Pennsylvania

A Look at Valley Forge Casino

Valley Forge Casino

by JMP on May 7, 2012

in Pennsylvania,Valley Forge

I managed to pull myself away from my ‘full house’ of a family (or rather, they pulled away from me, as my wife took the kids to visit a friend in Lancaster), so I finally had the chance to check out the new Valley Forge Casino. It was…. Okay. It felt like Parx did when [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Blackjack, Casino, Parx, Pennsylvania, Valley Forge, Valley Tavern, Video Poker

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Atlantic City’s #3!

Atlantic City Always Turned On

by Marc on April 11, 2012

in Atlantic City,Pennsylvania

Sure Pennsylvania is an entire state and Atlantic City is just a city, but it’s meaningful in the casino business that Pennsylvania hopped over Atlantic City for #2 in gambling revenue. Of course, Las Vegas remains #1. Pennsylvania’s 11 casinos raked in about $233.1 million in gross slot machine revenue last month, the Associated Press reports, [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Casino, Economy, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Revel

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Week In Review

by Marc February 26, 2012
Sinatra Smash

Much of last week here was spent catching up with Denver Gambler’s trip to Vegas. I got tired just reading it! I’m trying to clean up this site a little, so you’ll notice small changes over the next few weeks. That may slow down posting, but I hope not. In the past week you may [...]

Tagged as: Bacon, BLT Burger, Breakfast, Casino, CNBC, Cosmopolitan, Daytona 500, Fab Room, Flamingo, Food, Gaming, Go Room, Jeremy Lin, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, MGM, Mirage, Music, NASCAR, Pennsylvania, Santana, Sinatra Smash, Travel, Vacation, Wicked Spoon

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Pennsylvania Casino Roundup

by JMP February 22, 2012
Pennsylvania casino map

JMP Compiled a bit of news for casinos in Pennsylvania. The biggest new is the first nugget below about Valley Forge Casino. VF Casino The Valley Forge Casino will open on March 31st. I have yet to be a passenger in a car with a camera when driving past, so no pictures, but I can say [...]

Tagged as: Bethlehem, Casino, Expansion, Gaming, Parx, Pennsylvania, Poker, Renovation, Sands, SugarHouse, Table Games, Valley Forge, Vegas Rex, VF, Video Poker

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Week In Review

by Marc January 2, 2012
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The holiday season is just about over and it’s back to normal shortly. Today is officially an “off” day for most businesses so I’m going to be enjoying one final day off as well. Maybe. We’ll see how things go. I hope the holidays were good to you. Here’s to an awesome 2012! Let’s look [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Boardwalk Empire, Casino, Cosmopolitan, Fireworks, Gilley's, Go Kart Racing, Hitlon, Jagermeister, Las Vegas, LVH, Marquee, online poker, Pennsylvania, Pole Position, Sports Gaming, Tourists, Travel, Travel Channel, TV, Valley Forge, Venetian

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Valley Forge Casino Rules Are Strange

by Marc December 28, 2011
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Tipster, Brandon, sent over an article detailing the “Access Plan” for the new Valley Forge, Pennsylvania casino currently under construction at the Valley Forge Convention Center. I’m not a resident of Pennsylvania and I have never gambled in that state so these rules are very strange to me. Daily visitors to the Valley Forge Convention [...]

Tagged as: Access Plan, Casino, Chester, Harrah's, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, SugarHouse, Valley Forge

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Seven Stars Insider – Special Holiday Edition

by Marc December 21, 2011
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Here’s the latest edition of Seven Stars Insider.  This is an easy read and an excellent resource for Caesars Total Rewards players.  Head over to Seven Stars Insider to sign up for the newsletter.  This is a nice, quick holiday edition. Enjoy! Las Vegas Holiday Shopping ‘Bait and Switch’ For four days earlier this month, players at Caesars and MGM’s West [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Borgata, Caesars, Diamond, Golden Nugget, Harrah's, Las Vegas, MGM, Pennsylvania, Players Clubs, Seven Stars, Showboat, Strategy, Total Rewards, Trump

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New Jersey Votes To Approve Sports Betting…Now What?

by Marc November 9, 2011
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Yesterday, New Jersey voters approved a referendum that would allow sports betting in the state if a federal ban on sports betting is lifted. But first, a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states would have to be lifted by Congress or overturned by the courts for New Jersey to offer wagering on professional and [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Boxing, Directv, MMA, New Jersey, New York, New York Jets, Pennsylvania, Racino, sports betting, Sports Gaming

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Atlantic City Casinos Get Cheaper and Wider

by Marc October 19, 2011
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Atlantic City is desperate. They’re losing business to the rest of the east coast casinos. As a casino market they are pulling out all the stops. They’ve tried giving away a boob job. They’ve tried bobbing for pickles. Nothing is working. Customers continue to go elsewhere. Now the casinos are looking to bring in lower [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Blackjack, Boob Job, Gambling, Harrah's, Marketing, Pennsylvania, Pickles, Slot Machines, Tropicana

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Venetian Miami Beach? Caesars Racino at Gulfstream?

by Marc October 10, 2011
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Las Vegas Sands is trying to use their name and girth to push aside a company trying to build a casino resort complex in downtown Miami, Florida to build their own complex. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) claims Miami ain’t big enough for two casinos. Though Sands has publicly expressed interest in building a Miami casino resort, [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Caesars, Casino, Gulfstream, Las Vegas, Miami, Pennsylvania, Racino, Sands, Travel, Venetian

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