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December 29, 2011       111229

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New Year's Eve party should eclipse record; estimated 314,000 coming to Las Vegas ...

Let us recap what is known so far about New Year's Eve in Las Vegas this year: • It will happen on a Saturday night. • The weather will be perfect. • The economy is picking up, albeit slowly. • The fireworks show will be huge.

... Many room rates on the rise for New Year's Eve


The Great Recession is about to give way to one great party, if room rates in Las Vegas are any measure of economic recovery.

MGM lions set for final roar

LAS VEGAS - The MGM Grand's corporate symbol won't be stalking the premises in the flesh after Jan. 31, when the hotel plans to close the Lion Habitat it opened in 1999 for $9 million.

Police link alleged embezzlement, casino host

A man turned himself in Tuesday to face charges he embezzled from his employer more than $700,000, some of which authorities allege he spent on gambling at the MGM Grand Detroit casino.
Thanks to Green Chip member JoshAxelrad  for posting the above link.

Colorado man returns $10,000 in gambling winnings found at Vegas airport


GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — A Colorado man who found $10,000 before boarding a flight in Las Vegas says he returned the money to the owner because he wanted to show his children it was "the right thing to do."

Wynn's casino plan for Foxborough rebuffed

A proposal to build a Wynn Resorts Ltd. casino adjacent to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., is facing an uncertain future after the town's Board of Selectmen voted to send a letter to governor's office and state gaming officials saying they don't want it.

The surprising group that could move online poker forward

Those witnessing last week’s Nevada Gaming Commission meeting got a sense that they saw history being made when the board unanimously approved the nation’s first regulations for online poker.

DOJ opinion ‘important day’ in efforts to legalize online gaming

WASHINGTON -- A Department of Justice opinion released today declares that Internet gaming transactions are legal between states where gambling is legal.

A Present from the DoJ: Internet Lotteries (and Poker?) Are Legal, by Professor I. Nelson Rose


The United States Department of Justice (“DoJ”) has given the online gaming community a big, big present, made public two days before Christmas. President Barack Obama’s administration has just declared, perhaps unintentionally, that almost every form of intra-state Internet gambling is legal under federal law, and so may be games played interstate and even internationally.

Analysis: U.S. online poker ruling at risk in future

WASHINGTON - While the Internet poker world salivates at the prospect of its business coming back to life thanks to an Obama administration ruling, a future president could reverse that decision and send the industry back to drawing board if it is not codified into law.

Utah Looking at Anti-Internet Gaming Legislation

Utah lawmaker Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (R-Orem) announced via his website that he has drafted a law that would ban online poker, and all forms of web gaming, in his state.

South Point Casino Gunning to Have Nevada's First Operational Internet Poker Site

South Point Hotel & Casino is looking to have Nevada’s first intrastate real-money online poker site, said Rick Kulis, the company’s Vice President of Internet Gaming.

FBI has leads in Resort card fraud

PHILADELPHIA, MS - While there are new leads in a string of credit and debit card thefts at Pearl River Resort, casino officials say the personal financial information of guests is now "secure and protected."

Ignore naysayers, Atlantic City has a bright future (Commentary)

What will 2012 bring to Atlantic City? A few weeks ago, a supposed noted organization stated that the next five years will be downers for the seashore communities. Since that story ran in various newspapers, I’ve spent some time talking with casino executives, businessmen and businesswomen, and just plain folks like me. They counter what the supposed experts have said about the five-year future of our area.

Trump Taj Mahal 'Scores' City's First Casino Strip Club


According to The Associated Press, New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement ruled Friday, Dec. 23, that the Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City could legally have a strip club inside its property.

Las Vegas Hilton is changing its name, just as Atlantic City property did in June

Like its Atlantic City counterpart, Las Vegas Hilton is changing its name.

One Man Dead After Refusing to Pay Cab Fare

RENO-  Police are on the search for a man who may have information about a man that was stabbed in downtown Reno.

Two arrested in Christmas Eve rape

Two San Bernardino men have been jailed on suspicion of raping a woman whom one of them met at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland.

Co-workers settle dispute over Megabucks jackpot

A pair of Houston co-workers settled a lawsuit over the rights to a $12.7 million Megabucks jackpot won at the Aria nearly a year ago for an confidential amount.

12,000 people apply for casino jobs, 50 still available  ...


More applicants are needed for jobs at the Kansas Star Casino.  The casino still needs about 50 employees, mainly dealers for table games.  Once they hire the extra 50 people, the casino will start operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

... Kansas Star casino nets $3.25 million in first eight days

The Kansas Star Casino netted $3.25 million in gaming revenue through its first eight days of operation, according to the Kansas Lottery.

Cantor files to raise up to $100 million in stock offering

Gaming software company Cantor Entertainment Technology Inc. has filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.

Casino options being evaluated


CYPRUS - Communications Minister Efthymios Flourentzos said yesterday that the suggestion to create a casino at Larnaca’s old terminal was an attractive one but that further consideration and deliberation was needed to explore all possibilities.

Contractors dealt setback in Fontainebleau case

Dozens of contractors trying to get some money out of the Fontainebleau bankruptcy were dealt a procedural setback Thursday by the Nevada Supreme Court.

GOP candidate for governor seeks investigation of tribal lending business

HELENA - A Republican gubernatorial candidate is calling on Montana's attorney general to investigate an online lending business run by the Chippewa Cree tribe on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.



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Blackjack and the Law
by  I. Nelson Rose and Robert A. Loeb

I. Nelson Rose and Robert A. Loeb are lawyers. They have combined forces to bring us this book. Its 245 pages cover, among other things, what you should do if you are told to accompany security to the back room of a casino, the legality of the preferential shuffle, the legality of various forms of hole-card play, the use of computers and other "devices," ID and false ID, Griffin Investigations, cash-transaction reports, suspicious-activity reports, seizures of cash, taxes, Internet gambling, and Indian casinos.

Beat the Players - Casinos, Cops and the Game Inside the Game  by Bob Nersesian

This book should be read by everyone who sets foot in a casino: average casino patrons, skilled players, casino employees, and anyone else. It should be required reading for police officers, regulators, other public officials, and attorneys who may represent any of the aforementioned. Beat the Players was the subject of a feature in USA Today.

Bob Nersesian is an attorney who represents victims of casino wrongdoing against patrons. In an enjoyable writing style, he takes a look at the often too-cozy relationship between casinos, police, and regulators. He discusses specific cases and dispenses sound, practical advice that patrons, casinos and public officials would be wise to heed. Cases discussed are from Nevada and other jurisdictions.

Chapters include: Your Money or Your Liberty; Scary Cop Statements; They'll Take Your Liberty Anyway; Gaming Agents Speak; The Take of the State; Rules for Casino Patrons; Gambling at the Legal Limits; Cops Hate Card Counters; Griffin Investigations; Casinos Cheat With Impunity; A Judicial and Government Overlay; Finding a Nickel Brings Trouble; Names and Aliases; The Security Office and Surveillance Functions, and Casinos and Cops.

Appendices include Nevada Cheating and Detention Laws with Commentary; Other Nevada Gaming Laws of Interest; Gaming Cases of Interest, and Nevada Gaming Regulations with Commentary. The 320-page book includes a bibliography and an index.

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No Holes Barred, presented by Pi Yee Press.  Tony Dalben discusses his involvement in a frightening case of casino abuse of the judicial system.

Tony Dalben is famous for being part of a Nevada Supreme Court case that defines the line between legal hole-card play and cheating. He spoke at a Las Vegas Green Chip party. We filmed his 35-minute presentation, and it is available as a DVD.

Tony Dalben and his partner, Steven Einbinder, were playing blackjack at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas in 1983. A sloppy dealer was checking the hole card under aces and 10s in a way that Dalben could see it. Dalben signaled his knowledge of the hole card to Einbinder, who was betting large.

Rather than correcting or replacing the dealer, the casino chose to involve the Gaming Control Board, whose agents arrested Dalben and Einbinder. The two were charged with various felonies. After the case was dismissed, the prosecutors appealed. The case went to the Nevada Supreme Court, which vindicated Dalben and Einbinder. The Nevada Supreme Court said: "... the evidence showed that respondent Dalben was lawfully seated at his position at the blackjack table, that he did not use any artificial device to aid his vision, and that he was able to see the dealer's hole card solely because of the admittedly sloppy play of the dealer. Respondent Dalben then communicated his information to respondent Einbinder. The district court ruled that respondents' conduct did not constitute a violation of the cheating statutes. We agree." Dalben subsequently sued the Golden Nugget.

In the DVD, Dalben explains what happened and how the case affected his life during the five years it made its way through the Nevada judicial system. The DVD concludes with a question and answer session moderated by Stanford Wong.  The price is $29.95 plus shipping (plus sales tax if sent to a Nevada address).  Order No Holes Barred.


Poking Surveillance in the Eye, presented by Pi Yee Press.

This eighty-two minute video contains excerpts from a BJ21.com seminar presented by a long-time casino surveillance professional. It gives tips and information on how to avoid attracting the unwanted attention of pit personnel and surveillance. Every level and type of skilled casino patron should be able to benefit from the knowledge and wisdom of the seminar presenter.

A full-time professional player commented that something he learned in the seminar changed one of his standard operating methods in a casino, and has already been validated by his avoidance of a backoff that otherwise would have occurred.

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Casino Abuse of Skilled Players, presented by Pi Yee Press.

BJ21.com presents a video of a panel discussion regarding casino abuse of skilled players which was recorded at a Green Chip party. The video includes frightening footage obtained from casino surveillance cameras of a law abiding, skilled player being handcuffed, forcibly backroomed and detained by casino employees. This timely topic should be of concern to all players. The panel included Stanford Wong, and featured prominent players who are part of the BJ21.com community including DD', MathProf, and Harry B. Advantage player attorney Bob Nersesian and Las Vegas Advisor publisher Anthony Curtis were also on the panel. The video runs approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes in length.

Skilled players speak of the harassment and mistreatment each has received at the hands of casino employees. The three victims each sued the casino that employed their assailants. One victim won a large jury verdict, another victim's case was settled, and the third case is still pending.

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