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Know the odds before you act when playing poker

Playing Texas hold’em, after the flop, if you hold a drawing hand, it is important to understand and know how to use the pot odds and the card odds. It is not that difficult. Doing so will make it easy to decide whether you should continue to invest in that hand: Do you have a […]

GCB to review William Hill app for sportsbooks

The Nevada Gaming Control Board will review an application August 12 for William Hill to take over the sportsbooks of CG Technology at six Las Vegas casinos.  Check Out More Industry News Here A deal was announced in November for United Kingdom-based William Hill to acquire the assets of Las Vegas-based CG Technology.  William Hill […]

Howard Barish interviews Gaughan Gaming’s Vinny Magliulo

General manager/managing editor Howard Barish interviewed Gaughan Gaming sports director, VP Las Vegas Dissemination Company, and VSiN Oddsmaker co-host Vinny Magliulo. A transplant from New York City, Magliulo described how he went to UNLV by day and learned how to deal dice at night.  The real college could have easily been called Gaughan University at […]

Electronic Table Games are a casino necessity

The phrase of the week (O.K., year) in the gaming industry is undoubtedly — Electronic Table Games.  It’s amazing how one little virus (not to diminish the impact) can alter the landscape of the casino so tremendously. Over the past 10 years or so, we’ve seen some of these games work their way into some […]

William Hill is home at Capital One Arena

Washington, D.C. is the center of American history. On Monday, it officially staked its claim to a piece of sports betting history. Capital One Arena, home to both the Washington Capitals (NHL) and Washington Wizards (NBA), became the first professional sports venue in the United States to offer betting teller windows, along with self-service kiosks. […]

Some books opt not to list starters

The 2020 Major League Baseball season finally begins Thursday night with the feature game being the defending World Champion Nationals hosting the Yankees with a brilliant pitching re-match from Game 1 of the World Series between Max Scherzer and new Yankee Gerrit Cole.  Most of us will have some sort of opinion on the game […]

Sale of Caesars Entertainment Corp. complete

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., the company formerly known as Eldorado Resorts, announced today that it completed its acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corporation in a $17.3 billion merger to create the largest casino and entertainment company in the U.S. The combined company owns and operates more than 55 casino properties worldwide, eight casino hotel properties on the […]

How Joe’s move paid off for William Hill

America’s largest sportsbook operation just got bigger as the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved a deal last week with Eldorado Resorts buying Caesars Entertainment with William Hill taking control of all Caesars sportsbooks within the next two weeks. Next month, William Hill will also be taking over the CG Technology operation, which will give it […]

Tigers-PointsBet deal could be big

Michigan may still be in the dugout waiting out American sports’ months-long rain delay, but one gaming operator is positioning itself for an inevitable resumption with a new twist for the state. Australian-based PointsBet, which launched U.S. operations in 2019, has partnered with the Detroit Tigers to become the first sportsbook to align itself with […]

Eldorado-Caesars merger $17.3 billion

A year in the making, the $17.3 billion merger between Caesars Entertainment and Eldorado Resorts is on track to close by next week. No problems are expected Wednesday before the New Jersey Gaming Commission after the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Indiana Gaming and Horse Racing Commissions signed off on the merger in the past […]