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Global Gaming Expo

by Marc November 12, 2010

Next week is the annual Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas.  I first learned about G2E last year.  G2E is like most expos and where most of the gambling companies will be debuting their latest and greatest casino games. IGT was the first company to announce some of their new games.  Slots in their [...]

Tagged as: Casino, Gambling, Ghostbusters, Godzilla, IGT, Movies, slot machine

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Vegas Chatter

by Marc September 13, 2010

If you follow me on twitter you’ve probably noticed that I’ve contributed a bunch of stories from my last trip to Las Vegas to Vegas Chatter.  In case you missed any of the action, here are all of the stories together. Score! We got the “Spaceballs” room at Planet Hollywood – Exactly what the title [...]

Tagged as: Blog, Las Vegas, Movie, Planet Hollywood, slot machine, Spaceballs, Travel

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Atlantic City Slots Keeping More Money Every Year

by Marc July 21, 2010

Atlantic City casinos have been taking a higher percentage of money since 2001 as per a study by Dr. Dave Schwartz at UNLV Gaming.  In fact, slots in Atlantic City are at their highest hold percentages since 1993. Casinos in Atlantic City aren’t holding as much from slot machines as they did in the 80′s, [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Research, slot machine, UNLV Gaming

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Week In Review

by Marc July 11, 2010

Lots of good stuff this week on ECG.  I’m going to slowly start ECG 4.0 in the next few weeks.  I’m going to try to do this behind the scenes, but my lack of programming skills may not allow that.  So if the site looks as if it’s under construction then it probably is.  This [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Ballys, Bills, Blackjack, Book, Casino, Celebrity, Charles Barkley, Cosmopolitan, Denver Broncos, Economy, Gaming, Harrah's, Hilton, Jeff Ma, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, Marketing, Movie, NBA, NFL, Planet Hollywood, player clubs, Poker, slot machine, Strategy, Tim Tebow, Total Rewards, World Series if Poker, WSOP

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Ads on Slot Machines

by Marc July 6, 2010

The time has come for advertisers to find another way into your head.  It was only a matter of time before idle slot and video poker machines at your favorite casino had ads running. Enter Reel-TV, a Henderson company that has patented technology enabling television ads and other marketing messages to appear on slot machine [...]

Tagged as: Advertising, Casino, Economy, Gaming, Las Vegas, Marketing, slot machine, Video Poker

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My Vegas Vacation – Gambling

by Marc May 13, 2010

Going into my solo adventure to Las Vegas I thought that I would end up gambling a little more than I would if I was with friends.  I met that expectation. Being with out anyone else to consider I found myself wandering to just about any slot machine that looked remotely entertaining.  That was both [...]

Tagged as: 3 Card Poker, Blackjack, Blackjack Switch, Gaming, Las Vegas, Let it Ride, Palazzo, Planet Hollywood, slot machine, Travel, Video Poker

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East Coast – Cash In Your Tickets NOW!

by Marc April 7, 2010

Atlantic City has put a deadline of Thursday April 8 for people to cash in their winning slot and keno tickets.  Video Poker is considered a slot machine, so consider those tickets included here. “The $14 million is the total amount of all unredeemed slot vouchers. Many are for nominal amounts,” commission spokesman Daniel Heneghan [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Economy, Keno, slot machine, TITO, Video Poker

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Week In Review

by Marc March 14, 2010

Through the magic of the internet this will go live while I’m in enjoying BBQ and the wonderful Texas sun and not near a computer.  Here is the week that was with a tilt to a recent trip to Atlantic City. Late Week Roundup Harrah’s Resort February: Machines Parx Trip Report Video Lottery Terminal NASCAR [...]

Tagged as: Allen Iverson, Atlantic City, Casino, NASCAR, NBA, Review, slot machine, Sports, Travel, Video Poker

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Harrah's Resort February: Machines

by Marc March 12, 2010

I played a lot of machines this trip to Atlantic City for a few reasons.  I caught a cold about halfway through my weekend and didn’t want to get others sick and also wasn’t in the mood to be around people.  I also didn’t do too well at the tables, so I decided to stay [...]

Tagged as: Atlantic City, Casino, Drinking, Gaming, Grey Goose, Harrah's, Low Limits, slot machine, Video Poker

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Video Lottery Terminal

by Marc March 9, 2010

The term Video Lottery Terminal, or VLT, is thrown around often in articles about gambling now.  This comes along with the rise of the racino.  Wikipedia offers an nice and simple explanation of what, exactly, VLT is. A Video Lottery Terminal or VLT is a gaming machine that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome [...]

Tagged as: Gaming, Racino, slot machine, Strategy, VLT

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