June 2010

Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Opening December 15

by Marc June 15, 2010

This weekend Cosmopolitan Las Vegas started a twitter account.  They started tweeting today and dropped this little nugget of information for those watching: December 15th is the weekend of my annual trip to Las Vegas.  I was at CityCenter the weekend it opened and I’m hoping to be at the Cosmopolitan when it opens this [...]

Tagged as: Casino, Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, Opening, Tips, Twitter

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Pennsylvania Table Game Rollout

by Marc June 15, 2010

Table games roll out next month in Pennsylvania and we’re beginning to get start dates. Tests will begin July 6 in western Pennsylvania at Presque Isle Downs Casino in Erie, the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said inspectors will evaluate the test results [...]

Tagged as: Gaming, Harrah's, Mohegan Sun, Mount Airy, Parx, Pennsylvania, Pocono Downs, Sands, Table Games

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More East Coast Gambling

by Marc June 15, 2010

Soon you’ll be able to drive along interstate 95 and gamble every hour or two.  Yippee?  Add Rhode Island to the list of east coast states where you’ll soon be able to gamble at the tables.  Massachusetts will be soon to follow. The gambling issue has become a heavy one in the Northeast and Rhode [...]

Tagged as: Casino, East Coast, Gaming, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Table Games

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Beer Pong at Ballys

by Marc June 14, 2010

Part of the renovations at Bally’s included a face lift to Wild Wild West to make it attractive to younger people, while maintaining it’s country music feel.  This weekend Bally’s added Beer Pong to the fun at Wild Wild West. The beer-pong area is part of a larger space dubbed the Main Stage, which also [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Beer Pong, Country Music, Marketing, Mechanical Bull, Wild Wild West

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Why Aren't There Any $5 Tables?

by Marc June 14, 2010

Why aren’t there any (or many) $5 blackjack tables at the casino?  That’s a common question I see on the message boards that I read.  Common sense always lead me to believe there weren’t many $5 table because the casinos don’t make much money on them.  I found some proof of this and thought I’d [...]

Tagged as: Blackjack, Casino, Economy, Strategy

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Holly's World Premiers Tonight

by Marc June 13, 2010

It’s true – Holly’s World premiers tonight on E!  Las Vegas’ favorite lady, Holly Madison, has a new show featured solely on her. Based on the popularity of The Girls Next Door and Kendra I’m sure this show will be popular.  Hot girls and Las Vegas…who wouldn’t want to watch?  The show is on 10:30pm [...]

Tagged as: E!, Girls Next Door, Holly Madison, Holly's World, Kendra, Las Vegas, Playboy, TV

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Week In Review

by Marc June 13, 2010

The big news this week is split between the World Cup and Wynn Las Vegas tacking a $20 resort fee on to their standard room rates.  They must be ashamed about this because they’re hiding the fees in their terms and conditions and not clearly disclosing the fees.  I have to think this is illegal.  [...]

Tagged as: 21, Atlantic City, Bethlehem, Economy, Encore, ESPN Zone, Fireworks, Fright Night, Gaming, MGM, Movies, New Jersey, New York New York, Pennsylvania, Resort Fees, Sands, Vuvuzela, World Cup, Wynn

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Fourth of July Fireworks on Atlantic City Boardwalk

by Marc June 11, 2010

For the first time in a few years there will be fireworks above the Atlantic City boardwalk. “So I just went back to my office and started making some calls to the other Boardwalk properties,” he (Don Marrandino, Harrah’s) said. “And from about 9:30 to 11:30am we had managed to raise about $85,000 for fireworks. [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Economy, Fireworks, Government, Harrah's, July 4th

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Wynn Adds $20 Resort Fee

by Marc June 11, 2010

Wynn added a $20 resort fee to their standard room rates.  By way of these resort fees Wynn Las Vegas has, in essence,  raised standard room rates by about 10% based on a check of rates on their website. Props to Vegas Tripping for being the first place where I saw the information. Here is [...]

Tagged as: Economy, Encore, Las Vegas, Resort Fees, Wynn

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Fright Night – Las Vegas Style

by Marc June 10, 2010

A remake of the classic horror movie “Fright Night” will be filmed in Las Vegas beginning this July.  If this movie doesn’t sound awesome, I don’t know what does! it’s no longer set in humdrum suburbia, but the city of a thousand gangster slayings and the scene of Hunter S. Thompson’s infamous booze and drug-fuelled [...]

Tagged as: 21, Colin Farrell, Fright Night, Las Vegas, Movies

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