Caesars Palace
July 9th, 2008
Caesars Palace
3570 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Number of rooms
3,348
Theme
The Roman Empire
Gaming space
166,000ft² (15,442 m²)
Permanent show(s)
Céline Dion: A New Day
Signature attraction(s)
Forum Shops
Pure
Notable restaurant(s)
Restaurant Guy Savoy
808
Bradley Ogden
Empress Court
Hyakumi
Mesa Grill
Owner
Harrah’s Entertainment
Date opened
August 5, 1966
Casino type
Land-Based
Major renovation(s)
1974, 1979, 1992, 2001
Previous name(s)
none
Casino website
Caesars Palace
Caesars Palace is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip [...]
Binion’s Gambling Hall and Casino
July 6th, 2008
Binion’s Gambling Hall and Hotel
128 E. Fremont Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Number of rooms
366
Theme
Vintage Las Vegas
Gaming space
Permanent show(s)
No showroom
Signature attraction(s)
World Series of Poker
(1970-2004; 2005 final tables)
Notable restaurant(s)
Binion’s Ranch Steakhouse
Owner
MTR Gaming Group
Date opened
Casino type
Land-Based
Major renovation(s)
Previous name(s)
Eldorado Club
The Mint Las Vegas
Binion’s Horseshoe
Casino website
http://www.binions.com
Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel is a hotel and casino located in downtown [...]
Advantage players
July 5th, 2008
Advantage player is a term used to describe a person who has the ability to play a casino gambling game so skillfully that even without cheating, that person can negate or reverse the casino’s typical built-in house advantage in that game. Examples of advantage play include card counting in blackjack and [...]
Bellagio
July 3rd, 2008
Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Number of rooms
3,421
Theme
Mediterranean
Gaming space
116,000 ft² (10,776.75 m²)
Permanent show(s)
“O”
Signature attraction(s)
Bellagio Gallery Of Fine Art
Conservatory
The Fountains of Bellagio
Notable restaurant(s)
Le Cirque
Circo
Picasso
Michael Mina
Jasmine
Owner
MGM Mirage
Date opened
October 15, 1998
Casino type
Land
Major renovation(s)
Bellagio Spa Tower added: 2005
Previous name(s)
Dunes (demolished)
Casino website
Bellagio
Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las [...]
Casino
July 3rd, 2008
A casino is a facility that accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are often placed near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other vacation attractions. Some casinos are known for hosting live entertainment events, such as concerts and sporting events, especially boxing.
The Trump Taj Mahal [...]
Bally’s Las Vegas
July 1st, 2008
Bally’s
3645 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Number of rooms
2,814
Theme
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
Gaming space
67,000 ft² (6,224.5 m²)
Permanent show(s)
Jubilee!
Signature attraction(s)
Garden Walkway
Notable restaurant(s)
Al Dente
Bally’s Steakhouse
Chang’s
Owner
Harrah’s Entertainment
Date opened
1973
Casino type
Land-based
Major renovation(s)
1981, 1994
Previous name(s)
Bonanza
New Bonanza
MGM Grand
Bally’s Grand
Casino website
Bally’s Website
Bally’s Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel has 2,814 [...]
Roulette and wheel games
June 27th, 2008
Roulette is a casino and gambling game (Roulette is a French word meaning “small wheel”). A croupier turns a round roulette wheel which has 37 or 38 separately numbered pockets in which a ball must land. The main pockets are numbered from 1 to 36 and alternate between red and black, with [...]
Aladdin
June 25th, 2008
The Aladdin is an Arabian Nights theme hotel and casino located at 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hotel has 2,600 rooms, a performing arts theatre, and a 475,000 ft² (44,000 m²) shopping arcade called the Desert Passage.
History
The Aladdin was originally opened in [...]
Blackjack
June 24th, 2008
Blackjack, also known as twenty-one, is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of blackjack’s popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting (keeping track of which cards have been played since the last shuffle). [...]
Movies Shot in Las Vegas
June 24th, 2008
Shot
Released
Title
Comments
1964
Viva Las Vegas
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
1984
Starman (IMDB Listing)
1986
Desert Bloom (IMDB Listing)
1991
1992
Cool World
Directed by Ralph Bakshi.
1992
Honey, I Blew up The Kid
1995
Casino
Locations used: Riviera
1995
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
Showgirls
Locations used: Forum Shops, Riviera, Stardust
1996
Mars Attacks!
1997
Vegas Vacation
Locations used: The Mirage
1997
Con Air
1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1999
Go
1999
Siegfried and Roy: The Magic Box
IMAX 3D, Locations used: Siegfried and Roy Theater at the [...]
Movies Set in Las Vegas
June 23rd, 2008
Shot
Released
Title
Comments
Ocean’s Eleven
1963
1964
Viva Las Vegas!
With Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret starring, this was a perfect postcard from the city of shows and gambling.
1970
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
With Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, and Jimmy Dean. James Bond investigates a diamond smuggling pipeline and a reclusive billionaire.
1988
Rain Man
Directed by Barry Levinson
1991
Bugsy
Directed by Barry Levinson.
1991
1992
Cool World
Directed [...]
Fremont Street Experience
June 16th, 2008
Fremont Street is probably the most famous street in Las Vegas, Nevada besides the Las Vegas Strip. Fremont was the major street in the downtown casino corridor. It is, or was the address for many of the famous casinos such as Binion’s Horseshoe, Eldorado Club, Fremont Hotel and Casino, Golden Gate [...]
Gambling affiliate
May 19th, 2008
A gambling affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.
We well define the gambling corporative, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. It can be a casino, poker room, bingo halls, lotteries, sports betting agency, as well as hotels, restaurants, [...]
Casino dealers protest
May 18th, 2008
A new MGM Grand casino will open at Foxwoods this weekend. The festivities will be overshadowed by the United Auto Workers that will protest against unfair tipping policy and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe’s refusal to bargain, trying to negotiate a union contract.
A new way the tips are distributed among dealers is [...]
Gambling Media: Charles Barkley
May 17th, 2008
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed “Sir Charles,” for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and “The Round Mound of Rebound,” for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association’s most dominating power [...]
Legal online gambling in America
May 12th, 2008
During July 29-30, 2008, will take place the conference Next Generation in Gambling (NGG) (Exploring multi-channel delivery of games to customers while complying with federal and state laws in Canada, United States and Latin America).
The event will target the casino, racing, and lottery companies working in North American jurisdictions, focusing to [...]
The flying casinos
February 14th, 2008
Airbus is in discussion with more clients interested to use the world’s biggest passenger plane, Airbus superjumbo A380, into a flying casino.
David Velupillai, marketing director for Airbus’s executive and private aviation division, said a fully-fitted casino could be delivered as early as 2012.
The gambling “is clearly a growing business in Asia [...]
Gambling Media: US elections 2008 from a gambling perspective
February 3rd, 2008
Californians energized by unprecedented primary election
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Propositions 94-97 are referendums that would repeal the gambling compacts with a no vote. Those measures have attracted by far the most spending of any of …
Gambling interests funded ad campaign
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Beshear said during the campaign that he [...]
Gambling Media: Hillary Clinton
January 19th, 2008
Betting Big on Nevada
TIME
To many Washington wags, the very notion evokes images of show girls arguing with croupiers about the finer points of Hillary Clinton’s healthcare policy …
Clinton Wagers on Gambling
AOL News Newsbloggers, VA
By David Knowles From the LA Times comes a fascinating piece about how Hillary Clinton [...]
When the dice are rolling…
December 22nd, 2007
Two bored casino dealers are waiting at a craps table. A very attractive blonde comes in and wants to bet twenty- thousand dollars on a single roll of the dice. She says, “I hope you don’t mind, but I feel much luckier when I’m bottomless.”
With that she strips naked from the [...]















































