you, my friend, have [...]
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brother9 wrote this on November 6th, 2005 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Gambling, Gaming Industry News, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Friday, August 12th, 2005
Not too long ago I said that the PlayAway system should be shut down according to some regulators, since it uses the Internet. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is ignoring them and using it at Foxwoods anway.
According to the state of Connecticut, not only does it violate State law, but it violates the Indian Gaming [...]
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brother9 wrote this on August 12th, 2005 and filed it under Gambling, Gambling Sites, Gaming Industry News, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Thursday, July 28th, 2005
The gambling regulartors in teh state of Connecticut ordered Foxwoods casino to remove their internet gambling portal “PlayAway.”
Foxwoods says they don’t believe any problems have been caused, as the bet is placed at Foxwoods and the users are allowed to check the results online. Since all gambling is actually done at Foxwoods, the [...]
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brother9 wrote this on July 28th, 2005 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Gambling Sites, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Thursday, July 14th, 2005
There’s been a lot of talk recently since the Mohegan Sun has decided to start using the new blackjack tables from a company called MindPlay in Bellevue, WA, just outside Seattle. MindPlay has been purchased by Bally’s, so you know where they stand.
The tables from MindPlay/Bally’s track everything. EVERYTHING. ALL cards played, [...]
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brother9 wrote this on July 14th, 2005 and filed it under Blackjack, Card Counting, Gaming Industry News, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Friday, May 27th, 2005
I ordered and had emailed to me Mr McQueen’s “system” which is merely an example of a larger meta-theme he proposes that by playing a set style repeatedly will somehow ‘trick’ ‘fool’ or whatever word you want to use to imply “override” the slot machine’s Random Number Generator.
What makes this particularly scary is that he [...]
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brother9 wrote this on May 27th, 2005 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Las Vegas Gambling, Online Gambling, Slot Machines, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »