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Newsletter September 2011

26th July
Penthouse Pets
and
Penthouse Key Girl

New York General Media Communications Inc the

Publishers of Penthouse Magazine announced that it had signed an agreement with Casino
Technology, JSC to launch “ Penthouse “ and “ Penthouse Club” branded slot machines.

www.penthousemagazine.com

These machines are scheduled to be ready for operation in early 2012.

They will be available for casinos throughout North America, Europe, Central and South America
and Asia.

www.casinocitytimes.com

15th August

Dave 'Chino' Rheem wins
Epic Poker Leagues
“ Main Event”

Dave “ Chino “ Rheem won $1,000,000 at the Palms Casino Resort.

www.palms.com

Rheem defeated Poker Hall of Fame member Erik 0 in the $20,000 buy-in Texas Holdem Six Handed Event.

www.pokerstars.com

Seidel won $ 604,330 for finishing as runner up.

www.casinocitytimes.com

17th August

Sex and the Big City Diamonds

Reel Multi Play Slots

International Game Technology has launched this latest sequel to the award winning “Sex and the City” slot machine.

www.igt.com

17th August

Californian wins
Pai Gow
Jackpot

Placerville, California, Dominga S.from San Jose won The Red Hawk Casinos Pai Gow progressive jackpot of $67,671 on Monday 15th August.

She was delighted to be dealt a seven card straight flush which gave her the progressive jackpot.

Red Hawk Casinos have paid out over $450,000 from their “Fortune Pai Gow Progressive” Slot machine.

www.redhawkcasino.com
24th August

Delaware Park
sets
World Record

The Delaware Park Iron Man Poker Challenge established a new world record for the longest documented “Continuous Poker Tournament”.

This event began at 12.00pm August 20th and ended on Sunday 21st August at 7.58pm for a total length of play of 31 hours 58 minutes.

www.delawarepark.com

26th August

Jennifer Lopez to perform at

The Mohegan Sun

The Mohegan Sun Casino Conneticut, is one of the worlds largest and most spectacular gaming destinations.

www.mohegansun.com

To celebrate its 15th anniversary there will be a gala weekend October 21st-23rd with Jennifer Lopez being the headline act.

www.jenniferlopezonline.com

Sept 1st
Mexico
Sixty Casinos open
without
Government permission

www.realresorts.com

The situation of Mexican Casinos is being investigated after the Royal Club in Monterrey City was attacked by Los Zetas criminal group, killing 52 people in an arson attack.

www.presna-latina.cu

Sept 12th

A simple casino
scam nets
$100,000

Singapore

Every time Lim Chee Leng ( 34 ) and his father Lim Eng Chin ( 57 ) changed cash chips into smaller denominations croupier Kent Oh Zhi Xiang (22) would pass them an extra $100 chip.

www.rwsentosa.com

The trio performed this transaction over 1000 times within a four month period at Resorts World Sentosa

On Monday the Lims were jailed for one year and eight months each.

Kent Oh the mastermind received two years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust.
www.straitstimes.com

Poker Tip

Usually, casino surveillance on all casino tables and slot machines is very good.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

The above example shows that the most unsophisticated of scams can get passed the “eye in the sky”

However, is it realy worth the risk?

In the end, it is not.

Terry Poole

Newsletter August 2011

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Newsletter August 2011

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July 1st

Rewards Club Member hits
$400,000 Jackpot

Red Hawk Casino, Placerville California , a rewards club member hit several slots jackpots totalling $442,515 dollars.

www.redhawkcasino.com

July 25th

1500, pay tribute
to Lanni

Terry Lanni,longtime gaming industry figure was remembered by more than 1,500 people at a memorial service in Pasedena California.

Lanni,68, died of cancer on July 14th. He spent 18 years as the president of of Caesars World.

www.allgame.com

The company is now known as MGM Resorts
International.

www.mgmresorts.com

www.casinocitytimes.com

31st July

Deadly Casino Fall

Unknown woman falls 5 stories

A 24 year old woman fell 5 stories inside the Little Creek Casino Shelton Washington.

Mason County Sheriff’s deputies looked at the surveillance video and said there was ”no foul play involved. “

“The video showed the lady fell over the railing.”

www.little-creek.com

5th August

Storm International CEO detained
In Russia

Darren Keane, Storm International’s chief executive has been detained by police in Russia over allegations of running illegal casino activities in Russia.

Keane, was arrested on June 22nd on suspicion of continuing to operate gaming equipment on a site in Moscow owned by Storm International.

www.intergamingonline.com

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Terry Poole
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15th April

Steve Wynn
earned $14.6 million in 2010

Las Vegas Nevada, Steve Wynn 69, earned more than $16.4 million dollars in 2010 as chairman and chief executive of Wynn Resorts ltd.

www.wynnlasvegas.com

15th April

Online poker
attacked by US regulators

The US attorney for the southern district of New York unsealed an indictment on Friday 15 April
charging eleven people including the owners of Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker
with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offences.

The sites domains have been seized and 76 bank accounts in 14 countries have been frozen in an attempt to collect $3 billion dollars in civil money laundering penalties.

www.casinocitytimes.com

25th March

Trump Casinos
unveil more than 700 new slots

Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino and Trump Taj Mahal Casino announced the arrival of over 700 new slot machines to be installed by the 31st of March.

488 of the new machines will be installed on the 167,000 square foot casino floor of the Trump Taj Mahal.

www.trumptaj.com

220 will be installed in the smaller 86,000 square foot casino floor of the Trump Plaza.

www.trumpplaza.com

23rd March

Micheal Washam
wins $1,185,286 dollars
at penny slot machine

Micheal Washam, from Plano Texas won $1,185,286 dollars playing an Indiana Jones 3-d Mega jackpot
machine at the Choctaw Casino Resort Durant Oklahoma USA.

The casinos floor measures 110,000 square feet housing 3000 slots 38 gaming tables and 30 poker tables.

There is also a 330 room hotel with fitness centre and five restaurants.

www.choctawcasinos.com

29th April

Poker Stars
European Poker Tour

www.pokerstars.com

Poker Stars to broadcast EPT Grand Final from Madrid.

www.europenpokertour.com

The tournament will begin on the 12th of May at the Casino Gran Madrid

www.casinogranmadrid

Last year at the EPT final in Monte Carlo,
Nicolas Chouity ( Lebanon )triumphed over a field of 848 to win first prize 1.7 million euros.

More than 40 players have already signed up for the tournament including Liv Boeree, Vicky Coren, Galen Hall, Auraud Mattern and Pieter de Korver.

www.casinocitynews.com

Poker Tip

Last April I was dealing at the main event UK and Irish Texas Hold em Tournament at the Isle of Capri Casino Ricoh Arena Coventry UK.

www.ukipt.com

There were several masseurs for the players that were suffering from back and shoulder fatigue.

Importantly, keeping in reasonable shape for 3 4 and 5 days of arduous pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif play is essential.

It not just footballers that need to abstain from partying before and after big matches!!!

Terry Poole
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Newsletter January 2011

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Newsletter January 2011

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Jan 2nd Deutche Bank’s massive bet

www.db.com

Casino banking arrived in Las Vegas to start the new year.

Deutche Bank has made a colossal bet on black by investing $4 Billion dollars in the brand new cosmopolitan casino.

www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

Deutche bank isn’t the only bank to have a punt on casinos.

Morgan Stanley initiated a $2.6 billion dollar investment in the Revel development Atlantic City.

www.revelcasino.com

Eventually Morgan Stanley contributed $ 1.2 billion dollars, only to pull its backing back and write off most of its value.

www.thesundaytimes.co.uk

Jan 4th

L.A. Poker Classic for seniors 50 plus

The Commerce Casino will be holding a No Limit Seniors only championship on Wednesday 23rd February at 1pm.

$1 million dollar guaranteed prize money for the $545 dollar buy in.

www.commercecasino.com

Jan 4th

Another Massive Bad Beat Jackpot
at
Barona Resort & Casino

www.barona.com

A very lucky poker player lost with four twos to four nines and scooped the $42,904 dollar
Bad Beat prize money.

“There has been a season of large jackpot payouts at the Barona recently” said Rick Salinas General Manager of the Barona Resort.

A slot player hit a jackpot of almost $600,000 dollars at the Marilyn Monroe machines over the Christmas period.

www.casinocitytimes.com

Jan 19th

£1.2 million G casino

Birmingham UK

G casino is located at 5 Ways Birmingham on the existing Grosvenor Casino site on Broad Street.

www.gcasino.co.uk

The re vamped Grosvenor Casino is hoping to attract new customers with its £1.2 million make-over.

www.grosvenorcasino.com

History Made at the end of 2010

A newlywed couple made history in Southend ( UK )

By becoming the first ever couple to be married in a UK casino.

Maximes Casino
Westcliff

www.gentingcasino.co.uk

After winning a competition in a local news paper
the couple Chris Verrall and Emma Doman were married in Maxims Casino which was granted a licence to hold wedding ceremonies in November 2009.

www.news.bbc.co.uk

Poker Tip

I believe the “ Bad Beat “ jackpots offered in casinos throughout the USA are a very misleading
but ingenious concept for gamblers.

I said gamblers and not card players.

There is a difference.

Terry Poole

November / December Poker Evening Newsletter

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November/December 2010 Newsletter

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17th November

Eastgate Ebay Bracelet
Auction

Peter Eastgate the 2008 WSOP winner, has placed his gold and diamond champions bracelet for sale on ebay.

www.ebay.co.uk

Eastgate who earned $9.15 million by beating a field of 6,843 players in Las Vegas said in the listing on ebay that all proceeds from the sale would go to the US fund for UNICEF the international childrens charity.

www.unicef.org.uk

The bracelet has a value of $16,000 US

www.wsop.com

1st November

Stanley Ho Pays Top Price for a Mushroom

Stanley Ho won the Truffle with a staggering $300,000 bid at Christies auction house in London.

www.sjmholdings.com

The rare truffle from Molise in Tuscany Italy weighed in at 1.3kilos ( in two pieces)

The sale proceeds will go to Cancer Research in London.

www.cancerresearchuk.org

Christies Auction House raised a total of $417,000 on the day.

www.christies.com

3rd November

Jeffrey Forest wins $548,752

WPT Foxwoods Resort Casino

Jeffrey Forest defeated Dave Inselberg in the WPT

www.worldpokertour.com

Texas hold em poker final at Foxwoods Conneticut USA.

www.foxwoods.com

www.casinocitytimes.com

1st November

Sex – crazed cross dressing problem gambler

Ex-town councillor claimed that the side effects of a Parkinsons drug drove him into compulsive gambling and cross-dressing.

Peter Sheperd 60 blew £400,000 on a luxury life style. He gambled heavily at racecourses and betting shop in the Hull area of the UK.

The judge in the case said that it was “ wholly unusual “ and agreed with Sheperd’s lawyers that the side effects from the drug had indeed altered Sheperd’s personality.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Poker Tip

The strange case of Peter Sheperd highlights the very real danger of taking drugs no matter wether prescribed or not.

Beware of any player at a poker table making too many outlandish bets!

Terry Poole

October Newsletter 2010

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25th September

Massive Bad Beat Jackpot

$535,459 US

Atlantic City New Jersey

Harrah’s announced its “ bad Beat “ Jackpot hit Caesars A.C. at 11.16am 26/08/2010

www.harras.com

Sheryl Wallace (Auburndale Florida) laid out what she thought was a winning hand of straight diamond flush only to be beaten by diamond royal flush from John Sweet jnr ( New Jersey )

Wallace’s losing hand earned her $163,343 US

www.caesarsac.com

www.casinocitytimes.com

25th September

Paris Hilton
avoids felony arrest

Paris Hilton was arrested in August at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas.

www.wynnlasvegas.com

Paris was with her boyfriend Cy Waits 34 when questioned by police officers.

www.google.com/hostednews

25th September

Mohegan Sun drops

$10 million Lawsuit

www.mohegansun.com

Umar Siddiqui a high rolling problem gambler, ran up debts. of $10,000,000 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in 2007.

Lawyers for Siddiqui claimed that he was offered credit by the Mohegan Sun who knew that he was a problem gambler.

www.theday.com

25th September

Lisandro wins £5,000

Pot-Limit

Omaha Title

Lisandro from Salerno Italy won a total of $248,450 and his fifth gold bracelet.

www.wsop.com

www.skypoker.com

www.pokerchanneleurope.com

www.monstersandcritics.com

20th September

Chinese Gambler’s Suicide

Xu a 51 year old high rolling gambler from the Chinese mainland, jumped from the 13 deck SuperStar Aquarius after losing $644,000 playing baccarat in the giant casino on the Star Cruises liner.

www.starcruises.com

www.casinocitytimes.com

25th September

Casino Red
Re opens

Casino Red fell victim to the recession in 2008 with the loss of 100 jobs.

The casino is now housed in the listed grade 2 building the former Princess cinema in Northumberland Street Huddersfield.

Casino Red will re open next month.

www.casinored.com

Poker Tip

Code of conduct

www.thegoldenruleofpoker.com

Please read this!!

Terry Poole

All news this month from fun casino hire in Birmingham Poker Evening

September 2010 Newsletter

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September newsletter

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18th August

Liv Boeree to open Poker in the Park

Model and poker champion Liv Boeree will cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of Poker in the Park on the 2nd September.

Liv won £1,000,000 at the EPT San Remo main event in Italy last May.

www.pokerstars.com

Poker in the Park begins its fourth year in London’s Leicester Square.

www.citycasinotimes.com

For the most up to date poker news visit WSOP News this site features great poker site reviews.

26th August

Newcastle Grosvenor Casino Boss

Lee Naughter, the general manager of the Grosvenor Casino Newcastle upon Tyne England has been arrested on alleged bigamy chargers.

www.grosvenorcasinos.com

Prosecutors believe the 38 year old was still married to Helen Naughter when he travelled to South Africa in June and returned with his new wife Michelle Du Plessis.

www.journallive.co.uk

27th August

Italian Officials in Milan
Call for a Vice Tax

Giampaolo Landi is against opening Milan’s first casino and has called for a “ Vice Tax “ aimed at the city’s 15,000 pathological gamblers.

The new casino which will feature video-poker and slot machines, has long been wanted by some Milanese.

According to Landi, games fever and vice have a drastic effect on players health of all ages.

www.xinhuanet.com

August 28th
Atlatic City
Anti – prostitution

Atlantic City police have arrested 40 women in a weekend sweep targeting prostitution in the casino resort.

Two dozen of the arrested women gave out of state addresses including Dallas, Las Vegas and Seattle.

The ages of those charged ranged between 18 and 48.

www.philly.com

August 24th

Masked Men Steal $25,000

Four men wearing black masks strode into a resort casino in Puerto Rico.

Two of the robbers kept watch while one jumped on a gaming table demanding money and the other member of the gang stuffed cash into a bag.

The robbery occurred around 11pm on Monday 23rd August with less than two dozen players at the blackjack and roulette tables.

Hendrick Santo managing director of the Gran Melia Golf Resort said “ This is not common. It is not something that we experience with any frequency “

www.gran-melia-peurto-rico.com

Police investigating the incident on the US territory did not return calls for comments.

www.businessweek.com

27th August

Ticket Prices Reduced

The British Poker Awards to be held at the Kensington Close Hotel on the 13th September.

£39 is the new price for entrance to this event.

www.thebritishpokerawards.com

Poker Tip

The traditional August vacation period is a very good time to take a break from both work and poker.

I bumped into an old pal recently only to find that having won £1000 at a local tournament he had gone on to lose all his prize money in a “ cash “ game.

Its good to stand back from time to time a reflect on your strategies.

Terry Poole

Newsletter July /August 2010

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Welcome to this months newsletter from Poker Evening.

Phil Ivey

Phil Ivey has won the world series of poker tournament at the Rio Casino Las Vegas.

www.riolasvegas.com

Official records show that Phil has eight wins,22 final table appearances and 40 in the money finishes at the WSP.

He has won over $5.2 million US dollars at the WSP and is rumoured to be the highest poker earner world wide with an estimated $13 million dollars of prize money.

www.wsop.com

July 23rd
Gala Maybury Casino
Edinburgh

A Tragic shooting outside the Maybury Casino had a background of duplicity and fraud.

www.galacasino.co.uk

Compulsive gambler Anthony Demarco jnr had run up depts. with loan sharks. His father Tony Demarco snr was shot in the head as a result of his son’s
foolish actions.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

Demarco jnr had losses with Ladbrokes online poker sites of over £1,000,000 in the year before a police investigation.

www.news.scotsman.com

July 30th
WPT recruits TV Host
In person

Auditions are being held at the Bicycle Casino Los Angeles on August 19th between 11am and 8pm.

www.thebike.com

On line go to WSP Raw Deal face book and up load a 45 second video.

Friends and fans will be able to vote for you on your submission.

Voting will close at 11.59pm PT on August 15t

www.worldpokertour.com

August 2nd

Fairways and Felts Challenge

Pokerstars are combining golf and poker in Portugal.

www.europeanpokertour.com

The EPT Vilamoura’s main event on the 1st-2nd September.

www.casinocity.com

Last year the event was won by local businessman Antonio Matias who took the golf and poker title with prize money of 404,793 Euros beating a field of 322 players.

www.pokerstars.com

August 3rd

London Strip Poker Festival
At Stringfellows

www.stringfellows.co.uk

Bluff Europe has teamed up with Stringfellows to raise money for cancer awareness.

www.bluffeurope.com

The event will take place on September 21st with the Stringfellows Showgirls undressing according to the new format of Baller Strip Poker Rules.

www.ballerstrippoker.com

August 10th

Napoleons Casino Sheffield

Women only poker nights

Vicky Coren insists that women poker players are socially conditioned to compete more cleverly.

“ This makes them good cash players with their qualities of patience and disguise “

www.napoleons-casino.co.uk

Napoleons will be running the regions first women only poker night each Wednesday during August and beyond.

www.casinocitytimes.com

Poker Tip

Almost every poker player I have met complains about a bad beat on the river.

No one ever complains when the river falls kindly when opening with poor cards.

Discipline is the key to playing top poker, along with keeping your council and taking it “ on the chin “ !!

Terry Poole

Poker and Fun Casino Newsletter April 2009

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April Newsletter 2009

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Poker Master Class at the Belfry

Saturday 28th March

A brilliant corporate event was held at the Belfry Warwickshire on Saturday 28th March.

Three two hour master classes for Poker beginners was held throughout the afternoon at the excellent facilities of the Belfry Golf Club.

This event was co-ordinated by Abigail Owens of

www.contrabandevents.com

in conjunction with

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The popularity of Texas Hold em poker has now established itself in the mainstream of corporate entertainment.

www.thebelfry.co.uk

Vanessa Rousso the next Go Daddy Girl

Professional poker player Vanessa Rousso is the company’s latest Go Daddy Girl.

Go Daddy are sponsoring the 5th Annual Heads Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas which broadcasts on NBC every Sunday throughout April.

www.GoDaddy.com

Freddy Deep wins WPT Celebrity Charity Tournament

5th March Los Angeles California the Commerce Casino put up $200,000 prize pool for participates to win.

www.commercecasino.com

A record setting 433 celebrities included Ricki Lake, Don Cheadle, Lelena Houdova and Chip Jett went toe to toe until Freddy Deep bested actor Nicholas Gonzales at the final table.

Freddy then donated his $34,000 prize money to the charity The Vine Group USA (TVG.)

www.tvgusa.org

Samuel Chartier wins the $5000 Buy in

at Caesars Atlantic City

16th March

The tournament attracted over 200 entrants including Ladies 2008 World Poker Champion Svetlana Gromenkova, Jason Young,Chris Reslock, Cliff “ Jonny Bax “ Josephy and Caesars defending champion Eric “ Sheets “ Haber.

Chartier collected $322,944 from a total prize pool of $1,009,2000.

www.caesarsac.com

Liquidator says players owed $5 million aus Dollars

March 22nd

The Liquidators of Tusk Investments which owned 28 Online Poker Rooms have requested that all ordinary unsecured creditors ( 3000 ) should contact them with proof of debt.

Tusk Investments had 28 online poker rooms including Battlefield Poker, Poker.ie, Red Nines, Dave’s Poker Room and Berserk Poker.

Tusk Investments made losses of AU $1,588,326 ending 2007 and AU $942,896 until Jan 2008

www.cardplayer.com

Poker Tip

Only play on established online poker rooms!

See article above

Terry Poole

Poker World News March 2009

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March Newsletter

Poker Evening

Addicted Trio in the new Year

Harry Kakavas

Andrew Barnett

Jayne Prewitt

Number one

Honeymoon punter loses $1.4 million in Paradise

Harry Kakavas lost $1.4 million dollars at the Atlantis casino paradise island Nassau Bahamas in one day in November 2006.

The high roller is refusing to pay his markers on the grounds that he was a known compulsive gambler and should not have been allowed the credit for his gambling binge of bets up to $60,000.

Good luck Harry

www.news.co.au

Number Two

Casino Manager Axed

Casino manager Andrew Barnett used an axe to open the slot machines at the Grosvenor Leeds Casino on Christmas day.

He took £40,000 from the machines only to turn himself in to the Yorkshire Police a few hours later.

Barnett another compulsive gambler ran up £45,000 debts playing slots around the Leeds area.
Deranged Barnett should have used his keys!

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Number Three

Former Mayor of Carlisle Jayne Prewitt ( now Jayne Yeomans ) ran up internet gaming debts of £60,000

Yeomans funded her binges with cash stolen from South End Constitutional Club Carlisle £38,000.

She became addicted in internet poker losing £3,000 in one session.

Jayne had no grasp of reality.

www.cumberland-news.co.uk

Casino hit by $11.5 million fraud

Gaming giant Tabcorp has been stung by an unnamed high roller who bounced a $11.5 million dollar cheque at a baccarat table.

Chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper refused to say which casino cashed the dud cheque.

Tabcorp own Star City, Conrad Casinos and the Gold Coast and Jupiters in Townsville.

Kupper has said that the group has already written off the dept.

www.news.co.au

Isle of Capri Casino sinks.

The American owners are pulling out of the multi million pound development at the Ricoh Arena Coventry UK.

The new super casino opened in 2006 but with no hotel complex to house the guests the development had little chance of attracting quality players with strong competition from other well established casinos in the area.

www.newsvote.bbc.co.uk

Mounting Speculation

The Gala Casinos British Poker Tour is rumoured to be postponed this year.

Season three of the British tour that usually begins at the end of February has had no confirmed dates.

www.europe.cardplayer.com

Poker Tip

The salutary tale of compulsive internet poker player Jayne ( Prewitt ) Yeomans is a stark warning of playing online poker with no discipline.

Recreational card games are what they are.

Only play what you can afford and never chase your losses.

Terry Poole

February Newsletter

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Newsletter February 2009

Pokerevening includes Dealers Choice of either Texas Hold 'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Low, Crazy Pineapple, Double Flop and Seven Card Stud.We also offer Fun Casino Hire in the West Midlands area. Pokerevening Newsletter will feature reviews of Poker, Bridge, Corporate Fun Casinos and fund raising events.

Pokies to be Slashed

New South Wales rakes in $1.1 Billion from poker machines.

The revelations have prompted calls for access to Pokies to be slashes.

Documents reveal the $1.1 billion was collected by the top 500 hotels, more than two thirds of the total pub poker machine revenue state- wide.

This is equal to a $200 dollar loss by every adult in the state of New South Wales.

Mohegan Sun cuts pay for all employees

The Mohegan Sun Tribal Gaming Authority announced that it will cut the pay of senior management by 10% and by 4% for all none management employees.

The pay of all 9,800 employees will be cut to avoid lay offs.

Pennsylvania Judge Thomas A James Jr.

Reports from the Poker Daily news that on Friday 16^th January it was ruled that Texas Hold em was a game of skill and therefore not gambling under state law.

Simply if chance predominates Texas Hold em is gambling. If skill predominates, it is not gamblingu201D;

In the end Judge James asserts It is apparent that skill predominates over chance in Texas Hold em poker

ICE in full swing

The annual casino exhibition at Earls Court Olympia 27^th 29^th January began with a packed house yesterday Tuesday 27^th.

Internet gaming and slot machines dominated the Halls.

However the John Huxley stand at the entrance to the ICE show became the perennial haunt of international casino personnel of all shapes and sizes.

I was delighted to bump into my old boss Jimmy Lizinsky who is a towering and much loved personality in the casino industry.

We spent a couple of hours perusing the stalls and enjoying the technical innovations of the past 30 years.

Poker Tip

Try not to favour internet poker above live action games. Both forms of playing are skilful and should complement one another, to get the best poker out of you.

Terry Poole