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While the US government is still attempting to keep gamblers from betting online, American Wagering and other company’s in Nevada will soon open up their business to the Internet. American Wagering is launching an app for the Blackberry that will allow sports bettors to gamble from their mobile phone.

Gaming regulators in Nevada have cross-examined the application, searching for anything that may have made the app illegal. In the end, the regulators signed off on the application, and gamblers will now get to enjoy the freedom of betting from a mobile device.

“The Nevada Gaming Control Board scrutinized the project with a very thorough lab investigation, which helped us in setting the bar for our security features,” said John English. “We have developed the first mobile phone betting application to be approved in Nevada.”

American Wagering operates sixty sports books in Nevada, and gamblers will have to go to one of these sports books to set up their accounts. At the time of activation, the account holders will be required to provide their identification to verify that they meet age requirements to legally bet in Nevada.

Other big gaming companies located in Nevada may soon make the move to mobile gaming as well. Harrah’s Entertainment has already launched online casinos in other country’s, and they may find themselves following in American Wagering’s footsteps.

“It is interesting that for years the US government has gone after companies who have assisted in violating the Wire Act, but now, betting over the phone may well become the norm,” said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz.

Lawmakers in the US have been pushing to change the Internet gambling laws, but even if they succeed, there is little chance that sports betting would be included in the legalized gambling options. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who represents Nevada, has already stated that he would not support legislation that legalized sports or casino gambling, outside of online poker.

September 2, 2010
Posted By Susan Torres
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Las Vegas casinos have not had the best couple of years, and every time attendance can be increased even a little bit these days it is considered to be a victory. The casinos are hoping that Labor Day weekend brings gamblers from all across the country.

Casinos in Sin City have experienced a slow down since the World Series of Poker ended back in July. Thousands of poker players came into Las Vegas to try their luck at the WSOP, but they were gone as soon as the event was complete. Even with the fall and winter months approaching, now is as good a time as any for a spike in customers.

“Las Vegas has become more family friendly over the past couple of years, and that could help them this weekend,” said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz. “With money tight, it is not like it used to be where spouses get away for the weekend. Now, families are planning more vacations together around these short holiday weekends.”

The expectation in Las Vegas is that almost 300,000 tourists will visit the area over Labor Day weekend. If that occurs, it would be an increase over the 182,000 that came to Sin City last year during Labor Day weekend. The prognostication, however, calls for these tourists to spend less than the visitors last year at this time.

The economy may have something to do with that. Nationally, the economy has not fully recovered from the economic recession, and some analysts believe that it will get worse before it gets better. Any further drop in the economy could be a disaster to both Las Vegas, and their East Coast counterpart, Atlantic City.

The two gaming meccas are both drawing never before seen competition from neighboring states. New Jersey has been impacted from competition much more than Nevada, but that could change as the economy worsens and lawmakers look for ways to fill budget deficits.

Overall, analysts expect that many more people throughout the US will be traveling than last year during this holiday weekend. If that prediction holds true, it could mean good news for casinos all across the country.

September 3, 2010
Posted By April Gardner
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The college football season began on Thursday with four top teams in action. The Ohio State Buckeyes, Miami Hurricanes, and USC Trojans all avoided upsets in their first games of the year. The Pittsburgh Panthers were not as lucky, falling to Utah Thursday evening.

On Saturday, many of the other college football programs will take the field for the first time this season. That also means that gamblers will have the opportunity to place their bets on meaningful football games for the first time since the Super Bowl back in February.

The number four team in the country, the Florida Gators, will be hosting Miami, Ohio in a noon game at the Swamp. The Gators are favored by 36.5 points in their opener. The top teams all tend to schedule easy first games to get the kinks out before facing tougher competition.

In Louisville, however, the Cardinals and the Kentucky Wildcats will come out of the gates in a rivalry game. There will be no time for these teams to be off their game, or they risk losing bragging rights for an entire year to their rivals. Kentucky is favored by three in the match up.

Another game that will feature rivals is being played in Colorado, where Colorado and Colorado State are set to lock horns. Colorado is favored by 11.5, and the total for the game is 46.5, suggesting a fairly high scoring affair.

The defending national champions will open defense of their title at home against San Jose State. The Alabama Crimson Tide have already received bad news this week when current Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram had surgery. Ingram will miss the opener, but Alabama is still favored by 37.5.

Other notable games include Washington against BYU, Washington State and Oklahoma State, and LSU versus North Carolina. The Tar Heels will be without fifteen starters, who are being held out of the gaming pending an NCAA investigation. Without the starters, analysts are giving North Carolina little chance to pull the upset.

September 3, 2010
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com


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The college football betting world this week will be on mainly a bunch of games in which the favorite has large odds to defeat the underdog. The first week is filled with games that have top ranked teams getting a final workout in before the heavy competition comes their way.

On Thursday night, two of those ranked teams got their openers out of the way. The Miami Hurricanes, ranked number thirteen, and the Ohio State Buckeyes, ranked second, both had easy times with their respective opponents.

Ohio State opened at home against Marshall, and unlike the days of Byron Leftwich and Randy Moss, this Thundering Herd team did not come with much offensive fire power. The Buckeyes easily defeated Marshall, and will now turn their attention to a storm brewing in South Florida.

The Hurricanes opened their season at home Thursday against Florida A & M. The Rattlers proved to be nothing more than a glorified scrimmage for the Hurricanes, Miami won the game 45-0, and will begin preparations for Ohio State next Saturday.

The Hurricanes and Buckeyes have not met since what some believe was a phantom pass interference call cost Miami their sixth national championships. Since that game, the Hurricanes have slid while the Buckeyes have played for several national titles.

Gamblers will have their eyes on the Miami, Ohio State game next week. It is an opportunity to get a read on which team will be a national power as the season moves along. The Hurricanes are looking to return to prominence, and Ohio State is hoping to simply stay on top of the college football world.

September 3, 2010
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
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Back in June, Nashville was in need of a pick me up, and much like the New Orleans Saints did for the city of New Orleans, country musicians came through for Nashville. Hundreds of thousands poured into the city for the CMA Music Festival.

On Wednesday, those fans who were unable to attend the four day event were treated to scenes from the festival by ABC. The network aired several hours of edited footage of the concerts that were performed. Among the stars that showed up on the telecast were Lady Antebellum, Kid Rock, Carrie Underwood, and Reba McEntire.

There is not much that can pull an online gambler away from their online poker games, but there also is not much that can keep country fans from their favorite musicians. That is why when faced with the choice on Wednesday, some gamblers took a break from the computers.

“I have been waiting for several weeks to see this concert,” said Derek Weeden. “I was in the middle of a tournament online, and I just let myself be blinded out because I didn’t want to miss one minute of the show.”

Other players found a way to continue to play and watch the telecast. Mike Herman just sent his wife and children out to dinner, and set his television next to the computer to ABC. From there, he enjoyed three hours of concert footage and poker playing.

The four day event was not only a cluster of concerts from today’s top artists. The festival also included softball, various booths, and meet and greet opportunities with stars who normally are not openly accessible to the general public. In all, it was a successful weekend for the performers, festival organizers, and fans alike.

September 2, 2010
Posted By Terry Goodwin
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The deadline was Wednesday for development groups to submit their application to obtain the final available casino license in Missouri. At the end of the day, there were five groups that applied and will now square off in the bidding war.

Sugar Creek had two developers place applications to run a casino in the Kansas City area. One of the applicants wants to build a casino in Cape Girardeau, and the final two are from the St. Louis area, where casino gambling is already prevalent.

Among the groups that applied were gaming veterans Isle of Capri and Casino Celebration. North County Development, Epic Gaming, and Sunway Gaming were the other three proposals that came in on Wednesday. The biggest casino proposal came from North County, with a plan to build a 0 casino resort.

The license came open earlier this year when Pinnacle Entertainment agreed to relinquish the license of the President Casino. The President was on the Admiral riverboat, and the boat was not expected to pass inspection of the Coast Guard.

Originally, Pinnacle was prepared to fight the Gaming Board for the rights to the license, but cooler heads prevailed. The Gaming Board agreed to drop any outstanding past bills in exchange for the compromise. Pinnacle owns other casinos in St. Louis, and it was expected that they were going to apply again for the license, but they did not.

Missouri currently has twelve casinos that are operational. The thirteenth would put them in the upper echelon as far as states go with casino gambling. In addition to Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, California, West Virginia, and Delaware have made the strongest push into the casino industry in recent years.

September 2, 2010
Posted By April Gardner
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The Well, a California bar, has been in the news the past couple of years for all the wrong reasons. The latest negative publicity for the bar came on Tuesday when The Well was raided for illegal gambling activity.

The bar first was in the news last baseball season when Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in an automobile accident. The person driving the car that killed Adenhart had been drinking at The Well before he got behind the wheel, according to Covina Police Sergeant Dave Foster.

On Tuesday, Foster sent his officers back into the bar to conduct a raid. The raid had to do with illegal Texas Hold’em poker games that were being played. Dozens of people were sitting at the poker tables when the raid took place.

Card shuffling machines, poker chips, card, and thousands of dollars were seized in the raid. Three poker tables were running according to authorities, and six people were arrested in conjunction with the illegal gambling activity taking place.

“In many of these cases, prosecutors have been unable to make the charges stick when bar poker games were being held,” said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz. “In this case, however, it became quite clear to the officers that this was not a bar league poker night when no money was exchanging hands.”

Around the US, authorities have been cracking down on illegal gambling operations, most of which were being run out of convenience stores and involved slot machines. The bar poker leagues have become popular in the past decade, and some bars have taken the games to far and allowed patrons to gamble on the poker games.

September 2, 2010
Posted By Terry Goodwin
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The debate has been going on for months, but this week, pro and anti-gambling groups and individuals had their chance to be heard in a public forum. The debate has to do with a proposed casino at Gettysburg.

Just the mention of the word casino in the same sentence as Gettysburg has some people outraged in Pennsylvania. The Gaming Control Board held a public hearing for the past two days for everyone to have their opinions heard, and those residents showed up in the hundreds.

Over 400 people signed up to give their opinion on the issue. On one hand, the casino had the support of a prominent preservation group. On the other hand, many other preservationists were against the casino plan.

The hearing had so many looking to speak, that the Gaming Board placed people with the same opinions into groups, and allowed them to voice their concerns together. The second day of the hearings went much smoother than the first, although both were long days.

The casino supporters believe that the hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars that would be created and generated with the casino, could help improve the local economy. The anti-casino groups claim that the figures of how much will be generated are inflated. The two stances are common no matter where a casino proposal arises in the US.

In recent years, Pennsylvania has become one of the dominating states when it comes to the casino gambling industry. One license remains to be given out in the state, and the Gettysburg location is one of a few that is getting serious consideration from the Gaming Board.

September 2, 2010
Posted By April Gardner
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The college football betting odds every season are altered because of match ups during the year, and history that teams have against each other. In 2011, the betting odds may be forever altered when the Big Ten divides their conference into two divisions.

There has been plenty of buzz surrounding the move that will shake up the future of the BCS. On Wednesday evening, the conference announced their plans for realignment, and Ohio State and Michigan, longtime rivals, are in separate divisions.

The Ohio State, Michigan, game will continue every year. The possibility will exist starting next year, however, that the two teams could again meet in the conference title game. Traditionally, the regular season match up has been held the last weekend of the regular season for both teams. That may have to change with a title game looming.

“If these two teams retain the hopes of playing for a national championship, they may have to reconsider when they play the regular season match up,” said Gaming Analyst Brad Dawkins. “It will be tough for either team, no matter how good they are in a given season, to beat the other on consecutive weekends.”

The Big Ten champion has had a pretty easy run into the BCS title game the past several years. Without a conference championship, the teams had one less game at the end of the season to worry about an upset. That also has played against some Big ten teams that were jumped in the final polls and computer standings by a team that won their conference title game.

College football is moving closer to the day where a playoff will determine the national champion. With the Big Ten moving to a title game, it leaves only the Pac Ten without a championship game. That will chance also as well, with the Pac Ten expanding.

September 2, 2010
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
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Macau has quickly become the largest casino gambling destination in the world, taking just a couple of years to overtake Las Vegas, Nevada. In August, the revenue continued to grow in Macau, with total revenue jumping over forty percent.

The figures over the first half of 2010 have been staggering for Macau casinos. The revenue has grown to such large proportions, that casino owners and the government decided to put a stop to future growth for anything outside of already planned casino resorts.

In August, Macau casino revenue rose to billion. That was an increase of forty percent. Through the first eight months, revenue has grown sixty-three percent from the same period a year earlier. The easing of visa restrictions from residents of the China mainland has been a large reason why the revenue is increasing.

“With each passing month, it becomes more clear that Macau is the place to be for serious gamblers,” said Gaming Analyst Steve Schwartz. “If Las Vegas wants to reclaim their throne of being the best gaming destination, there will have to be major changes, and even then, it is unlikely they will ever again top Macau.”

Asian gamblers used to travel across the world to Las Vegas to do their casino gambling. The high rollers would have most of their amenities taken care of through comps, but even the lure of free stays has not impressed Asian gamblers lately. The shorter commute to Macau has made it convenient for the high rollers to simply get away for the weekend.

The August revenue figures were actually down from the first seven months of the year. Gaming operators were expecting a slight drop in revenue for August, and analysts believe that the trend of decreasing revenue will continue through the end of the year. Even with the decline, Macau will remain millions of dollars ahead of any other gaming destination in the world.

September 2, 2010
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com


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