At the new Playboy Club in the Palms casino, Jenny McCarthy will be dealing blackjack games. Part of the new celebrity Bunny Dealer where celebrities wear the classic Playboy uniform and run a casino game. This is the first celebrity that the casino has been able to recruit and George Maloof (owner of the Palms) can’t be happier. She will undergo training to become a licensed blackjack dealer and will be working from 9 pm to 12 am.
There was no mention of the contract that Jenny McCarthy received for this gig but there must be one because I doubt she would work for a blackjack dealers salary. Jenny McCarthy was in the Playboy magazine in 1993 and became the Playmate of the year in 1994. She was made famous by the MTV show “Singled Out”.
Source: ShowBuzz
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It looks like tennis player Andy Roddick is a frequent blackjack and poker player. When he is not playing tennis one of his hobby’s is playing at casinos. He has been playing frequently at the All England Club with his coach Jimmy Connors and hasn’t been winning like he has on the tennis court.
Andy Roddick said he needs to win his 4th match at this years Wimbledon against Paul-Henri Mathieu so he can take home the £88,550 prize money to pay off his debt to Jimmy Connors. He has been quoted saying that the cards have not fallen for him this week.
Source: Gulf Daily News
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The Seminole Indian tribe has been looking to expand their casino offering to include blackjack and roulette. They are currently contested by the state of Florida. A recent decision of the U.S. Interior Department ruled that Gov. Charlie Crist needs to come into agreement with the Seminole tribe before mid-August that will allow them to expand six of their casinos to offer a variety of casino table games.
The tribe would like to offer table games like blackjack to compete with horse racing and dog racing tracks which currently are offering customers the ability to play slot machines at the tracks. The Seminole’s argument is they should be able to to offer other class III gaming which includes table games. The U.S. Interior Department has ruled on the side of the tribe and it looks like the Governor has no choice but to reach an agreement which may include revenue from each new table or machine.
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GamingAccount has reached a deal with Stan James to offer their online gaming software in a multiple year deal. Stan James is an established sports betting operator that has been around since 1973. GamingAccount is a software provider that will be licensing three of their games Gin Rummy, Multiplayer Blackjack and Backgammon.
GamingAccount software allows players to play 1v1 or in a multi-table tournaments. Players will also have the option to play side games while playing 1v1 against another opponent. GameAccount also licenses its software to popular sportsbook companies including: BlueSquare, BoyleSports and William Hill.
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An article at Forbes online evaluates the best casino games to play if you are looking to beat the house. Though, in the first paragraph they mention that the house has an advantage at every game, but there are casino games with better odds then others. If you only bet one time while playing blackjack then the game has 50/50 odds. The longer a casino player plays blackjack the better the chance the casino will eventually win. When an unskilled blackjack player plays, the casino has a 2% house edge on them. That is $20 dollars per thousand.
Casino Games House Edge
Blackjack 2%
Wheel of Fortune 11%
craps 1.4%.
roulette 5.6%.
In 2006, 56 million people visited a casino. Non-Indian casinos had $32 billion dollars in gambling revenue . The revenue is actually much more then this because this number does not take into account the hotel and restaurant revenue in 2006.
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An informative article was written in the Naperville Sun that talks about how casinos keep beatable games at the casinos because it is important for players to know that there are games that casino players can beat. It gives them a sense of hope even if they themselves don’t have the necessary skills to beat the game. The article mentions that when people became aware that people were beating blackjack it soon became the most popular table game passing craps
It talks about the current trend of many casinos who are changing blackjack to make it harder to beat. They are paying out 6-5 for blackjacks when they used to pay out 3-2. Also using shuffling machines that make it near impossible for card counters to count cards. Now with casinos changing the rules it may become less attractive to casino players knowing that the recent changes hurt their chances of beating the casino.
If casinos really want to make the most money they would take out the rule changes and shuffling techniques and let some players beat the house. The reason behind this would be that the game would rise in popularity with many amateur players flocking to the tables to “try” to beat the house. Many will be un-successful and that is where the casinos will once again cash in on blackjack.
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A lawmaker is currently introducing legislation that would allow Blackjack and Roulette in Pennsylvania state owned casinos. The legislation is sponsored by House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese. In Pennsylvanian, there are currently 14 casinos that are allowed to offer slot machines but under the current law they cannot offer anything else. The legislation is far from being passed, it has to go through a conservative General Assembly and Gov. Rendell who both have not shown that they are in favor of the bill. Many believe that it may be passed in years to come when the state becomes hungry for more state dollars.
Pennsylvania has estimated that they will produce $1 billion dollars of tax relief dollars from current casinos. This number is believed to go up significantly if the state introduced table games including blackjack. With $28 dollars of every $100 gambled at tables games going to the state and local governments.
Source: Philly
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Nineteen people were charged with cheating at 18 casinos in California, Washington and Indiana. It was a gambling ring of players who cheated while playing blackjack and baccarat. It has been estimated that they took millions of dollars since the gambling scheme started in 2002. The players bribed dealers to not shuffle decks and also used hidden transmitters and software to predict outcomes. Nine dealers have been fired and two dealers where fired 2 years ago which prompted the investigation and later uncovered the gambling ring. The players that were charged now face up to 20 years in prison.
Source: NBCSanDiego
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Kevin Einiger has signed with Consolidated Resorts Inc. to promote vacation ownership and tourism in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kevin Eingier has played tournament blackjack for 15 years and won the World Series of Blackjack in 2005. He is also the author of the blackjack book: Play to Win. Einiger will be a spokesmen for Consolidated Resorts and will work with the company to increase their offering.
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We have a new flash blackjack game that lets our site visitors play blackjack online for free. This game is our first of many different blackjack games and training programs that we will be adding to online blackjack odds in the upcoming months. We are looking to become the blackjack leader on the internet and will strive to bring the most value to our site visitors.
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