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Growing like kudzoo or the most awesomest infection you've ever had - casinos are everywhere. This is their story.

Table Games, Hotel Coming To Sands Bethlehem

» posted by Chuckmonster
on 30 Nov 1999

The PA Gaming Control Board has authorized the addition of table games to three casinos, including Sands Bethlehem.

When all is said and done - mid 2010 - Sands Bethlehem will have 77 total table games. Here is how they break out:

41 Blackjack tables
4 Craps tables
4 Roulette tables
4 Three-Card Poker tables
5 Mini Baccarat tables
4 Midi Baccarat tables
4 Pai Gow Poker tables
1 Big Six table
2 Let It Ride tables
2 Caribbean Stud tables
4 Texas Hold 'Em Bonus Poker tables
1 Casino War table
1 Sic Bo table
and a 12 table poker room.

Not surprisingly, Sands Beth announced today that the were going to get back to finishing that 300 room hotel that they pulled the plug on last year.

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Meet Bellagio's Doppelganger, Winn Cambodia

» posted by Chuckmonster on 8 Apr 2010

Nestled deep in the Svay Rieng region of south eastern Cambodia, a hundred miles north west of Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, is Bellagio's doppleganger, which bears a logo that causes even another double take.

Welcome to Winn Cambodia. No shit.

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Marina Bay Sands Photo Jackpot!

» posted by Chuckmonster on 7 Apr 2010

The Marina Bay Sands, owned by the same folks who brought you the Palazzo Las Vegas, the Venetians in Las Vegas and Macau, the Sands Macao and the Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, is due to open on April 27th and VT roving reporter Dramman has uncovered a batch of killer photos in the stream of Flickr user William Cho.

Here's just a few of the jaw droppers, click on them to see hi-res:

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Indiana Casinos: Card Counters Get Lost

» posted by Chuckmonster on 7 Dec 2009

My Uncle is a professional card counter in Atlantic City. His days usually start with a bloody mary and scrambled eggs, followed by a hot bath wherein he finishes the New York Times crossword puzzle in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. He then hops in his White Caddie and goes to Trump Plaza, Showboat or Tropicana where he plays a coupla hours of blackjack. Just before dinner he meets up with some of the other guys in his crew where they divvy up the winnings between them then he goes home. This has been his "job" since the mid 1980s.

The casinos know that he is a card counter. Nearly all of the casinos have at one time or another waved him off the 21 tables, and always with a friendly admonition from a pit boss that goes something like this: "Sir, you're too good for us at blackjack, but we welcome you to play any of our other games." He's learned that as long as he doesn't press too hard when the count is in the players favor, the casinos will let him keep playing. As long as they don't "fish out" the watering hole, they'll still be allowed to go fishing.

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Two Cent Tuesdays At Harrah's Tunica!

» posted by Chuckmonster on 23 Sep 2009

It's Two Cent Tuesday! From now until who knows when, Harrah's Tunica is offering Tuesday nights in its hotel rooms for the low low price of TWO CENTS.

Honey pack up the dice, we're goin to Miss'sippi! Here's the details.

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Rhode Island Offers Aerosmith Branded Lottery Tickets

» posted by Chuckmonster on 28 Aug 2009

The great state of Rhode Island has released "Dream On" scratcher lottery tickets, branded after the classic song by Aerosmith. I guess it was only a matter of time before state lottery commissions started brand scratcher lottery tickets in the same way that slot machines are branded in traditional casinos.

Here's a tv commercial touting the Dream On scratchers: