Posts Tagged ‘television’

Dead man’s hand

Posted by Nicolae on October 24th, 2008 under Poker, Poker hands Guide
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In poker, the dead man’s hand is a two-pair hand, namely “aces and eights.” The origin of the name is the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder, which is accepted to have included the aces and eights of both of the black suits (sometimes considered [...]

Gambling advertising

Posted by Nicolae on October 17th, 2008 under Advertising, Gambling Media, Gambling industry, Society
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Gambling advertising is the promotion of gambling by casinos, lotteries, bookmakers or other organisations that provide the opportunity to make bets. It is usually conducted through a variety of media or through sponsorship deals, particularly with sporting events or people.
Although not as highly regulated as tobacco advertising and alcohol advertising, in [...]

World Poker Tour Walk of Fame

Posted by Nicolae on October 15th, 2008 under Gamblers, Poker
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The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature. It was started in 2004.In February 2004, The World Poker Tour Walk [...]

Television shows set in Las Vegas

Posted by Nicolae on June 30th, 2008 under Las Vegas, Las Vegas Nevada Guide
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Title
Network
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2004

American Casino
Discovery Channel
The Travel Channel
reality television program switched to TTC in June 2005

1977
1977
Blansky’s Beauties
ABC
Cancelled after only 13 episodes

Brent Webb’s Magic at The Desert Inn

2004
2006
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Bravo
Texas hold ‘em tournament

2005

Caesars 24/7
A&E
reality television program 3 shows

2001

Criss Angel Mindfreak
A&E

1993
1994
Caesar’s Challenge
NBC

The Casino

2004

The Casino
Fox network
reality television program

Clive James Live in Las Vegas, Nevada

Clive James

Cops
FOX Network
several episodes

1986
1988
Crime [...]

Poker television programs

Posted by Nicolae on June 24th, 2008 under Gambling Media, Poker, Poker Guide
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Poker television programs have been extremely popular in the last several years, especially in North America and Europe. This has especially become the case since the invention of the “pocket cam” in 1997 (and its first use in the United States in 2002), wherein viewers at home can see what each player [...]

Las Vegas Guide

Posted by Nicolae on June 3rd, 2008 under Gambling industry, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Guide
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A tour of Las Vegas casinos and hotels
THE adult gambling, adult fun, and entertainment playground of the world

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the state of Nevada, United States. The city is the largest to be founded in the 20th century, and is a major vacation, shopping, and gambling destination. Las [...]

Las Vegas, the Macau of America

Posted by Nicolae on February 13th, 2008 under Asia, Business, Casinos, Gambling industry, Investments, Las Vegas, Macau, United States
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Interesting change, isn’t it? It seems that starting with this year, Las Vegas will be no more the capital of the gambling world. The Sin City is growing old.
In accordance with Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, casinos in Macau took in gross gambling revenue of $10.4 billion in 2007, [...]

Germany will ban online gambling starting with January 1st, 2008

Posted by Nicolae on December 28th, 2007 under European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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Germany will ban any form of Web-based gambling or brokering of games over the Internet, beginning with January 1st, 2008, including the advertising of gaming over the Internet and on television.
Germany ratified an accord that preserves the country’s state monopoly for lotteries and most forms of betting. The new online-betting laws, [...]