I’ve written on and off for several months now about how land-based casino operations seem to be increasingly tightening up their value to players over time. This can happen in many ways: removal of free drinks while gaming; reduction in food offered free to VIP players; [...]

I’ve played blackjack around the world for many years. About 4 or 5 years ago, Harrahs started offering 6-5 payout blackjack on the strip. I said then, and I’ll repeat now, that this game is a SUCKER BET. Blackjack with a 3-2 blackjack payout carries with it a house edge of [...]

Tropicana Resort and Casino Las Vegas have emailled me with a good room offer for Paradise Tower rooms. With rates starting at $49 per night, you can get the following: – Pay 2 nights and get the 3rd free – Free upgrade to a new, best in class, Paradise Tower room – 2 [...]

Some of you may notice that it’s been about a month since my last blog post. My apologies for that. I know from the many emails I receive that many visitors here have become regular readers – and I do try to keep writing informative and new emails as much as possible. After [...]

America’s commercial casinos saw big declines for the second straight year last year. Overall, US casino revenue declined 5.5% nationwide last year to US $30.74 billion. That’s still a whole lot of revenue – but the trend is downward. The US recession has certainly [...]

If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Betfair. I’ve been playing with Betfair for about 10 years now (and coincidentally, they’re celebrating their 10th birthday year) and have always found them to be highly [...]

I was shocked today to discover that the Crown Casino in Melbourne still allows smoking its Mahogany Room vip area. Wow, that’s really behind the times. Being an internationally rated casino vip player myself (and having been to many casino vip rooms around the world), I’m [...]

So you want to beat blackjack? You want a blackjack game that is truly beatable in a land-based casino? Well, I’ve found one. Yes, the Tuscany Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada is offering a great blackjack promotion, that will give you $100 cash once you reach 30 blackjacks in their [...]

I wrote the other day about the Resorts World Singapore at Sentosa Island casino that recently opened, and about the cheats that tried to unsuccessfully prosper there. Well, the Marina Bay Sands casino has now opened – and it looks great. This is a very expensive casino at 5.5 [...]

Grosvenor Casino Brighton (UK) on the Brighton seafront has been given a facelift, and will shortly relaunch as the G Casino Brighton. Last year the casino moved to 24 hours of operation, and this year it’s been made more upmarket. So what can you expect at the G Casino Brighton? [...]

Well, the Resorts World Singapore at Sentosa Island has been open for a month or two now. I know this, because it was about a month or two since I was talking to an executive casino VIP host from that property trying to get me to come across and potentially stay in Crockford’s, [...]

Sale of the Century is a slot machine based upon the television game of the same name, from Fremantle. Now available at Virgin Casino, Sale of the Century is a five-reel slot machine with 3 DIFFERENT BONUS FEATURES to multiply your winnings. You can play 1 to 25 lines. Your aim is to [...]

If you’ve been reading my How To Beat the Casinos blog for a while, you’ll know I’ve always had good words to report about Steve Wynn and the various Wynn resorts around the world. That’s because I’ve experienced their hospitality first hand, and in my [...]

Sky News reported today that a shop assistant from Marshall, near Kansas City, USA, won a $260 million USD Powerball draw on the US Lottery. That’s exciting enough – but what’s really nice about this story is that this winner was earning just $7.25 per hour is his job, [...]

Billy Idol (that’s a name I hadn’t heard for a while) has announced an American tour starting August 5, 2010. Reading through his tour schedule, I was amazed to see just how many casinos Billy Idol is playing at. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised – after all, [...]